Having avoided relegation last season on the final day Hull City are the surprise package in this season's play-off race.

They will arrive at The Valley on Saturday (kick off 12.30pm) in seventh place having been in the top six since December. An excellent January saw them get as high as third but recently they have stumbled.

Draws with Coventry and Birmingham at home and at Oxford and Leicester away plus defeat at Sheffield United have allowed Wrexham to leapfrog them on goal difference. They will see Saturday as a good chance to wrestle back a play-off spot before Wrexham make the trip to Coventry on Sunday.

Top scorer is much travelled striker Ollie Mcburnie who has fifteen league goals in his first season for the club since joining from Las Palmas. Former Charlton loanee Liam Millar is also a likely danger man. The team will be urged on from the dug out by Dean Holden who joined as assistant manager to Sergej Jakirović last summer after his stint as Steven Gerrard's assistant in Saudi Arabia.

Hull tend not to play too many boring matches. They are the fourth highest scorers in the division but they have also conceded the fourth most goals per match. They like to use their wingers and fullbacks to get up the pitch but don’t put in many crosses, instead cutting inside to get a shot away or to pass to Joe Gelhardt in the number ten role. It should be noted that they have the most yellow cards in the division, so we should perhaps look to wind them up early and have as many players walking a tight rope as possible.

Charlton of course need just a point to be certain of safety but, although Hull are not as accomplished as Ipswich, it will be a big task for a team depleted by injuries and fatigue. It looks as if Bell, Campbell and Godden might be unavailable after limping off on Wednesday but at least Harry Clarke will be there to toss a few hand grenades into the area.

If we can't get the point we need all eyes will turn to Oxford's home game against Sheffield Wednesday at 3pm. This promises to be a close encounter and a 0-0 draw would not be a surprise. If Oxford do manage to win it, we might find ourselves relying on Millwall to beat them (or at least avoid defeat against them) at The Den on the final day.

Charlton fans will no doubt remember that our relegation in 2020 was sealed by the team below us (Barnsley) pulling off a surprise win at promotion chasing Brentford who threw caution to the winds chasing the three points they needed.

Surely, Millwall wouldn't let us down like that, would they?

Get down to The Valley on Saturday and help create a great atmosphere which  pushes our team over the line. Then Millwall can do what they like...