All three play-off finals will use Video Assistant Referees (VAR), making it the first time that they have been used in each of the respective leagues.

[citation needed] All English Football League play-off games were broadcast live on Sky Sports.

Sheffield United and Luton Town won their games against Fulham and Reading respectively, because of this, Middlesbrough and Millwall did not qualify for the play-offs regardless of their results.

Sheffield Wednesday and Sunderland won their games against Portsmouth and Morecambe respectively to finish 4th and 5th.

Northampton Town and Bristol Rovers both won their games, putting both of them on 80 points with the promoted team decided on goal difference.

This meant that against all the odds at the time, Bristol Rovers were promoted and Northampton were condemned to the play-offs.