THE FINAL Championship table has been predicted by a supercomputer and it make terrible reading for Wayne Rooney.
Meanwhile, the top two clubs have been tipped to storm ahead to promotion.
The new season began last weekend, with all 24 clubs having now played twice in the league.
Best Plinko Casino’s supercomputer has looked ahead to the end of the campaign, though, by predicting the final table.
Using factors including league position, form and betting odds, the supercomputer simulated the season 1,000 times to put together the predicted table.
Burnley came out on top and have been tipped to secure an automatic return to the Premier League as champions under Scott Parker.
The Clarets are predicted to finish a point ahead of Leeds, who lost last season’s play-off final.
However, the two sides are expected to storm to promotion, with the table having them 10 points clear of their nearest rivals.
Parker’s side have made a blistering start to the season and are the early pacesetters in the Championship.
Saturday’s 5-0 win over Cardiff followed a 4-1 opening victory away to Luton.
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Behind them, Norwich, Luton, Middlesbrough and Coventry complete the top six to enter the play-offs.
At the opposite end of the table, newly promoted Portsmouth are tipped to finish bottom, 11 points from safety with just eight wins.
Pompey have made an unbeaten start to the season, drawing each of their first two matches after gaining promotion as champions in April.
John Mousinho’s side are back in the Championship for the first time since 2012.
Blackburn and Rooney’s Plymouth are predicted to join Pompey in dropping into League One.
A heart-breaking fate has been predicted for Plymouth, though, with the supercomputer having them missing out on survival by a single goal to Cardiff.
Rooney has yet to register his first league win this term following a 4-0 opening weekend loss to Sheffield Wednesday.
His players did bounce back to hold Hull to a 1-1 draw at Home Park on Saturday, though.
The former England captain took over at Plymouth earlier this summer after he was sacked by Birmingham back in January.
