As we head into the business end of the season, the Championship is well and truly heating up with promotion places, playoff spots and relegation scraps to be decided.
England's second division is often the most dramatic in the Football League with so much at stake. This season Frank Lampard's Coventry have already secured automatic promotion to the promised land of the Premier League, while Wrexham's Hollywood story could still see a fourth straight promotion.
Millwall are also looking to reach the Premier League for the first time with Ipswich vying for a quick return.
Here's everything you need to know from the Championship.
Who's going up as things stand?
Coventry secured the Championship title by thrashing Portsmouth 5-1 on April 21. They had already secured a return to the Premier League after a 25-year hiatus a week earlier having earned a point away at Blackburn.
The Sky Blues sit atop the table with 92 points, Ipswich Town are second on 81 points, while Millwall sit in third on 80 points.
Kieran McKenna's men played out a thrilling 2-2 draw with Southampton on April 28, meaning that Southampton cannot achieve automatic promotion but securing the Saints a place in the playoffs.
That result also means Ipswich, Millwall and Middlesbrough will all be battling it out for the final automatic promotion spot on the final day of the season this weekend, May 2, as Millwall are just one point behind Ipswich and Middlesbrough are two points behind the Tractor Boys.
For those three sides, it's all to play for on the last day.
- Frank Lampard's Coventry City promoted to Premier League
Frank Lampard has spearheaded Coventry's title charge this term after guiding them to the playoff semifinals last season despite being appointed with the club in relegation trouble early on in the 2024-25 campaign.
The likes of Victor Torp, Ellis Simms, Haji Wright and Brandon Thomas-Asante in Coventry's forward line have torn up the league at times, with Lampard's side having been the top goalscorers in the division throughout and now have their reward for it.
Who looks good for a playoff spot?
Ipswich, still in second after an 87th minute equaliser against Southampton, have secured a playoff place but will be seeking automatic promotion -- which they could still achieve on the final day, but so could Millwall and Middlesbrough.
Middlesbrough's thumping 5-1 win over Watford on April 25 saw them move above Southampton into fourth and just a point behind Millwall and two points behind Ipswich.
Southampton's draw with Ipswich confirmed their playoff place and they will be seeking a swift return to the Premier League after finishing rock bottom in the top-flight last season.
Wrexham currently occupy the the final playoff spot, although only on goal difference as they are level on points with Hull City, and they missed the opportunity on April 26 to develop a lead over Hull when they lost 3-1 to Coventry.
With Wrexham and Hull level on points and only a difference of one goal separating them, either one of Wrexham or Hull could end up in the last playoff spot on the final day.
Often regarded as football's most lucrative single game with not only the reward of Premier League football but a sum upwards of £100 million ($136m) on the line, getting to the playoff final is the goal for those who finish 3rd to 6th, but with the race for second so tight, a few sides will still harbour ambitions of an automatic promotion spot.
When are the playoffs?
After the final day of the Championship season on May 2, clubs that have secured their spot in the top six will have one week before the all-action playoffs begin.
6th vs 3rd will play their first leg on Friday May 8 and the second leg on Monday May 11, both evening kick-offs (8 p.m. GMT).
5th vs 4th will play their first leg on Saturday May 9 and the second leg on Tuesday May 12.
The side that finishes lower in the regular season will host the first leg while the team with the higher league position earns a home game for the all-important second leg.
There is a sizeable gap between the semifinals and final though, with football's most lucrative game gracing the sunshine of Wembley once again on Saturday May 23, almost two weeks after the semifinals are completed.
Wrexham watch
There is the sense that anything other than a top-six finish would be a huge missed opportunity for Wrexham. They are sitting on a commercial and footballing goldmine and a fourth straight promotion into the Premier League would launch the club well and truly into the stratosphere.
The Welsh side are on the cusp of the Premier League, here's all the latest coming out of the Racecourse.
- Swansea raise concern after Wrexham coverage: We felt like 'afterthought'
Swansea raise concerns over television coverage of their all-Welsh affair against Wrexham with the EFL after saying the team owned by Hollywood stars Rob Mac and Ryan Reynolds "were given priority at every opportunity."
- After five years of Reynolds and Mac, Wrexham are on cusp of Premier League
It has taken five years to get to this point, but Wrexham might now reach their ultimate destination in less than five months.
- Wrexham boss Parkinson welcomes Mac's backing in club's 'fantastic story'
Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson has welcomed co-owner Rob Mac's suggestion that he has the job for life, revelling in his role in the club's "fantastic story."
- Ben Foster: Wrexham's journey under Ryan Reynolds, Rob Mac 'ridiculous'
Ben Foster has hailed Wrexham's "ridiculous" journey as Hollywood owners Rob Mac and Ryan Reynolds celebrate their fifth anniversary in charge of the Welsh club.
The relegation battle
Heading into the final weekend of the Championship season, the three teams who will play League One football next season have already been decided.
Sheffield Wednesday have seemingly been doomed since before a ball was even kicked, with an 18-point deduction making their fate an inevitability.
The Owls sit rock bottom in 24th and are yet to see their points tally go above zero after that penalty for financial breaches linked to previous owner Dejphon Chansiri.
They remain in administration and in the process of finding a buyer with defeat against bitter rivals Sheffield United on Feb. 22 seeing them relegated in record time.
They did manage to take a point from champions-elect Coventry though, a result that delighted their ever-enthusiastic travelling supporters.
However it may be more of the same next year for Wednesday after their preferred bidder Arise Capital Partners, a consortium led by David Storch, announced that they had been informed by the EFL that the club will start League One with a 15-point deduction, a decision that the Sheffield Wednesday Supporters' Trust want the Independent Football Regulator to intervene over.
- Wednesday fan group seek review on 15-point penalty
Leicester, champions of the Premier League a decade ago, were relegated to League One on April 21 after failing to beat Hull.
Earlier this season, Leicester were docked six points for EFL financial breaches, and will now be playing in England's third division after successive relegations.
Oxford United were also confirmed to be relegated on April 25, after Charlton defeated playoff chasing Hull City 2-1.
Oxford did beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 to restore some pride at the Kassam Stadium but it was too little, too late.
Despite the two-point deduction that West Brom received for EFL financial rule breaches they secured their safety with a point against Ipswich.
- West Brom hit with two-point deduction for EFL financial breaches
What are the next key games on the calendar?
May 2 -- Wrexham vs Middlesbrough
May 2 -- Hull vs Norwich
May 2 -- Millwall vs Oxford
May 2 -- Ipswich vs QPR
May 2 -- Preston vs Southampton