Liam Cooper has made a Leeds United promotion bid promise in sizing up the final day visit of Southampton and the damaging defeat at QPR. Daniel Farke’s Whites were dealt a hammer blow in their quest for automatic promotion in last weekend’s clash at Queens Park Rangers in which a 4-0 defeat paved the way for Ipswich to jump above Leeds into second. United must now hope that Ipswich end their season with defeat at home to final day visitors Huddersfield Town and also take three points themselves...
Ipswich Town midfielder Jack Taylor insists his side can ‘definitely’ claim the second automatic promotion place ahead of Leeds United - but the Tractor Boys are not getting too carried away with two more games to play. Kieran McKenna’s side can climb back into second if they take anything from Coventry City this evening, with Saturday’s dramatic 3-3 draw at Hull City pulling them level on points with Leeds, having played a game less. Coventry cannot make a late push for play-offs and so have...
Leicester City boss Enzo Maresca doesn't care whether his side finish first or second in the Championship, just as long as they win automatic promotion. The Foxes are now on the brink of an immediate return to the Premier League after thrashing promotion rivals Southampton 5-0 at the King Power Stadium on Tuesday night. Abdul Fatawu bagged a hat-trick on the night, while Wilfred Ndidi and Jamie Vardy also found the back of the net as Leicester cut loose to assert their dominance on the...
Goalkeeper Vaclav Hladky doesn't anticipate Ipswich Town having 'big troubles' as they push to secure automatic promotion from the Championship. The Tractor Boys are without a win in three in the league, having drawn their last two games against Middlesbrough and Watford after their demoralising derby defeat to Norwich City. As such, their inactivity over the weekend, due to Coventry City's FA Cup commitments, has allowed others to knock them off their perch in the Championship. Leicester City...
Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna never expected to be involved in a promotion race but now looks set to pip Leeds United to a top-two finish in the Championship, following Tuesday’s massive win at Coventry City. Ipswich took a massive step towards their second automatic promotion in as many seasons after beating Coventry City 2-1 at the CBS Arena. Kieffer Moore and Cameron Burgess were on hand for the Tractor Boys, scoring either side of half-time. Haji Wright’s drilled effort cancelled out...
Nigel Martyn insists Leeds United must win both of their remaining games to stand a chance of achieving automatic promotion in one of the most exciting Championship campaigns in recent memory. Leeds found their feet again in the race with a dramatic 4-3 win at Middlesbrough on Monday evening, Crysencio Summerville’s brace bookending goals from Patrick Bamford and Wilfried Gnonto. A late Emmanuel Latte Lath header made it nervy but Daniel Farke’s men held out to take all three points and go...
Sunderland play Watford at Vicarage Road on Saturday in the Championship before taking on Sheffield Wednesday at the Stadium of Light the following week in their last game of the 2023-24 campaign. The Black Cats, who are currently under the stewardship of interim head coach Mike Dodds, lost 1-0 to Millwall at home last time out and have seen their season fizzle out with the play-offs out of reach whilst mathematically safe of the relegation places. Despite Sunderland’s dull end to the season,...
We've almost reached the end of the season and Leeds United's fate is not in their own hands. The Whites know that a win over Southampton this afternoon would give them a chance of securing automatic promotion, but if Ipswich Town pick up so much as a point against Huddersfield Town, Leeds will have to make do with the play-offs. The odds are against them, it's fair to say, but the task certainly isn't impossible as Daniel Farke's side look to bring the curtain down on their season in the best...
It would have been a miracle, had the Whites finished Saturday afternoon with Premier League status, such was the size of the task facing Huddersfield at Portman Road, but in the end Daniel Farke's men couldn't hold up their end of the bargain either. And the manner in which Leeds have crossed the finish line, the way in which they trudged around Elland Road at full-time, suggests the manager has an enormous job on his hands to lift them again and propel them forward into a play-off match with...
Former Leeds United boss Simon Grayson has highlighted the positive side of his former side missing out on the playoffs. The Whites lost at home to Southampton on the final day, but the defeat didn’t matter anyway, with Ipswich Town securing promotion to the Premier League by taking care of business at home to Huddersfield Town, as expected. Daniel Farke’s men have led the automatic promotion chase at times, but they blew a number of opportunities down the final stretch and will have to settle...
Micah Richards believes his hometown team Leeds United will be playing Premier League football next season but they'll need to get through a play-off campaign first. The Whites haven't given up hope of winning automatic promotion from the Championship just yet, but it's fair to say the odds are firmly stacked against them. They currently sit three points behind Ipswich Town in the table and that means they need to not only beat Southampton at Elland Road on Saturday but also hope Ipswich fall...
Russell Martin suggested his Southampton side went into ‘self-preservation mode’ during their dismal 5-0 thrashing at Leicester City. Southampton endured a torrid night at the King Power Stadium with defeat leaving them six points adrift of Leeds United with just two games remaining. Leicester winger Abdul Fatawu was the hat-trick hero on the night, with Wilfred Ndidi and Jamie Vardy also netting on a brilliant evening for the hosts. All of Leicester’s goals were avoidable from Southampton’s...