Supercomputer predicts final Championship table - and where Preston North End, Sheffield United & Co finish

It’s been an impressive opening few weeks of the season at Deepdale, with Paul Heckingbottom’s men currently occupying a play-off position.

The Lilywhites have won four of their opening nine matches and head into the second international break of the campaign in fourth position.

Indeed, Saturday’s 2-0 triumph over Charlton Athletic extends North End’s unbeaten run to five games, which has seen them keep pace with the Championship’s current fast starters.

After an outstanding start to the season, we’ve taken to football analytics website, Opta, to see where PNE could finish in May based on their data predictions.

Here’s what the table could look like at the end of the term.

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