Supercomputer predicts where Ipswich Town, Middlesbrough and Millwall will finish after Easter weekend | OneFootball

FLW checks in with Opta's updated Championship predicted table after a massive bank holiday weekend in the second tier

With Coventry City all but promoted now, the focus is on who will join them in the top two come May 2.

The Easter Weekend has been and gone, and, traditionally, the double gameweek over the Bank Holiday has the potential to make or break a team's campaign.

As it stands, all three of Ipswich Town, Middlesbrough and Millwall are sitting on 72 points heading into the final stages of the campaign, with Kieran McKenna's side currently occupying second with a superior goal difference.

The Tractor Boys also have two games in hand over Boro and Millwall, after they played just once over the weekend due to Southampton's involvement in the FA Cup, beating Birmingham City 2-1.

Meanwhile, Millwall picked up just three points across two games, losing to Norwich City on Monday, and Middlesbrough only managed one after they were beaten by Alex Neil's side at the Riverside on Good Friday and could only manage a point away at Swansea City.

So, while Ipswich seem to have the form and the schedule on their side, anything can happen over the next month, and the fixture backlog for the Tractor Boys may hinder more than it will help.

With that in mind, how does Opta's supercomputer feel that the rest of the campaign will play out?

Where Ipswich Town, Middlesbrough and Millwall place in Opta's updated Championship table

According to Opta, Ipswich are the side likeliest to finish second, with the supercomputer giving Kieran McKenna's side a 62% chance of maintaining their place inside the top two.

The Tractor Boys are projected to finish on 82 points when all is said and done, two ahead of their promotion rivals.

Indeed, both Middlesbrough and Millwall are projected to end the campaign on 80 points, with Boro the side predicted to finish just above the Lions. Opta gives Kim Hellberg's side a 21.66% chance of squeezing into the top two, but just a 14.92% chance for Millwall.

That could be rather confusing, as Alex Neil's side have just recently beaten Middlesbrough away from home, and while they did encounter a stumbling block against Norwich, they have been more than impressive lately and do have a favourable run-in against sides currently placed 12th or below.

Nevertheless, Opta predicts that, while it's deadlocked at the moment between the three sides, the two games in hand will be enough for Ipswich to open up a gap between second and third.

Ipswich Town may have the advantage in the promotion battle, but they need to be on their game to cement a Premier League return

Ipswich are currently on an eight-game unbeaten run heading into the final weeks of the season, so with the momentum they have and the games in hand, too, second place is theirs to lose.

But that doesn't mean that there won't be any twists and turns between now and May 2.

The Tractor Boys still have to go to Carrow Road to take on an in-form Norwich side out for revenge in the East Anglian Derby on Saturday, and then have matchups with Middlesbrough and Southampton between now and the end of the campaign.

If they manage to go unbeaten in the next seven, then they'll have earned their eventual promotion, but there's no guarantee of that, and if they do slip up, Boro, despite their middling form lately, and Millwall will be ready to take advantage.

That being said, there's also no guarantee that the sides currently third and fourth will be flawless between now and the end of the campaign, too, so perhaps there may be some breathing room if Kieran McKenna's side drops points as well.

Nevertheless, the stakes couldn't be any higher, and we're in for a tense, yet entertaining, end to the campaign at the top end of the table.