Hull and Gianfranco Zola's Watford are battling for the final automatic promotion spot to join champions Cardiff City in the Premier League next season.Wolves boss Saunders is hoping to avoid his own second successive relegation, having taken Doncaster Rovers down to League One a year ago.The financial rewards are bigger than ever, with BSkyB and BT's three-year rights deal worth more than £3bn, double the current package that expires this summer.With Brighton's play-off place already confirmed, Crystal Palace, Bolton, Nottingham Forest and Leicester are vying for the final two spots.The relegation battle looking particularly intriguing.Ian Holloway's Palace know a victory against Peterborough will secure their place, while a win for Bolton Wanderers at home to Blackpool will keep their hopes alive of securing an instant Premier League return, having been 20th at the start of February.Wolves are in biggest danger of being demoted alongside already-doomed Bristol City, and would be just the second team - after Swindon Town in 1994 and 1995 - to suffer successive relegations from the Premier League to League One.Manager Dougie Freedman, said: "I'm very proud that the same lads that were here when we walked through the door in October are the same lads that are (closing in on) the play-offs.Wolves need to win at Brighton and hope Barnsley lose at Huddersfield and Peterborough are beaten by Crystal Palace, while also making up a four-goal swing on Posh in the process.
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