Latest supercomputer predicts final Championship table after huge Portsmouth, Ipswich Town and Southampton wins

The fight for Championship survival took a fresh twist on Saturday afternoon as Pompey secured a huge win over fourth-placed Middlesbrough.

The Blues put on the ‘perfect performance’ to deny the promotion-hunting Boro at the Riverside Stadium, with Nicolas Schmid rising the occasion to keep the scores level.

But there was late, late drama when Adrian Segecic’s effort took a huge deflection off Conor Chaplin in the 97th minute to give John Mousinho’s men a vital three points in their quest to beat the drop.

The victory keeps Pompey above the dreaded dotted line, despite Oxford United beating Watford and maintain their one point advantage over the bottom three.

With five games remaining for the Blues to avoid a return to League One, we’ve taken to data experts Opta, who have used their performance-based statistics to predict how the final Championship table could look.

Here’s where Mousinho’s troops are set to finish come May 2.

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