Northampton Town are a point clear of the relegation zone after a 2-0 defeat at Huddersfield Town.placeholder image
Northampton Town are a point clear of the relegation zone after a 2-0 defeat at Huddersfield Town.

Supercomputer predicts League One's bottom four after tough a tough Christmas for Northampton Town, Barnsley, Port Vale and Leyton Orient

It was a tough Christmas for Northampton after successive defeats.

A 5-1 thumping at Burton was followed by a battling 2-0 defeat Huddersfield.

It leaves Cobblers a single point above the drop zone in a stunningly congested table, which sees Wycombe in ninth place just three points ahead of danger.

Cobblers face a tough double-header with Stockport’s visit on New Years Day followed by a trip to Bolton on Sunday.

So who is going down this season? This supercomputer – produced by Dream Vegas – attempts to give us the answers.

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Method

The Dream Vegas Supercomputer ran 10,000 simulations before the action gets back underway on New Year's Day, to make bold predictions on both the promotion and survival race in League One.

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