Wednesday night’s Championship hosting of Millwall offered Leeds the chance to reclaim top spot and kick clear of key automatic promotion rivals Sheffield United and Burnley after Tuesday’s results. The Blades, Clarets and also fourth-placed Sunderland were all held to draws on Tuesday and Leeds took full advantage by recording a 2-0 win against Millwall which allowed them to jump from second and back into first.
With just nine games left, Daniel Farke’s Whites are now two points clear of second-placed Sheffield United in pole position and four points ahead of third-placed Burnley as part of a new cushion in the division's automatic promotion places. Sunderland are a further six points back in fourth place.
After the midweek fresh twists, the data experts at Opta have used their supercomputer to produce a new predicted final table and here is the full new rundown featuring a close call in the battle for the automatic promotion spots.
