Peter Beagrie says the Championship promotion picture will become much clearer this Friday.
Key fixtures live on Sky Sports on Good Friday
Everybody seems to be conspiring to make the Championship as exciting as possible.
Birmingham beat Wolves on Monday to narrow the gap at the top, then Sheffield United beat Barnsley to pop ahead of Reading into third ahead of their meeting on Good Friday.
It just proves that the play-offs are one of the best inventions in football. It gives everybody something to play for and there are very few teams currently in the mediocrity of mid-table.
Let's take a look at our key live Good Friday clashes:
Wolves v Southampton
3.00pm, Friday, Sky Sports 1 & HD1
The disappointments just keep coming for Southampton.
The defeat to Charlton and the draw with Watford may have sealed their relegation fate - and off the pitch things are going from bad to worse.
Of the teams down there, Southampton have got the best excuse to be in trouble. They've played the youngsters for most of the season because of the financial worries hanging over their head - but even if they escape a 10-point deficit I think they will be relegated anyway.
A Good Friday away at Wolverhampton Wanderers won't lighten the mood much. Mick McCarthy's men are looking for two wins over Easter to cement an automatic promotion place, especially after Monday's defeat to Birmingham.
Wolves are top of the table on merit and they have played the best football, but they've been hit by a number of problems of late.
The pivotal Michael Kightly is out for the rest of the season - and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Chris Iwelumo and Matt Jarvis have had injuries in the last few games. The latter three could all be back on Friday and the return of those three players could see Wolves hammer home their advantage against a Southampton side low on confidence.
It's all in Wolves' hands now. Nobody has games in hand on them, except Cardiff who are still way behind, so they know if they win their games they go up.
It's the perfect situation to be in. It would be sad to see Wolves knocked off the top, but nobody has a divine right to go up and McCarthy's side have to keep fighting until all of the games are completed.
Some of the teams down the bottom have caused the promotion-chasers problems this season so nothing is a certainty, but I think they will probably beat a Southampton side that is struggling to stave off the threat of relegation.
Reading v Sheffield United
5.30pm, Friday, Sky Sports 1 & HD1
Sheffield United are absolutely flying at the moment.
Credit has to go to Kevin Blackwell, a manager that calls a spade a spade. In his post-match interviews he always gives a concise, honest assessment of the game - he never dresses things up.
It was a brave decision to cash in on James Beattie, but he has twinned Jamie Ward with Darius Henderson to produce a great big man-little man combination.
Kevin has got a good, settled format with everybody playing to their strengths. At the moment Sheffield United can smell success - and Kevin has not shied away from talking about his ambition of finishing in the top two.
Reading need to start scoring goals. In the last 13 games they have drawn eight blanks and that was unthinkable earlier in the season.
They were going toe-to-toe with Wolves in the early-season goalscoring stakes and at one stage they were the joint top scorers in all four tiers of English football. So I just cannot believe they are going through this barren spell.
The Royals are at home in this game, but Sheffield United's away from is very good. They're one of those teams that can entertain a battle, but can also entertain in the final third.
This is one of two pivotal games for Reading, the other being Birmingham on the final day. But with Reading's problems in front of goal, the away side are probably the favourites.
Peter answers your questions...
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HAPPY HATTERS
Hi Peter. I'm a Luton Town fan still waiting to come down off Cloud Nine after Sunday's Wembley win. Some of my friends feel we should have refused to accept the trophy in protest at our 30-point deduction. I'm not sure that would have been a good idea? What do you think? Also, should we be allowed to defend the trophy next year if we go down? Mike Masset (Happy Hatter)
PETER SAYS: Sunday was a fantastic occasion which more than justified playing a game between and League One team and a League Two team at the home of the international team - and despite all of their adversity Luton came through as winners.
It would have been a massive faux pas if they hadn't accepted the trophy from Lord Mawhinney. The fans showed their displeasure by booing him - and that's the sensible way of going about it. That team had slugged it out for 120 minutes and to deny them the opportunity of lifting the trophy in front of their 40,000 fans would have been ridiculous. Those celebrations on the pitch created a feelgood factor that could help them rise again next season. The togetherness they created on Sunday could get them back into League football next year - refusing the trophy might have spoiled that.
As for defending the trophy, I don't think there's anything in the rules that will enable them to do so. If Scunthorpe had won and then been promoted to the Championship they wouldn't be able to defend, so in that respect Luton won't be able to either.
SPIREITES SPIRIT
Do you think Chesterfield has a good chance of promotion this year? Nobody ever mentions them even though they are one of the form teams in League Two? Mark Stone (Chesterfield fan)
PETER SAYS: I wasn't ruling them out a few weeks ago because they had so many games in hand - but now they have played them and picked up the points so they are right in the mix. Jack Lester will get the plaudits because he scores most of their goals, but praise is also due to the manager Lee Richardson because he lost a few players in the summer and coped admirably.
I'm pleased for them because in the last few seasons they have had a few good cup runs and they have never wilted against the bigger teams. Lee will be looking to take that belief into the last few games, but they do have some very tough fixtures coming up. Next up is Darlington, who are a real coupon-wrecker, and then they play Luton who are on a high after their Wembley win. Results could go either way in those games - but they should both be good footballing fixtures. Those two games will tell us a lot about whether Chesterfield will be playing League One football next season.
