In conjunction with our resident Statistician Doctor Dave, rochdalehornets.com takes a look at the run-ins for Hornets and all of our immediate rivals for the third spot. We've stuck on our predicition heads and looked at likely and possible scenarios for all the remaning games - and the outcome is simply, it'll be very, very close indeed.

Hornets
(current points 31)
Workington h - likely win
Oldham h - likely win
Chorley a - likely win
Doncaster a - possible defeat
Bye

Total points available - 39; Possible points - 37

Featherstone
(current points - 29)
Doncaster h - possible win (Correct result)
Hunslet h - likely win
Hull KR a - likely defeat
Barrow h - possible win
Workington a - likely win

Total points available - 39; Possible points - 37

Hull KR
(current points - 28)
Huddersfield a - likely defeat
Featherstone h - likely win
Barrow a - possible win
Hunslet a - likely win
Leigh h - likely defeat
Doncaster h - likely win

Total points available - 40; Possible points - 36

Doncaster
(current points - 27)
Featherstone a - possible defeat (correct result)
Sheffield h - likely win
Keighley a - likely win
Whitehaven a - possible win
Keighley h - likely win
Hornets h - possible win
Hull KR a - likely defeat

Total points available - 41; Possible points - 37

Batley
(current points - 28)
Oldham h possible win
Huddersfield a likely defeat
Dewsbury a possible win
Gateshead h - likely win
Barrow a - possible win

Total points available - 38; Possible points - 36