Championship survival prediction: Can West Brom survive and how many points do they need to avoid drop?

Albion face nine huge games in the battle for Championship survival.

Having been sucked into a relegation battle over recent months - essentially prop up the table in terms of sides who can still survive.

They sit second bottom after the midweek results - with Sheffield Wednesday having already been relegated.

However, there is just three points separating five sides at the moment - with two positions in the drop zone to be filled.

With nine games to go, ten in the case of Portsmouth, Jonny Drury looks at the fixture schedules, predicts where the points will go and whether Albion will have enough to survive:

23rd - Albion - 37 points

Albion are the back markers at the moment - and they have all the work to do.

Although, it is tight and there is 27 points left to play for. Given their performances in the last two games - they look more likely to win games.

They will need to win four from the nine games. Can they do it? Play like they did in midweek and it is more than possible.

Four wins from nine games should be enough for Albion to survive (Photo by Adam Fradgley/West Bromwich Albion FC via Getty Images)placeholder image
Four wins from nine games should be enough for Albion to survive (Photo by Adam Fradgley/West Bromwich Albion FC via Getty Images)

Home games against Hull and Watford present their best chances of a victory - with promotion chasers Wrexham, Ipswich and Millwall heading to The Hawthorns.

Away games against out of form Preston and Bristol City are also games where you would give Albion a chance before ending the season with basement boys Sheffield Wednesday.

There are certainly enough games to pick up the required wins.

Prediction: Hull W, Bristol City D, Wrexham L, Blackburn D, Millwall D, Preston W, Watford W, Ipswich L, Sheffield Wednesday W - 15 points

22rd - Oxford United - 38 points

Prediction - Charlton D, Southampton L, Hull D, Portsmouth L, Watford W,  Derby D, Wrexham D, Sheffield Wednesday W, Millwall L - 10 points

21rd - Leicester City - 38 points

Prediction - QPR W, Watford D, Preston W, Sheffield Wednesday W, Swansea D, Portsmouth D, Hull W, Millwall L, Blackburn D - 16 points

20rd - Blackburn Rovers - 39 points

Prediction: Millwall L, Boro L, Birmingham D, West Brom D, Stoke W, Coventry L, Sheffield United D, Southampton L, Leicester D - 7 points

19th - Portsmouth - 40 points

Prediction: Derby W, QPR D, Norwich L, Oxford W, Boro L, Ipswich L, Leicester D, Coventry L, Stoke W, Birmingham W - 14 points

Baggies players including youngster Bostock, foreground, and captain Jed Wallace, rear left, and Jayson Molumby receive the ire of the angry away fans at full-time. (Photo by Adam Fradgley/West Bromwich Albion FC via Getty Images)placeholder image
Baggies players including youngster Bostock, foreground, and captain Jed Wallace, rear left, and Jayson Molumby receive the ire of the angry away fans at full-time. (Photo by Adam Fradgley/West Bromwich Albion FC via Getty Images)

Final table prediction: 

24 - Sheffield Wednesday

23 - Blackburn Rovers - 46

22 - Oxford United - 48

21 - West Brom - 52

20 - Leicester - 54

19 - Portsmouth - 54

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