West Ham's title and promotion chances shift after Sunday Championship events

West Ham will have had a keen eye on Sunday's Championship fixtures.

Nuno Espirito Santo's side could only secure a point in their heated draw with local rivals Millwall on Saturday.

They were 2-0 down, but goals from Mohamadou Kante and Konstantinos Mavropanos got them level.

That meant that Swansea took their place at the top of the table, and then other teams closed the gap.

Wolves beat West Brom and Bolton beat Norwich on Sunday, and those results have affected the Hammers' promotion chances.

Their chances of winning the title have also been altered after the final part of match week eight.

What has happened to West Ham's promotion chances?

The Opta Analyst supercomputer has maginally changed the odds on the Irons escaping the second tier.

They had a 28.28 per cent chance of winning the title on Saturday evening, but that has now shifted to 26.78 per cent.

The E20 side's chance of promotion was rated at 46.16 per cent previously, but it is now 44.92 per cent.

Finally, United's likelihood of finishing in the play-off places were 42.54 per cent, but have increased slightly to 43.88 per cent.

Why West Ham have no reason to panic

The bottom line is that West Ham are still the favourites to finish top of the pile, even if two points slipped through the cracks over the weekend.

The supercomputer - and pretty much every fan - still expects the Irons to go up automatically.

They just need to focus on their own business, and not let predictions and outside noise get in the way.

Ultimately, they have won four of their last five league games, and there are circumstances that make the draw with the Lions acceptable.

For starters, it is a local derby, so the atmosphere was very intense, so it would not be a surprise if it took players a while to adapt.

The Bermondsey-based outfit were keen to spoil Nuno's side's promotion push by any means necessary, given the rivalry between the two sides.

Taking a point from a trip to The Den is far from reason to panic for the East London side.

As long as they can bounce back, and continue to win most of their games, they should be back in the top flight in no time.