New outcome predicted in monumental League One promotion race between Sheffield Wednesday, Barnsley FC, Ipswich Town and Plymouth Argyle after all four win

It’s the most thrilling League One promotion race for years – not least the fact there are two Yorkshire clubs in there – but who will come out on top?

On Saturday, all four teams won again.

Plymouth Argyle beat Cambridge 3-1 and Ipswich Town beat play-off chasing Peterborough United 3-0.

Sheffield Wednesday came from behind at a nervy Hillsborough to defeat Exeter 2-1, while Barnsley won yet again at Oakwell, this time Oxford United on the losing end in a 2-0 win for the Reds.

Callum Paterson scores the winning goal for Sheffield Wednesday against Exeter. But will it be enough? (Picture: Steve Ellis)Callum Paterson scores the winning goal for Sheffield Wednesday against Exeter. But will it be enough? (Picture: Steve Ellis)
Callum Paterson scores the winning goal for Sheffield Wednesday against Exeter. But will it be enough? (Picture: Steve Ellis)

This is what it does to the current League One table.

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Pos Team P GD Pts
1 Plymouth Argyle 43 30 92
2 Ipswich Town 43 57 91
3 Sheffield Wedesday 44 40 90
4 Barnsley 43 38 85
5 Bolton Wanderers 43 24 75
6 Derby County 44 22 75

And this is what data experts FiveThirtyEight predict will be the final outcome. With their technical algorithm simulating thousands of results, this is what they forecast will be the final table.

Pos Team P GD Pts
P 1 Plymouth Argyle 46 33 98
P 2 Ipswich Town 46 60 97
Pl 3 Sheffield Wednesday 46 41 94
Pl 4 Barnsley 46 39 90
Pl 5 Bolton Wanderers 46 27 81
Pl 6 Derby County 46 22 78
7 Peterborough United 46 19 76
8 Wycombe Wanderers 46 11 71

For more predictions visit FiveThirtyEight.com.