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Can stats pick out the EFL Championship play-off winner?

What does play-off history tell us about which team is best equipped to win promotion to the Premier League and financial rewards in excess of $135m?

Four teams are set to battle it out for a place in the Premier League via the Championship play-offs. It's the teams that finished between third and sixth in the second tier at the end of the regular season. Hull City and Millwall face each other over two legs. The winner of that one facing the winner of the semi-final between Middlesbrough and Southampton in a decider at Wembley. The winner of that game gets promoted to the Premier League and a financial boost upwards of $135m. 

John Bennett is joined by BBC Sport's Jonty Colman to discuss what the numbers around the history of the play-offs tell us about which team is best equipped to move up.

Former Reading midfielder and TV and radio pundit, Jobi McAnuff, was involved in four play-off promotion attempts. He explains why momentum at the end of the regular campaign is important no matter where you finish in the play-off standings.

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