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John McDougall

Sunderland & Sheffield Wednesday play-off tips made as Bolton Wanderers final position predicted

The League One season is closing in on a dramatic finale with promotion and relegation questions still to be answered.

There are only a handful of matches left to go in the regular campaign before it concludes at the end of April, with the play-offs to follow in May.

The title, play-offs and three of the four relegation places are still yet to be set in stone, with Crewe Alexandra already confirmed to be playing in League Two in the 2022/23 campaign.

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Throughout the season, football statistics website FiveThirtyEight has been forecasting how the League One table might finish after the results of every matchday, with the season reaching the climax of the regular season at the end of April before the play-offs start.

And in a tight divison, the current top two of Wigan Athletic and Rotherham United are tipped to be back in the Championship next season, with MK Dons missing out on automatic promotion.

They are tipped to instead make the play-offs along with Sheffield Wednesday, Sunderland and Plymouth Argyle, with Wycombe Wanderers and Oxford United missing out.

Bolton Wanderers are tipped to end their first season back in League One 10th, sandwiched inbetween Portsmouth and Ipswich Town.

And at the bottom of the table, Gillingham, AFC Wimbledon and Doncaster Rovers are being tipped to join Crewe in League Two next season.

Predicted final League One table (correct as of Wednesday, April 20)

1. Wigan Athletic

2. Rotherham United

3. MK Dons

4. Sheffield Wednesday

5. Sunderland

6. Plymouth Argyle

7. Wycombe Wanderers

8. Oxford United

9. Portsmouth

10. Bolton Wanderers

11. Ipswich Town

12. Cambridge United

13. Charlton Athletic

14. Accrington Stanley

15. Cheltenham Town

16. Burton Albion

17. Shrewsbury Town

18. Lincoln City

19. Morecambe

20. Fleetwood Town

21. Gillingham

22. AFC Wimbledon

23. Doncaster Rovers

24. Crewe Alexandra

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