Championship Predictor

[MultipleJesuses]

Decide between home win, draw, or away win for all of Newcastle, Brighton and Huddersfield's remaining games to see who you think will go up. Courtesy of the Chronicle:
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/fo ... e-12667917

Or, if you want a more in depth prediction, pick every team in the league's results here:
http://www.worldfootball.net/table_calc ... mpionship/

[MultipleJesuses]

Personally in both cases I have Newcastle to narrowly finish top, Brighton second and Huddersfield third, but I'd be lying if I was to say I was as confident as my table shows

[UlversToon]

My optimism got the better of me! Don't know how to copy in my "top of the table" but I had us on 102 points a massive 11 points ahead of Brighton in second place who, in turn, had pipped Huddersfield to the second automatic promotion place by a single point! However, as has already been said I'm not at all confident of my scenario actually happening. It's just a shame football has to be played on grass rather than paper!

[Heisen]

Had Brighton top on 99, us second on 97 and Huddersfield third on 93.

And I feel I've been generous to us with that only one defeat at home to Leeds, six wins and two draws (Sheffield Wed away, Preston home). There really is very little margin for error as I can't see Brighton or Huddersfield dropping a huge amount of points. Going to be tight right up to the wire.

[bodacious benny]

5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is a very realistic outcome and would see us finishing top 2 imo.

[KingoStarr]

I had

Brighton 102
Newcastle 100
Huddersfield 99

However I have been pessimistic with results going their way and ours being draws etc. Didn't predict a loss for anyone one though

[bodacious benny]

On paper it looks like Huddersfield will win every game. But you can guarantee that they won't.

[Chappy]

I had us finishing 3rd

Brighton 98
Huddersfield 97
Us 96

However I never win accas so what the f*** do I know.

[Toondes]

Brighton 98
Newcastle 96
Huddersfield 94

[overseasTOON]

I can't count real good but I had us on a s*** load of points with Brighton also on a s*** load of points and Huddersfield on a s*** load of points but less s*** loads then us or Brighton.

[daib0]

Underneath is the terrific piece produced by one of our 'RR' mods yesterday - so I reproduce it and ask you to go through these matches and give 0, 1 or 3 points for each match to each of the top teams. How do they finish up?? Only POINTS totals, don't worry about goal difference!

Replies in please by last day of the month - Friday, 31st March. I'll also do this on the Leeds LUFC Talk Forum and Friends of Fulham



CURRENT TABLE


1. Newcastle 38 78
2. Brighton 38 77
3. Huddersfield 37 71
4. Leeds 38 69
5. Reading 38 67
6. Sheffield Wed 38 62
7. Fulham 38 61



Run-ins from here / teams played home or away / current position of opponents:



Newcastle United
#23 Wigan (H)
#21 Burton (H)
#6 Sheffield Wed (A)
#4 Leeds (H)
#17 Ipswich Town (A)
#9 Preston N End (H)
#13 Cardiff City (A)
#11 Barnsley (H)


Brighton
#22 Blackburn (H)
#18 Birmingham (H)
#15 QPR (A)
#16 Wolverhampton (A)
#23 Wigan (H)
#8 Norwich City (A)
#19 Bristol City (H)
#12 Aston Villa (A)


Huddersfield
#21 Burton (H)
#8 Norwich City (H)
#20 Nott Forest (A)
#9 Preston N End (H)
#10 Derby County (A)
#7 Fulham (H)
#16 Wolverhampton (A)
#18 Birmingham City (A)
#13 Cardiff City (H)


Leeds
#5 Reading (A)
#14 Brentford (A)
#9 Preston N End (H)
#1 Newcastle (A)
#16 Wolverhampton (H)
#21 Burton (A)
#8 Norwich City (H)
#23 Wigan (A)


Reading
#4 Leeds (H)
#22 Blackburn (H)
#8 Norwich City (A)
#12 Aston Villa (A)
#24 Rotherham (H)
#20 Nott Forest (A)
#23 Wigan (H)
#21 Burton (A)


Sheffield Wed
#11 Barnsley (A)
#24 Rotherham (A)
#1 Newcastle (H)
#13 Cardiff City (H)
#15 QPR (A)
#10 Derby County (H)
#17 Ipswich Town (A)
#7 Fulham (H)


Fulham
#24 Rotherham (A)
#10 Derby County (A)
#17 Ipswich Town (H)
#8 Norwich City (A)
#12 Aston Villa (H)
#3 Huddersfield (A)
#14 Brentford (H)
#6 Sheffield Wed (A)





Our mod's ("Owlish", but a Royals fan!) anaylsis

Reading face two of the current Top 8, 1 Middle 8 and the bottom 5 clubs in the Championship. Wednesday also face 2 Top 8 clubs, but 4 of the Middle 8 and only 2 of the Bottom 8. Fulham face 3 Top 8 sides, 3 from the Middle 8 and two Bottom 8 clubs. The Table suggests they will have a hard time catching the Royals.

Leeds face 3 Top 8 opponents (including Reading), 3 of the Middle 8 and 2 Bottom 8 clubs. Should Reading win the home match against Leeds, the Table suggests that they will remain in front of them for the balance of the season. Huddersfield have a game in hand, and face only 2 Top 8 opponents, 4 of the Middle 8 and 3 Bottom 8 clubs. TBH, it is hard to see the Royals passing Huddersfield, but the current goal differentials are close (Huds has a +4, Reading a +2), so it is not totally out of the question, but the Royals will need a significant revival over this International Break to catch up and pass the Terriers.

As for Brighton and Newcastle, their current 10 and 11 point advantages and their +30 goal differentials make it unlikely that Reading will manage to sprint past either, baring a significant collapse. But we have seen clubs bottle their finishes before, and both have shown some stumbles recently. Solid form from the Royals could offer a possibility as the season winds down, but the odds are not favorable. Still, a playoff finish looks very possible, and a win on April Fool's Day would set the stage for a possible grandstand finish...





Me?!

Mine predictions come out with the final table looking like this -


1. Newcastle 46 94
2. Brighton 46 90
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3. Huddersfield 46 88
4. Leeds 46 85
5. Reading 46 84
6. Sheffield Wed 46 75
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7. Fulham 46 72


Over to you!!

[daib0]

Ah, just to avoid confusion, what I'm really interested in us to see the final table ONLY - like this from rigger of LUFC Talk


1. Newcastle 46 95
2. Brighton 46 94
3. Huddersfield 46 85
4. Leeds 46 83
5. Reading 46 82
6. Fulham 46 75
7. Sheffield Wed 46 74

[daib0]

you chaps might like to have a read of this, our match assistant does an amazing job in both initial presentations and the end of weekend review that he does, which is right here:

http://royalsrendezvous.co.uk/topic/30077875/1

Covers all championship teams, and with fullest respect, though starts off with the Royals first ...