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League Two title, promotion, play-offs and survival at stake

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Side by side images of Neil Harris, Karl Robinson and Martin Paterson all watching their respective teams from the touchline during a game
Neil Harris (left), Karl Robinson and Martin Paterson are in a three-way fight for automatic promotion from League Two on Saturday [Getty Images]

With 49 points separating top spot down to the bottom, League Two has once again been the most competitive division in the EFL.

That is further evidenced by virtue of the title, one automatic promotion place and the two relegation spots still to be decided as we go into the final round of games.

Having secured promotion already, MK Dons and Bromley are vying for the silverware, while three sides are involved in the battle for that third automatic berth.

There is a head-to-head for the final play-off position and five sides face a make-or-break afternoon for their EFL status.

Here is what to look out for in the fourth tier on Saturday (15:00 BST).

Title talk and thrills for third place

The top 10 places in League Two
Eight teams have plenty to play for at the top on Saturday [BBC Sport]

MK Dons and Bromley are already up from League Two so it is just a question of who dots the i's and crosses the t's by being crowned champions.

A point clear at the top, MK visit Fleetwood Town knowing they only have to match Bromley's result against Walsall to lift the silverware.

For the Ravens to be champions, they need to win and hope their rivals lose or draw, because a point – even if MK Dons lose – would not be enough given the leaders' vastly superior goal difference.

The race to join those two in the automatic promotion spots has turned into a three-horse race.

Victory for Cambridge United (on 81 points) at Crewe will see them return to League One at the first time of asking. If they win and Bromley lose, they would finish second.

If the U's drop points, that would open the door for Salford (80) to pip them with a win at Crawley or even fifth-placed Notts County (79), although they would have to beat Bristol Rovers and hope Cambridge lose and Salford don't win.

Two of those three sides will end up in the play-offs along with Grimsby Town but the fourth spot is between Chesterfield and Swindon, who handily face-off in Wiltshire.

Only a win for Swindon will get them in, otherwise Paul Cook's side will get a second successive crack at the play-offs.

Five sides and the dreaded drop to non-league

The bottom six places in League Two with a photograph of a dejected Barrow fan behind it
Barrow's inferior goal difference means they are all but mathematically relegated [BBC Sport/Getty Images]

Barrow seem almost certain to fall back into the National League after six seasons in the EFL.

The Cumbrians are bottom with 36 points but even a win over fellow strugglers Newport (40) would still leave them with a huge goal difference to make up on their rivals Harrogate and Crawley.

A victory for the Welsh side would save their league status and leave it to Harrogate (39), Crawley (39) and Tranmere (40) to scrap it out.

Harrogate, who host Barnet, are currently second from bottom, four goals worse off than Crawley, who take on promotion-chasing Salford.

Were they to both win, as well as Newport, it would leave Tranmere needing victory at home to Grimsby to save themselves.

Expect sweaty palms and furrowed brows at the bottom of League Two.

BBC Sport will have live text coverage of all the action from League One and League and League Two on Saturday.

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