From wild card to underdog - who will win Championship play-offs?
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From wild card to underdog - who will win Championship play-offs?Image source, Getty Images/ShutterstockImage caption, One of Alex Neil, Tonda Eckert, Kim Hellberg or Sergej Jakirovic will be a Premier League manager by 23 MayByBen AshtonBBC Sport EnglandPublished8 minutes ago1 CommentsAnd now it all comes down to this.Four clubs are left in the battle for promotion to the Premier League. Only one will experience euphoria. The other three will suffer the agony of just missing out.The Championship regular season is over with Coventry City and Ipswich Town already up, while the third and final spot will be decided by the play-offs. With Millwall, Southampton, Middlesbrough and Hull City remaining in contention, BBC Sport takes a look who is best-placed to reach the top flight.Can stats pick out the Championship play-off winner?Published2 days agoMillwall - The wild cardImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Millwall reached the final in their past four play-off campaigns, which were in League One, but have gone out in the semi-final in all three of their second-tier play-off appearancesPosition: Third, 83 points (GD +15)Top scorer: Femi Azeez - 11 goalsKey stat: 41% of Millwall's Championship goals this season came from set-pieces (26/64 - excluding penalties). Only Sheffield Wednesday (48%) and Oxford United (44%) had a higher proportion.Play-off record: Eight campaigns, two promotions (both in League One in 2010 and 2017).Last time in second-tier play-offs: 2001-02 - lost 2-1 on aggregate to Birmingham City in the semi-final.Record v other play-off teams this season: P6 W3 D1 L2Few would have predicted Millwall to reach the play-offs, let alone challenge for automatic promotion until the final day of the season as they did, finishing just one point behind second-placed Ipswich.But Alex Neil, who has won promotion via the play-offs twice before as a manager, has done an excellent job with a Lions side who have the best away record in the division and kept the...





