Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday, Ipswich Town, Portsmouth and Oxford United’s chances of making the play-offs revealed - according to the 'experts'

Alex Neil’s side have just six games left of the season to realise their pre-season ambitions and secure themselves a spot in the playoffs.

But in order to do that, they will have to get favourable results in some big games coming up on the horizon.

This weekend, the Black Cats face Oxford United before making the long-trip to face Plymouth Argyle on Easter Monday.

They also have a home game against Rotherham United to come in what could be three season-defining games.

So ahead of this very tricky but very important period coming up for Sunderland, we take a look at how the latest data from FiveThirtyEight rates Sunderland’s chances of making the playoffs compared to the rest of the sides in the mix.

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