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Championship value acca predictions: Manning's men to land last-day win at Stoke
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Steve Davies
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Liam Manning has guided Bristol City to an unbeaten run of seven games going into their final fixture.
Liam Manning has guided Bristol City to an unbeaten run of seven games going into their final fixture.

The final day of the Championship features a five-team relegation scrap, a three-team fight for two play-off places and Ipswich hoping to secure the point that sends them up to the Premier League.

It’s a huge day at both ends of the division and we have picked out three teams – Bristol City, Cardiff and Coventry – who warrant support on the final afternoon of the regular season, with all games kicking off at 12.30pm on Saturday.

All three combined can be backed in a treble at 14/1 with LiveScore Bet.

The pressure is off in the Potteries, where Stoke can expect to face a battle from Bristol City.

Back-to-back wins to nil over Plymouth and, more impressively, Southampton, have ensured Stoke’s survival and they would dearly love to go into the summer on a hat-trick of wins.

However, relief at beating the drop might play into the hands of Bristol City, who have been stuck in mid-division for much of the campaign but are finishing it well, with Liam Manning winning plenty of plaudits.

Norwich boss David Wagner suggested City will be one to watch after being held 1-1 by the Robins at Carrow Road two weeks ago, and last week the Bristol side stretched their unbeaten run to seven with a routine 2-0 success over Rotherham.

Bristol City have had five clean sheets in their last seven matches and are going to be tough for Stoke to break down.

Rotherham have broken records galore in a miserable season in which they were relegated weeks ago.

The Millers have won just four times all season and have thrown the dice for next season by bringing Steve Evans back as manager.

His first two games back have been abject efforts, a 0-0 draw with Birmingham and 2-0 loss at Bristol City and the Millers have now failed to find the net in 10 of their last 11 matches,

Their wins this season have come at home and they would dearly like to bow out on a high, but they are 38 points worse off than Cardiff, who have chalked up an impressive nine away wins this season in the Championship, five of those since the turn of the year.

Erol Bulut, a wildcard appointment last summer, will make his 50th appearance for Cardiff in the dugout this weekend and can mark the occasion by chalking up - and possibly signing off depending on on-going contract talks – with three points.

Erol Bulut has enjoyed a solid first season in charge at Cardiff, but his future has yet to be decided.
Erol Bulut has enjoyed a solid first season in charge at Cardiff, but his future has yet to be decided.

By any measure Coventry have enjoyed a fine season, with a play-off challenge which eventually failed and a run to the semi-finals of the FA Cup and that epic loss to Manchester United.

Hungover from that shootout loss at Wembley, City have failed to win their subsequent three matches.

They did, however, go toe-to-toe with Ipswich on Tuesday night, eventually losing 2-1 and would dearly love to sign off at the CBS Arena on a high with a win over QPR.

Rangers, of course, have been battling relegation all season long and finally secured survival courtesy of an unlikely 4-0 drubbing of Leeds last weekend.

That means the pressure is off Mari Cifuentes’ men as they head to Coventry, but it’s the hosts who can stamp why they were chasing a top-six place this term and why Rangers were fighting the drop.

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