League One run-ins for Oxford United and play-off rivals

The U's go into tomorrow's game with Gillingham seventh in Sky Bet League One, three points behind sixth-placed Portsmouth.

Read also: Points needed to reach the play-offs in previous seasons

But with most of the teams around them boasting games in hand, United must rely on their rivals slipping up between now and May 9.

(Fixtures also listed below)

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The run-ins:

SUNDERLAND

• April 17: Blackpool (A)
• April 20: Hull City    (A)
• April 24: Accrington Stanley (H)
• April 27: Blackpool (H)
• May 1: Plymouth Argyle (A)
• May 9: Northampton Town (H)

Average position of opponents: 10th.
Points from previous six games: Eight.

LINCOLN CITY

• April 17: Bristol Rovers (A)
• April 20: Burton Albion (A)
• April 24: Hull City (H)
• April 27: Shrewsbury Town (A)
• May 1: Peterborough United (A)
• May 4: Charlton Athletic (A)
• May 9: AFC Wimbledon (H)

Average position of opponents: 12th.
Points from previous seven games: Six.

BLACKPOOL

• April 17: Sunderland (H)
• April 20: Rochdale (A)
• April 24: Shrewsbury Town (H)
• April 27: Sunderland (A)
• May 1: Northampton Town (A)
• May 4: Doncaster Rovers (H)
• May 9: Bristol Rovers (H)

Average position of opponents: 15th.
Points from previous seven games: 15.

PORTSMOUTH

• April 17: MK Dons (A)
• April 20: Swindon Town (A)
• April 24: Bristol Rovers (H)
• April 27: Accrington Stanley (A)
• May 1: AFC Wimbledon (A)
• May 9: Accrington Stanley (H)

Average position of opponents: 17th.
Points from previous six games: 13.

OXFORD UNITED

• April 17: Gillingham (H)
• April 20: AFC Wimbledon (A)
• April 24: Plymouth Argyle (H)
• May 1: Shrewsbury Town (A)
• May 9: Burton Albion (H)

Average position of opponents: 16th.
Points from previous five games: Nine.

CHARLTON ATHLETIC

• April 17: Ipswich Town (H)
• April 20: Plymouth Argyle (A)
• April 24: Peterborough United (H)
• April 27: Crewe Alexandra (H)
• May 1: Accrington Stanley (A)
• May 4: Lincoln City (H)
• May 9: Hull City (H)

Average position of opponents: Eighth.
Points from last seven games: 15.

IPSWICH TOWN

• April 17: Charlton Athletic (A)
• April 20: Northampton Town (A)
• April 24: AFC Wimbledon (H)
• May 1: Swindon Town (A)
• May 4: Shrewsbury Town (A)
• May 9: Fleetwood Town (H)

Average position of opponents: 17th.
Points from last six games: Six.

GILLINGHAM

• April 17: Oxford United (A)
• April 20: Peterborough United (A)
• April 24: Northampton Town (H)
• May 1: Burton Albion (A)
• May 9: Plymouth Argyle (H)

Average position of opponents: 13th.
Points from previous five games: Six.

ACCRINGTON STANLEY

• April 17: Rochdale (A)
• April 20: Doncaster Rovers (H)
• April 24: Sunderland (A)
• April 27: Portsmouth (H)
• May 1: Charlton Athletic (H)
• May 9: Portsmouth (A)

Average position of opponents: 10th.
Points from last six games: Eight.

DONCASTER ROVERS

• April 17: Shrewsbury Town (A)
• April 20: Accrington Stanley (A)
• April 24: Fleetwood Town (H)
• April 27: Peterborough United (A)
• May 1: Rochdale (A)
• May 4: Blackpool (A)
• May 9: Peterborough United (H)

Average position of opponents: 11th.
Points from last seven games: One.