BURNLEY'S promotion fate lies in the hands of others but midfield dynamo Micky Mellon believes the Clarets have performed superbly to still be in with a shout going into the final game of the season.

Gillingham's 4-1 win over Cardiff City last night means the Gills will clinch the second automatic promotion place behind Preston if they collect three points at Wrexham on Saturday.

But any other result will open the door for the Clarets to go up if they win at Scunthorpe United.

And Mellon insists that's an achievement in itself.

He said: "We have come from nowhere really. I think we've won something like seven out of eight games so nobody can complain that we aren't having a go.

"I think we were something like 11 or 12 points behind second-place at one stage so if someone had said we were going to the last game looking for automatic promotion we would have taken that."

And the Clarets will still feel they can avoid the play-offs as they will back themselves to win at Glanford Park, while Gillingham haven't tasted victory at the Racecourse Ground for 25 years and will face a Wrexham side which has won its last four games.

"If we get three points on Saturday I think we'll have done everything we can do. I think we'll end up with 88 points and if someone had said at the start of the season we would have got 88 points I think we would have taken that.

"So we will just see what happens on Saturday," Mellon added.

Walsall secured second spot last season with 87 points and 86 could do it for the Clarets if Gillingham and Wigan were both to lose at the weekend. The Clarets have showed they can handle the pressure of life near the top since their defeat by Gillingham last month, having bounced back with three straight wins.

The latest came against Cambridge last weekend and Mellon insists they will approach Saturday's potential promotion decider in the same frame of mind.

"We've been on a great run and we were just pleased to have won again on Saturday.

"It will just be the same. We'll just get on with it, block everything else out and go and win the game," he said.

Burnley were displaced in second place when Gillingham recovered from the shock of an early goal to beat Cardiff 4-1 at Priestfield Stadium and consign the Welshmen to the drop.

Record signing Carl Asaba put his injury problems behind with a hat-trick and Gills boss Peter Taylor was relieved to have overcome one of their two remaining obstacles. "We've got over one difficult game because Cardiff could have been 2-0 up after 10 minutes and it could have been a hard night for us but we managed to turn it round," he said.

However, the former England under-21 boss insists his side still faces a big job to pip the Clarets to second place.

He added: "Of course it's nice to be second but we've got another big game on Saturday.

"It's an important game for us and we won't be getting carried away. We have to get another three points and if we do that we will be up.

"The lads know what's wanted. We have got to go to Wrexham, against a difficult team, and do well."