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John McDougall

Wigan tipped for League One title as Sheffield Wednesday, Sunderland & Bolton predictions made

The international break has arrived and a reduced fixture list in League One is set to take place over the next fortnight.

Certain teams such as Wigan Athletic, Bolton Wanderers and Portsmouth will have to wait some time before their next games at the start of April, while others will be in action as usual next weekend.

The season is reaching the final month of the regular campaign but there are still many questions to be answered up and down the table.

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Wigan and Rotherham United are looking likely to achieve automatic promotion to the Championship, though MK Dons are very much part of that conversation too.

Plymouth Argyle, Oxford United and Sunderland are currently in the top six alongside the Dons, with Sheffield Wednesday and Wycombe Wanderers just outside.

The likes of Ipswich Town, Portsmouth and Bolton are perhaps more seen as outsiders now for the play-offs.

Gillingham and Fleetwood Town are currently just outside the drop zone, with AFC Wimbledon, Morecambe, Doncaster Rovers and Crewe Alexandra currently in the bottom four.

Throughout the campaign, football statistics website FiveThirtyEight is forecasting how the League One table might finish after the results of every matchday, with the season reaching the climax of the regular season at the end of April before the play-offs start.

And in a change, Wigan are now tipped to end the season as champions ahead of the Millers, following the Latics beating Morecambe and Rotherham suffering a surprise loss to Shrewsbury Town.

The play-off places are tipped to include MK Dons, Plymouth, Oxford and Sheffield Wednesday, with Sunderland missing out.

Bolton are tipped to finish 11th, where they currently sit in the table, just behind Portsmouth and Ipswich.

At the other end of the table, Gillingham, Morecambe, Doncaster Rovers and Crewe Alexandra are tipped to be playing in League Two next season.

Latest predicted League One table (correct as of Monday, March 21)

1. Wigan Athletic

2. Rotherham United

3. MK Dons

4. Plymouth Argyle

5. Oxford United

6. Sheffield Wednesday

7. Sunderland

8. Wycombe Wanderers

9. Ipswich Town

10. Portsmouth

11. Bolton Wanderers

12. Cheltenham Town

13. Accrington Stanley

14. Charlton Athletic

15. Burton Albion

16. Shrewsbury Town

17. Cambridge United

18. Lincoln City

19. Fleetwood Town

20. AFC Wimbledon

21. Gillingham

22. Morecambe

23. Doncaster Rovers

24. Crewe Alexandra

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