Nottingham Forest promotion hopes assessed as final Championship table predicted

A comfortable 4-0 win over West Bromwich Albion on Easter Monday was a comfort for many Nottingham Forest fans as the Reds quickly responded to their narrow defeat at Luton Town on Good Friday.

The result kept Forest in fifth place in the Championship on 70 points - only a single point behind Luton and three behind Huddersfield. With five games remaining, the Reds still stand a chance of finishing higher in the table.

NottinghamshireLive has referenced some advanced analytics to find out exactly what the outcome for teams are, using the predictions made by FiveThirtyEight's supercomputer.

Its Soccer Power Index (SPI) rates teams after every match, forecasting where they will finish this campaign. According to them, 71 points will be enough to get into the promotion play-offs.

Having said that, it has predicted Forest to get eight more points than they currently have, finishing above Huddersfield in third on 78 points - but missing out on automatic promotion to Bournemouth. If Forest were to finish third and Sheffield United sixth, the two teams would face each other in the play-offs, while Huddersfield would take on Luton.

Here is how the final data-based table looks...