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With just 11 games left for most Championship sides, the race for promotion and the battle against relegation are both heating up rapidly. Leicester find themselves inside the relegation zone after suffering another defeat, and their situation is looking increasingly dire. <\/p>\n

West Brom are also in danger, sitting just outside the bottom three after losing to 23rd-placed Oxford in a result that piled more pressure on their survival hopes.<\/p>\n

Further up the standings, Wrexham kept their play-off push alive with a tight win over Charlton, while Millwall climbed to third place after a commanding 2-0 away victory at Preston.<\/p>\n

At the top of the table, Coventry continue to set the pace. The Championship league leaders made it four wins in a row by edging out Stoke 2-1, with Jack Rudoni producing a match-winning strike in the final moments of the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With just 11 games left for most Championship sides, the race for promotion and the battle against relegation are both heating up rapidly. Leicester find themselves inside the relegation zone after suffering another defeat, and their situation is looking increasingly dire. West Brom are also in danger, sitting just outside the bottom three after losing to 23rd-placed Oxford in a result that piled more pressure on their survival hopes. Further up the standings, Wrexham kept their play-off push alive with a tight win over Charlton, while Millwall climbed to third place after a commanding 2-0 away victory at Preston. At the top of the table, Coventry continue to set the pace. 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