How Leeds United could be promoted on Thursday night with odds about top-two finish completely slashed

United's odds for automatic promotion had already been cut to 1-20 ahead of Sunday's contest in South Wales after second-placed West Brom had dropped points in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Blackburn Rovers.

Sunday's fixture in South Wales then looked destined to end in a goalless draw but United's Spanish magician substitute Pablo Hernandez then bagged an 89th-minute winner to boot the Whites three points clear of second-placed West Brom and six points clear of third-placed Brentford with just three games left.

It means that even if the Baggies and Bees both take nine points from their final three fixtures, four more points would guarantee Leeds automatic promotion.

With home clashes against the Championship's bottom side Barnsley and fourth-bottom Charlton Athletic sandwiching a trip to tenth-placed Derby County, United are now no bigger than 1-50 for a top-two finish and as short as 1-100 with some firms.

West Brom have now drifted out to 4-11 for a top-two finish with a Brentford side who have won seven games in a row down to 9-4.

Fourth-placed Fulham are another two points behind Brentford and not yet mathematically out of the equation but Scott Parker's side can be backed at 33-1 for a top-two finish.

Fulham visit West Brom in a huge game on Tuesday at 5pm with the Baggies then facing a Friday evening trip to fifth-bottom Huddersfield Town and finishing off with a home clash against 15th-placed QPR.

Brentford host eighth-placed Preston North End at 5pm on Wednesday before Saturday's 12.30pm kick-off at 17th-placed Stoke City and the Bees finish off at home to Barnsley on the final day of the regular season next Wednesday with all games kicking off at 7.30pm.

Fulham, meanwhile, will follow their clash at West Brom with a 3pm Saturday kick-off at home to 14th-placed Sheffield Wednesday before concluding matters at 15th-placed Wigan Athletic.

With Leeds not hosting Barnsley until 5pm on Thursday and the clash at Derby now taking place at 2pm next Sunday, it means United will once again play last of the automatic promotion contenders in the next two rounds of games.

But given the daylight back to second and more importantly third, Leeds are now strongly fancied to go up as champions with United a best-priced 1-7 to win the division.

West Brom are 6-1 with Brentford 40s and Fulham 500s and if results go their way United could even be promoted on Thursday night with Brentford now forced to beat Preston to prevent Leeds being handed a chance to seal a return to the Premier League in just four days' time.

If Brentford draw or lose and United beat Barnsley then that's it and the Whites are up.