Leeds United need Coventry City to win tonight against Ipswich Town to increase their chances of automatic promotion on Saturday.
No matter what happens tonight in Coventry City’s home game against Ipswich Town, the battle to join Leicester in automatic promotion will come down to the final day.
Leeds’ humiliation at the hands of QPR created an opportunity for Ipswich to seize complete control, but they were unable to overtake the Whites on Saturday, drawing at Hull.
Leeds praying for huge Coventry favour tonight
Ipswich travel to the Sky Blues tonight knowing they need four points from their last two games to guarantee promotion, as they are presently equal with Leeds.
However, if Mark Robins’ side wins today, Leeds will have automatic promotion when the campaign comes to a finish this weekend.
If Kieran McKenna’s side loses, the Whites will be in control when they face Southampton.
The Coventry Telegraph’s claim does not bode well for Leeds, who are expecting for a great performance at home.
The rigorous schedule in April has been harsh for most league sides, but Coventry’s FA Cup run has left them dangerously exhausted, with five players out due to injury and another suspended for today in ex-Leeds midfielder Liam Kitching, who received a red card on Saturday.
“The Sky Blues are currently suffering from weariness after playing three games in seven days, including an energy-sapping FA Cup semi-final that went to extra time at Wembley Stadium, as well as dealing with new injury and suspension difficulties.
“Influential midfielder Ben Sheaf is the latest casualty to miss Saturday’s goalless match against Blackburn with an unspecified’muscle’ ailment, joining Luis Binks (Achilles), Victor Torp (stomach), and Fabio Tavares (ankle ligaments).
“To add insult to injury, centre-half Liam Kitching’s red card at the weekend means he is suspended for the last two games of the season and the first of next, while Joel Latibeaudiere has been managing a calf issue in recent weeks.”
Stranger things have happened at the Championship.
Coventry have won one league game in April, losing every other meeting but one; no prizes for guessing who they beat.
With a poor run of form, plainly depleted energy reserves, and injuries piling up, everything is pointing to Ipswich being promoted this week.
However, the Championship has a strange habit of making fools out of those who make assumptions about what should happen.
Many people expected us to stroll to promotion after the international break, but we’ve fallen off a cliff; happily, Ipswich has done the same, making it a fair race.
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