Championship: Cardiff City, Swansea City and Nottingham Forest in final-day play-off fight

Cardiff City, Swansea City and Nottingham Forest will go into the final day of the Championship fighting for two play-off spots.

The likelihood is that Cardiff and Swansea are competing for one place, although Forest's loss at Barnsley means they are not secure in fifth.

Forest are level with sixth-placed Cardiff on 70 points, with Swansea three adrift in seventh.

The Reds' goal difference is +11, while Cardiff stand at +7 and Swansea +6.

Sabri Lamouchi's Forest side, who have not won in five matches, need only a point when they host a Stoke City team with nothing to play for on Wednesday to book their play-off place.

Cardiff are at home to Hull City, who need a first win in six games to give themselves any hope of staying up, while Swansea go to mid-table Reading.

Speaking before Forest were beaten 1-0 at Barnsley, Bluebirds manager Neil Harris said: "It's a straight shootout between us and the enemy up the road. We are in pole position and rightly so.

"Over 45 games we deserve to be in sixth spot and after 46 games whoever deserves to be there, will be there.

"We are focused on ourselves. Who knows what is going to happen? Anything can happen on the final day.

"All we know is we have Hull on Wednesday and we need a point to be sure… but we want to win the game.

"Hull have an element of needing to catch teams around them and ultimately they are going to need to win the game to have any chance of staying up."

Speaking after a 1-0 win over Bristol City on Saturday, Swansea head coach Steve Cooper said: "In the Championship, we know that anything can happen.

"We've just got to take care of our business and try to win at Reading.

"I said before this game, all we can do is focus on getting six points from the two games.

"We've got three, we'll recover now and get ready for Reading."

Connor Roberts' first goal of the season was enough to see off the Robins and keep Swansea's promotion hopes alive, but Cooper's team are the outsiders in the top-six race.

Cardiff ensured they are the more likely of the two Welsh clubs to make it courtesy of their 3-1 win at Middlesbrough.

Harris' side know they will be in the play-offs regardless of other results if they avoid defeat to Hull.

If Cardiff lose, a Swansea win at Reading would see them make it, while a Stoke victory at Forest could let both Welsh clubs in if there is also a significant swing in goal difference.