Reading are predicted to be relegated by the latest supercomputer calculations.
Four matches remain in the Championship, with the Royals currently sat third from bottom and in the relegation zone.
Just one point separates Noel Hunt's side from Huddersfield Town in 19th, a side they face on the final day of the season.
According to FiveThirtyEight predictions, Reading will finish on 46 points- a point behind QPR and Huddersfield with safety.
This would mean that the team would be expected to pick up four points in their four remaining matches.
Reading have not played in the third tier since 2002- and were in the Premier League a decade ago.
Wigan Athletic and Blackpool remain bottom and second-from-bottom, eight and four points behind the Royals respectively.
Without the recent six-point deduction, the prediction would have Reading sat on 52 points and up in 18th.
Burnley are expected to pick up 10 more points and finish on 101, still some way short of the 106 record.
Sheffield United pip Luton Town to automatic promotion, with the Hatters joined by Middlesbrough, Millwall and Coventry City in the top six.
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