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17th placed Blackburn Rovers take on 20th in the table Derby County in what is a crucial clash at Ewood Park as both teams look to consolidate their position in the league for next season.

Following Rotherham’s 3-1 win over QPR in midweek, Rovers are now eight points above the relegation zone, whilst Derby are four points above having both played three more matches than the Millers.

The last time Blackburn won was in a 2-0 win against Millwall on sixth March, however, they will be hoping that the rejuvenated Adam Armstrong will inspire them against the Rams on Friday night. The former Newcastle United striker scored a brace last time out against Cardiff City in Rovers’ 2-2 draw in Wales last weekend, taking his tally up to 22 league goals for the season.

Derby are in no better form than Rovers, having won just one game since late February, which was in a 2-0 home win against Luton earlier this month, so, Rovers will be looking to capitalise on Wayne Rooney’s sides fragilities.

Reading take on Cardiff City this Friday night in a must-win game for the Royals if they are to reach the playoff places.

Veljko Paunović’s side are five points behind sixth-placed Barnsley, whilst Cardiff’s recent dip in form has seen them fall 12 points adrift of the Tykes with just five games to go, meaning that they ultimately have nothing to play for at this stage in the season.

The Royals last win came on 5th April in a convincing 3-1 win against Derby, which saw Michael Olise, George Puscas and Lucas Joao all get on the scoresheet, whilst Cardiff haven’t won any of their last three matches in the league, losing 1-0 and 5-0 to Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday, as well as drawing 2-2 with Blackburn last time out.

Joao is the fourth top scorer in the Championship this campaign, having scored 19 times in 35 appearances and even scored the winner when the Royals beat Cardiff 2-1 at the Cardiff City Stadium last September.

The next game on this list of tips sees Peterborough United take on Northampton Town in the Nene derby.

Posh come into this game as firm favourites to win, as they are currently second in the league, five points clear of third-placed Sunderland and just three points behind league leaders Hull with a game in hand on the Tigers.

Northampton will be fearing the worst this weekend, as they are 21st in the table, one point behind Wigan Athletic and will be looking to raise their game for the derby this Friday having been beaten 2-0 earlier on in the season and are now in a desperate situation where they need points on the board.

Darren Ferguson’s Peterborough are the second top scorers in League One this campaign with 70 goals, but are susceptible to conceding goals as they have let in 38 in 40 matches.

Posh’s Jonson Clarke-Harris is also the top scorer in the league with 27 goals in 40 appearances this campaign.

Everton take on Tottenham Hotspur in a crucial tie for both teams’ European aspirations this season.

Carlo Ancelotti’s side are currently seven points off fourth-placed West Ham United with a game in hand, whilst Tottenham are just one place and one point above Everton having played a game more.

The Toffees haven’t won in any of their last four league matches against Brighton, Crystal Palace, Burnley and Chelsea, whilst Tottenham are in slightly better form beating Aston Villa and Palace in their last five matches.

Jose Mourinho’s side will fancy their chances of putting breathing space between themselves and Everton, as the Toffees could be without several key players such as Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Andre Gomes, Jordan Pickford, Josh King, Yerry Mina and Abdoulaye Doucoure.

With Spurs back to their full complement of players following the return of Heung-Min Son, who scored last weekend against Manchester United in their 3-1 defeat, Mourinho will be looking to fire his players up and get them back on track for a place in European football next season and will be looking no further than to Harry Kane who has 24 goals and 15 assists in 39 matches, whilst Son has 32 goals contributions in 41 appearances.

RB Leipzig face Hoffenheim at the Red Bull Arena (Leipzig) on Friday, looking to close the five-point gap they are chasing on league leaders Bayern Munich

Julian Nagelsmann’s side come into this game on the back of a 4-1 win away at Werder Bremen last weekend, where summer signing Alexander Sorloth scored a brace. These goals last weekend saw the Norwegian’s Bundesliga tally go up to five, however, the former Crystal Palace man is in red hot form of late, as four of these have come in his last five league appearances.

Meanwhile, Hoffenheim haven’t won in their last four league games since their 2-1 win at home to Wolfsburg via strikes from Christoph Baumgartner and Andrej Kramaric, and will be looking towards former Leicester City and Croatia international Kramaric to change this, as he is their top scorer in the league with 14 goals in 22 games this campaign.