As usual, here are the highest and lowest possible positions that each Championship club can occupy after this weekend’s fixtures. I’ve drawn lines under the last play-off spot, mid-table and the last spot above the relegation zone on both “axes” for ease of reference.

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Burnley’s four point advantage over Ipswich means that the top five is once again a closed shop, although three different clubs could finish the weekend at the top. In Brighton‘s case this would require a huge swing in goal difference though, rendered doubly unlikely by Middlesbrough‘s defensive record and the fact that all of the Seagull’s league wins this season have been by a single goal.

Ipswich themselves can be ejected from the final play-off spot by any of the four sides beneath them, with one of these – Brentford – also able to be dragged into the bottom half if results don’t go their way.

While Bolton are guaranteed to remain at the bottom of the division, any two of the five teams above them can join them in the relegation zone.