‘Data experts’ predict mammoth battle for League One promotion with mixed success forecast for Sunderland, Portsmouth, Wigan Athletic, Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich Town

A goalless draw with Charlton Athletic last weekend was sandwiched in-between comfortable wins over Wigan Athletic and Fleetwood Town - a set of results that have improved the Black Cats’ promotion hopes.

We’re well into March now and the race for a playoff picture is beginning to take shape with the League One table shaping up to end as a table of two halves with no clear outcomes in the relegation or promotion picture.

Here, using data provided by FiveThirtyEight, we have listed how the final 2021/22 League One table is expected to look and what each side’s prospects were at the turn of the year to see whose season has been transformed this year.

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