EFL round-up: Bournemouth boost promotion hopes, Wigan win title and Wimbledon suffer first relegation
Nottingham Forest thrashed Swansea 5-1 but remain three points behind Bournemouth (Photo: Getty)
With the football season coming to a close, the race for promotion and the fight for survival up and down the English Football League is getting increasingly more tense.
League One concluded today, whilst this weekend marks the penultimate round of the Championship and League Two, so here?s everything you need to know:
Championship: Bournemouth vs Forest going to the wire
Fulham?s immediate return to the Premier League was already confirmed earlier in April and they will almost certainly be crowned Championship champions if they avoid defeat to Luton Town on Monday evening.
Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest are set to battle it out for the second automatic promotion place after each side claimed impressive wins over Blackburn Rovers and Swansea City respectively.
Dominic Solanke was on target again (Picture: Getty)
The two sides play each other on Tuesday night and unless the Cherries claim victory it will all come down to the last weekend of the season.
Huddersfield Town have confirmed their place in the play-offs already and will be joined by Luton if the Hatters can beat the Cottagers.
The final play-off spot is currently occupied by Sheffield United, with Middlesbrough and Millwall still in with a shout of snatching it.
Down the other end of the table, Derby County, Peterborough United and Barnsley have already been relegated to League One.
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