Michael Dawson expects Championship promotion race to go down to wire

Hull City defender Michael Dawson believes that the Championship promotion race will go all the way to the wire, with just two points currently separating the top four.

By Barney Corkhill, Editor | 01 March 2016

Hull City defender Michael Dawson has predicted that the Championship promotion race will rumble on until the very end of the season.

The Tigers are one of four teams in the immediate mix for automatic promotion to the Premier League, with just two points separating Burnley, Hull, Middlesbrough and Brighton & Hove Albion.

Hull would drop out of the top two should Boro avoid defeat against Blackburn Rovers this evening, but Dawson stressed that it is only the final standings that will matter.

"I think it will go all the way to the wire," he told PA.

"Ourselves, Burnley, Middlesbrough, Brighton, the top four teams, it's swapping. All that matters is you're in the top two come May 7.

"We all want to be back in the Premier League, each team is striving for the same. You've just got to make sure you're one of those two that get up automatically."

Hull, who are bidding for an immediate return to the top flight, are next in action against Birmingham City on Thursday evening.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
P	Leicester City Leicester	44	30	4	10	86	39	47	94
2	Leeds United Leeds	45	27	9	9	80	41	39	90
3	Ipswich Town Ipswich	44	26	12	6	88	56	32	90
4	Southampton	45	25	9	11	85	62	23	84
5	Norwich City Norwich	45	21	10	14	79	63	16	73
6	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	45	20	12	13	67	47	20	72
7	Hull City	45	19	13	13	68	59	9	70
8	Middlesbrough	45	19	9	17	68	61	7	66
9	Coventry City Coventry	44	17	13	14	68	55	13	64
10	Preston North End Preston	44	18	9	17	56	61	-5	63
11	Bristol City	45	17	11	17	53	47	6	62
12	Cardiff City Cardiff	45	19	5	21	51	65	-14	62
13	Swansea City Swansea	45	15	12	18	59	64	-5	57
14	Watford	45	13	17	15	60	58	2	56
15	Sunderland	45	16	8	21	52	52	0	56
16	Millwall	45	15	11	19	44	55	-11	56
17	Queens Park Rangers QPR	45	14	11	20	45	57	-12	53
18	Stoke City Stoke	45	14	11	20	45	60	-15	53
19	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	45	13	11	21	58	74	-16	50
20	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	45	14	8	23	42	68	-26	50
21	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	45	12	12	21	58	70	-12	48
22	Birmingham City Birmingham	45	12	11	22	49	65	-16	47
23	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	45	9	18	18	48	75	-27	45
R	Rotherham United Rotherham	45	4	12	29	32	87	-55	24