The 2022-23 Championship season comes to a close on Monday afternoon following another typically unpredictable and entertaining season in the second tier.
Many of the important positions have already been filled ahead of the final day, with Burnley and Sheffield United sealing their places in the Premier League next season.
At the other end of the table, Reading were confirmed as the final relegated team during the week, joining Blackpool and Wigan Athletic in being condemned to League One next season.
However, there is plenty still to be decided in the playoff picture, with two places still up for grabs and as many as five teams still in contention.
Here, Sports Mole rounds up all of the permutations for the final day of the Championship season.
THIS WEEKEND'S CHAMPIONSHIP PERMUTATIONS
Champions: Burnley
Promoted: Burnley, Sheffield United
Guaranteed playoffs: Luton Town, Middlesbrough
Already relegated: Reading, Blackpool, Wigan Athletic
WHAT COULD HAPPEN THIS WEEKEND?
PLAYOFF PICTURE
KEY FIXTURES
All games kick off at 3pm on Monday
Middlesbrough vs. Coventry
Millwall vs. Blackburn
Preston North End vs. Sunderland
Swansea City vs. West Bromwich Albion
With both automatic promotion places and all three relegation spots having already been confirmed, all attention will be on the playoff picture on the final day of the season.
As many as five teams are still in contention for the two remaining top-six places, and two of those face each other with Millwall hosting Blackburn.
Coventry go into the final day in the strongest position; their three-point lead over seventh place means that they simply need to avoid defeat on the final day to guarantee a playoff spot, although they do face a difficult test away to a Middlesbrough side already assured to finish fourth.
Millwall currently occupy the final playoff spot and also go into the final day in a strong position with a two-point lead over the chasing pack, although a draw would bring goal difference into proceedings if Sunderland or West Brom also win.
Victory would assure them of a place in the top six, but defeat would ensure that they miss out and bring Blackburn into the equation.
Sunderland are the best-placed of the chasing pack and would finish in the playoff places if they win and Millwall fail to win, as long as West Brom do not win by four more goals than Sunderland do.
The Black Cats would also secure a top-six finish if they win and Coventry lose, as they would then be at least level on goal difference with a better goals-for tally than Coventry.
West Brom are likely to need help from elsewhere to stand any chance of making the playoffs; first and foremost they need to win themselves, while they would also need Millwall and Sunderland to fail to win, or for Millwall to fail to win and to beat Swansea by four more goals than Sunderland beat Preston by.
There is also potential to finish in the top six if they win and Coventry lose, although that would require a five-goal swing and for one of the Millwall or Sunderland results to go their way too.
Blackburn are the final team still in contention, but their vastly inferior goal difference means that they would realistically need to beat Millwall and hope that Sunderland and West Brom both lose to sneak into the playoffs.
CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE IN FULL
MONDAY'S CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE IN FULL
Monday, May 8
All games kick off at 3pm
Birmingham City vs. Sheffield United
Burnley vs. Cardiff City
Huddersfield Town vs. Reading
Luton Town vs. Hull City
Middlesbrough vs. Coventry
Millwall vs. Blackburn
Norwich City vs. Blackpool
Preston vs. Sunderland
Queens Park Rangers vs. Bristol City
Swansea City vs. West Brom
Watford vs. Stoke City
Wigan Athletic vs. Rotherham United
Click here for a full list of this season's Championship results
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