Wycombe Wanderers will make the trip to the Riverside this weekend needing an extraordinary set of results to keep their Championship dream alive.
The Chairboys would need to produce a 13-0 win against Middlesbrough with other results going Wycombe's way.
A 13-0 win is only enough if Sheffield Wednesday beat Derby 1-0 and Rotherham fail to pick up all three points at Cardiff.
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If Sheffield Wednesday were to win 2-0, Wycombe would need 14 and so on.
Even with these slim survival chances, Gareth Ainsworth is looking to finish the season on a high and climb off the bottom of the table.
The Wycombe manager said: "I think it would shock the world if we could pull this one off.
“We have got approach this game as we always do, they are a good side, we have to be solid at the back.
“Of course we believe we can score, we created 23 chanced in one game if I remember rightly."
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Ainsworth has not spoken to his team about scoring the 13 goals they need but instead is focused on ending the season with a win.
He continued: “We want to be solid and end the season on a high."
“The run we have been on has been phenomenal and I cant wait to see what we can do against Middlesbrough.
“I haven't mentioned 13-0 to the boys yet, they all know about it.
“Let's go try and score some goals and see how many we can get."
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