Leeds United, Newcastle United, Sheffield Wednesday, Brighton and Hove Albion, Huddersfield Town and Reading make up the Championship top six at the moment.
Former Leeds United head coach Neil Redfearn has been quoted as saying by Inside Futbol that Fulham will finish in the top six of the Championship this season.
Newcastle United and Brighton & Hove Albion are first and second respectively in the Championship table at the moment.
Huddersfield Town, Leeds United, Reading and Sheffield Wednesday currently occupy the four playoff spots.
Fulham are seventh in the standings with 61 points from 38 matches, just a point behind sixth-placed Wednesday.
Former Leeds head coach Redfearn believes that five of of the current clubs in the top six will make the playoffs, with Fulham replacing Wednesday.
“I think it’s the five, with Sheffield Wednesday out of it and Fulham in for me,” Inside Futbol quotes Redfearn as saying. “That makes up the six.
“I think when they [Fulham] say go, they go. I think they are the one [side outside the top six to get in there].”
Newcastle and Brighton look set to clinch the two automatic promotion places, and it would be a surprise if Huddersfield or Leeds drop out of the playoffs.
Reading have exceeded expectations so far this season, and the Royals should be able to end up in the top six.
Wednesday have a better team than Fulham, but the Cottagers’ recent form and momentum means that they could push the Owls until the final day of the season.
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