It's all still to play for in the race for the Championship playoff places with 2 games to go with everyone in with a shout from 5th down to Watford in 13th albeit with the Hornets needing a big goal swing.
Luton and Middlesbrough have confirmed 2 playoff places already and as it stands 6th placed Coventry who have sold out the CBS Arena for today's game with a crowd of over 30,000 and 7th-placed Sunderland who have sold out the Stadium of Light with a crowd of over 45,000 expected are currently in poll position.
At the bottom of the championship Wigan Athletic will be relegated if they lose to Reading today who themselves need a win to take their survival bid to the final day, Huddersfield still have 3 games to play while QPR and Rotherham need one more win from their last 2 games to avoid the drop.
In League 1 Plymouth Argyle and Ipswich Town will be promoted with victories against Burton Albion and Exeter City respectively today. If Plymouth win and Ipswich lose
Argyle will be crowned champions.
Plymouth will also be promoted if Sheffield Wednesday drop points at Shrewsbury Town, and Ipswich will go up by matching Wednesday’s result.
The scrap for the last 2 playoff places is between Bolton, Derby and Peterborough.
At the bottom, Morecambe and Accrington Stanley who play fellow strugglers Oxford need to win today to guarantee taking their survival bid to the final day, while defeat for Cambridge United against Stanley could see them relegated on Tuesday, when they play their game in hand against Burton Albion.
MK Dons are still in danger and will be looking to beat Barnsley who are guaranteed a playoff place.
In League 2 Northampton Town and Stevenage will be promoted with wins today and the 4 playoff positions are still wide open with Stockport, Bradford Mansfield, Carlisle and Salford all within a chance with the last two teams mentioned facing each other today.
At the foot of the table Hartlepool United will be relegated if they drop points in their next game or Crawley pick up one more point.
In the National League, it's a shootout between Bromley, Boreham Wood and Southend for the remaining two playoff places on what is their last day of the season.
The final relegation place will be filled by Torquay, unless they win and either Maidenhead lose with a seven-goal swing in goal difference on the final day, or less realistically, York lose with a 14-goal swing in goal difference in favour of the Gulls.
In the National League North AFC Fylde are one win away from being champions regardless of what Kings Lynn do.
Scarborough, Buxton, Chorley, Kidderminster, Gloucester, Curzon Ashton, Spennymoor and Darlington can all still reach the playoffs with 1 game to go.
As for relegation, Blyth Spartans need to win to have any chance of overhauling Farsley Celtic, Kettering and Southport.
And finally, in the National League South, the last playoff spot is between St Albans and Havant and Waterlooville.
Three points on Saturday against Dover Athletic would see Weymouth stay up on goal difference with Dulwich Hamlet needing just a draw to stay up.
Best of luck to every team involved.
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