When Fulham kick-off in Good Friday’s evening fixture, we will know whether or not it’s possible to confirm promotion with a victory over Derby County.
The day starts with Nottingham Forest’s trip to Luton Town, and if the Reds lose at Kenilworth Road, three points at Pride Park will confirm our return to the Premier League.
Even if Forest draw, a Fulham victory will all but mathematically seal a top-two place, such is our superior goal difference.
Huddersfield Town can technically still catch us, too, but the highest points tally available to them is 85, so a Whites win would put us out of their reach.
But regardless of any permutations, Marco Silva insists his side will be concentrating purely on themselves.
“What happens in the other results, is not the main thing for us right now,” he explained. “If you start to focus on other sides, then you don’t keep the focus on ourselves and what we can do, and you can have problems.
“One of the main things for us is we always focus on ourselves, it’s what we can control, and we can control our game against Derby. There are things we can’t control at all, and we will not lose energy, time and focus on this situation.
“We are really calm about the situation. From the first day, [promotion] was our aim and we are fighting for it.
“We know nothing is guaranteed yet and we have to keep fighting, keep working hard, keep enjoying the moment as well, embrace the challenge like we are doing so far.
“We go into the match thinking only about getting three points, and at the end we will see what will happen in the table, and the consequence that will come from the match.
“That’s the way we’ve been preparing so far, and nothing’s changed. We have six games to play, and the next one is the most important one for us.”
Promotion is not the only target for the Club, with Marco hoping his men get their just rewards for a phenomenal season, with winners’ medals come May.
“We don’t have just one goal in our mind,” he stated. “Of course, the main thing for us is to get promoted, [but] we want to fight to be Champions, we want to fight to finish on the top.
“Most weekends we have been there, at the top of the table, and we will fight for it until the last day of the Championship.
“I know that some clubs will fight for the same. Not many for the top right now, two or three, but more are fighting for promotion.
“We have to keep our feet on the ground, focus, focus, focus, keep the concentration.
“I think the last game is a good example of how we can’t lose one second of focus, because if you are not 100 per cent in the game then things that happened last Sunday against Coventry can happen again. And we don’t want that.”
