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Premier League and Football League relegation, promotion and play-offs: Who can still finish where?

We're into the final month of the season across England's top four tiers, and there is still plenty to play for.

The Premier League title is wrapped up, and the bottom three clubs are looking increasingly to be relegated, but lower down the footballing pyramid there is plenty still at stake.

Here, we round-up who can still finish where in the Premier League and Football League.

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Premier League

Every team has between three and five games remaining, but it wouldn't be all that surprising if everyone finished in exactly the position they currently find themselves - or at least in the positions that truly matter.

Manchester City are champions, while Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham are looking good to finish in the top four, barring a significant late collapse coupled with a Chelsea recovery.

Arsenal are likely to beat Burnley to sixth place, with the losers of that race to go into the Europa League at the second qualifying stage - which starts on July 26.

Everyone from Bournemouth in 11th and below can still be relegated, but it would take something dramatic for any of the teams above Huddersfield to be pulled back in to the dogfight.

Southampton, Stoke and West Brom, all at least four points adrift of safety, are in real trouble.

Premier League | Who can still get what?
Premier League | Who can still get what?

Championship

Wolves are Championship champions, 12 points clear of Cardiff, who have three games left to play.

Cardiff are battling it out with Fulham and Aston Villa for the second remaining automatic play-off spot, though the Welsh side are in the best position to secure promotion, given they have an extra game left to play.

Two of those sides will go into the play-offs, joined by two more of Middlesbrough, Millwall, Derby, Brentford, Preston, Bristol City and Sheffield United, though the final four of those sides face an uphill task to sneak in.

At the other end of the table, Sunderland's relegation to League One has been confirmed.

Burton and Barnsley currently make up the bottom three, though Barnsley have a game in hand on Bolton, who are two points above them, just outside the relegation zone. Every side up to Reading can still technically go down.

Championship | What can still happen?
Championship | What can still happen?

League One

Wigan have sealed automatic promotion, and Blackburn look likely to beat Shrewsbury to the second of the automatic promotion spots.

Whichever of those teams does not get into the top two will go into the play-offs, and with some sides still having to play four more games, the race for the three remaining play-off places is very open.

Rotherham are guaranteed a play-off place, while six teams will battle it out for the final two spots.

At the bottom, Bury are down, while everyone up to Bristol Rovers in 12th could feasibly get sucked into the relegation battle. Given only seven points separate Rochdale in 21st and Doncaster in 14th, there is an awful lot still to play for.

League One | What can still happen?
League One | What can still happen?

League Two

Accrington Stanley and Luton have sealed promotion to League One. Wycombe are in pole position to secure the third and final automatic promotion slot, but every side currently in the play-off places is still, mathematically at least, in contention.

The play-off berths will be filled by four of the six teams currently between third and eighth.

Relegation from the Football League is looking perilously likely for both Chesterfield and Barnet, though everyone up to Yeovil in 19th could still be dragged into the drop zone, however unlikely that actually is.

League Two | What can still happen?
League Two | What can still happen?