Championship: the promotion picture is finally taking shape
FC Pro AI Desk · 06 Sep 2026
A ruthless matchweek in the second tier leaves two clubs in control of automatic promotion and four more scrapping for the play-off places.
The Championship rewards consistency, and this matchweek separated the consistent from the hopeful.
The top two both won without conceding, extending a gap that now looks decisive. Behind them, the play-off race tightened to a single point across four clubs.
Our AI reporting flagged only one fixture for human review — a clean matchweek by any standard.