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The English Football League play-offs for the 2017–18 season (referred to as the Sky Bet Play-Offs for sponsorship reasons) were held in May 2018 with all finals being staged at Wembley Stadium in London. The play-offs began in each league with two semi-finals played over two legs. The teams who finished in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place in the Championship and League One and the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th-placed teams in League Two competed. The winners of the semi-finals advanced to the finals, with the winners gaining promotion for the following season.
Season | 2017–18 |
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Matches played | 13 |
Goals scored | 24 (1.85 per match) |
Biggest home win | Exeter City 3–1 Lincoln City Fulham 2–0 Derby County Rotherham United 2–0 Scunthorpe United |
Biggest away win | Notts County 1–4 Coventry City |
Highest scoring | Notts County 1–4 Coventry City |
Highest attendance | 40,505 |
Lowest attendance | 5,645 |
Average attendance | 17,637 |
← 2017 2019 → |
The English Football League play-offs have been held every year since 1987. They take place for each division following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places. The fixtures are determined by final league position – in the Championship and League One this is 3rd v 6th and 4th v 5th, while in League Two it is 4th v 7th and 5th v 6th.
Final league position – Championship | |||||||||
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
3 | Fulham | 46 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 79 | 46 | +33 | 88 |
4 | Aston Villa | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 72 | 42 | +30 | 83 |
5 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 67 | 45 | +22 | 76 |
6 | Derby County | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 69 | 48 | +21 | 75 |
Derby County | 1–0 | Fulham |
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Jerome 34' | Report |
Fulham | 2–0 | Derby County |
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Sessegnon 48' Odoi 66' |
Report |
Fulham won 2–1 on aggregate.
Aston Villa won 1–0 on aggregate.
Aston Villa | 0–1 | Fulham |
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Report | Cairney 23' |
Final league position – League One | |||||||||
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
3 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 60 | 39 | +21 | 87 |
4 | Rotherham United | 46 | 24 | 7 | 15 | 73 | 53 | +20 | 79 |
5 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 65 | 50 | +15 | 74 |
6 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 58 | 51 | +7 | 71 |
Scunthorpe United | 2–2 | Rotherham United |
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Ihiekwe 18' (o.g.) McGeehan 88' |
Report | Taylor 17' Newell 64' |
Shrewsbury Town won 2–0 on aggregate.
Rotherham United | 2–0 | Scunthorpe United |
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Wood 45+2' Vaulks 63' |
Report |
Rotherham United won 4–2 on aggregate.
Rotherham United | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Shrewsbury Town |
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Wood 32', 103' | Report | Rodman 58' |
Final league position – League Two | |||||||||
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
4 | Exeter City | 46 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 64 | 54 | +10 | 80 |
5 | Notts County | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 71 | 48 | +23 | 77 |
6 | Coventry City | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 75 |
7 | Lincoln City | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 64 | 48 | +16 | 75 |
Coventry City | 1–1 | Notts County |
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McNulty 87' (pen.) | Report | Forte 49' |
Exeter City | 3–1 | Lincoln City |
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Stockley 27' Boateng 47' Harley 69' |
Report | Green 78' |
Exeter City won 3–1 on aggregate.
Notts County | 1–4 | Coventry City |
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Grant 44' | Report | Biamou 6', 71' McNulty 37' Bayliss 85' |
Coventry City won 5–2 on aggregate.
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