So Reading (17th, 49 pts, -2 GD, 43 games) win 2-0 Bristol Rovers (16th). An important win.
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2024/04/09/england/league-one/bristol-rovers-fc/reading-fc/4089198/
Means Reading are basically 90% safe to be in League One next season. They are now 9 points clear of Crocombe's Burton Albion (21st, 40 pts, -26 GD, 42 games), though BA & other teams below Reading have games in hand.
Max Mata's parent club Shrewsbury Town (18th, 46 pts, 42 games, -28 GD) also look pretty safe.
Crocombe's Burton Albion are the concern. In a 3 way fight with Port Vale (40 pts) & Cheltenham Town (38 pts) to avoid relegation. Two of these three teams will likely be relegated. If BA go down, you'd think Crocs would find another L1 team keen to pick him up. He was getting alot of L1 accolades earlier in the season, if not so much lately.
BA are 21st on the table, but only 17th for goals conceded. However they are 23rd for scoring (33 goals), only Mata's Shrewsbury have scored less goals this L1 season with 31.
https://us.soccerway.com/national/england/league-one/20232024/regular-season/r76454/
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2024/04/09/england/league-one/bristol-rovers-fc/reading-fc/4089198/
Means Reading are basically 90% safe to be in League One next season. They are now 9 points clear of Crocombe's Burton Albion (21st, 40 pts, -26 GD, 42 games), though BA & other teams below Reading have games in hand.
Max Mata's parent club Shrewsbury Town (18th, 46 pts, 42 games, -28 GD) also look pretty safe.
Crocombe's Burton Albion are the concern. In a 3 way fight with Port Vale (40 pts) & Cheltenham Town (38 pts) to avoid relegation. Two of these three teams will likely be relegated. If BA go down, you'd think Crocs would find another L1 team keen to pick him up. He was getting alot of L1 accolades earlier in the season, if not so much lately.
BA are 21st on the table, but only 17th for goals conceded. However they are 23rd for scoring (33 goals), only Mata's Shrewsbury have scored less goals this L1 season with 31.
https://us.soccerway.com/national/england/league-one/20232024/regular-season/r76454/