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EFL Play-Offs: When and who?

May 9, 2025 at 12:56 pm 1 comment

In a season in which West Ham’s performances were not much cause for celebration, the football fans’ attention was drawn to the lower leagues from time to time, and RapidHammer watched two EFL games live in London this season, Wimbledon AFC v Barrow in League Two in March (2-2) and last Saturday the League One game Charlton Athletic v Burton Albion (3-1).

The respective home teams of these games, Charlton and Wimbledon, both play in the EFL play-offs, joined by 10 other teams, within this and the following week.

On Friday two of the first legs of the six EFL semifinals have already been played (dates and results cf. below).

The clubs which beat their opponents in the two-legged semifinals will play in the following EFL play-offs at Wembley:

Championship: Saturday 24 May
League One: Sunday 25 May
League Two: Monday 26 May

These are the play-off semifinals this season (results will be updated):

League Two
Notts County v AFC Wimbledon (first leg: 0-1, second leg: 0-1)
Chesterfield v Walsall (first leg: 0-2, second leg: 1-2)
(already promoted: Doncaster Rovers, Port Vale, Bradford City)

League One
Leyton Orient v Stockport County (first leg: 2-2, second leg: 1-1; penalties 4-1)
Wycombe Wanderers v Charlton Athletic (first leg: 0-0, second leg: 1-0)
(already promoted: Birmingham City, Wrexham)

Championship
Bristol City v Sheffield United (first leg: 0-3, second leg 0-3)
Coventry City v Sunderland (first leg 1-2, second leg 1-1 a.e.t.)
(already promoted: Leeds United, Burnley)

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