Final Day Predictions

By: Craig | May 4th, 2008

A Playoff place for Town? I Doubt It
46 hard fought games all boil down to today, with ours proving to be one of the most important going into the final day. However, I expect the pre-kick off excitement to be fully out of steam by full time with Town finishing outside the top six. As I posted yesterday; it won’t be a disaster. We will end the season with a billionaire owner, the best home form in the division and the foundations of what will be a great promotion squad for next season. Here’s what I expect to happen on the final day of what has been an enthralling Championship season in the games that affect us:

Ipswich v Hull: Both will be giving it their all and given our excellent home record Ipswich will win the game as Hull come forward looking for goals. The only teams that have done well at Portman Road are those that have sat back and remained organised throughout the 90 minutes. Hull have to throw everything at us today and will be caught short. Prediction: Ipswich win.

Blackpool v Watford: Again, another important game for both sides. Watford’s form of late has been suspect to say the least and last week’s poor home defeat against Scunthorpe underlined that. Blackpool need just a point to get what they want from the game and at the end of the day expect Watford to cement their Playoff place (on goal difference) and Blackpool to keep their Championship status. Prediction: Draw

Palace v Burnley: Palace are the form team in the Championship and this is a home banker to give them their Playoff place. Prediction: Palace win

Wolves v Plymouth: If Plymouth hadn’t offloaded the immense goalscoring ability of Ebanks-Blake to today’s opponents and David Norris to us, Plymouth could have quite easily been one of the top six by the end of today. Ipswich will need Wolves not to win today, but they’ve more to play for than Plymouth. Prediction: Wolves win:

Top 8 by full time

1. Stoke 81 points
2. WBA 79 points
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3. Hull City 75 points
4. Bristol City 74 points
5. Crystal Palace 71 points
6. Watford 70 points
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7. Wolves 70 points (but won’t get the needed goals to go above Watford on goal difference)
8. Ipswich 69 points