No doubting Swansea City's key threat but Leeds United more fancied than ever for automatic promotion

HIGHLY rated Liverpool loanee Rhian Brewster is not surprisingly rated Swansea City's key threat by the bookmakers in today's Championship hosting of Leeds United.
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Marcelo Bielsa's Whites have often lined up against sides for whom even their leading marksman appears well down the list in the first goalscorer market.

Yet England under-21s striker Brewster who has netted eight goals in 16 league games for the Swans is fourth-favourite outright to net first at 8-1 and only 3-1 to net any time.

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Team-mate Andre Ayew is not far behind him at 17-2 to net first and 7-2 any time and the duo are seen as the two clear main threats with Liam Cullen next of the Swans contingent at 11-1 to score first and 4-1 any time.

DANGER MAN: Swansea City's Liverpool loanee and England under-21s striker Rhian Brewster who has netted eight goals in 16 league games for Steve Cooper's side. Photo by Lewis Storey/Getty Images.DANGER MAN: Swansea City's Liverpool loanee and England under-21s striker Rhian Brewster who has netted eight goals in 16 league games for Steve Cooper's side. Photo by Lewis Storey/Getty Images.
DANGER MAN: Swansea City's Liverpool loanee and England under-21s striker Rhian Brewster who has netted eight goals in 16 league games for Steve Cooper's side. Photo by Lewis Storey/Getty Images.

Whites striker Patrick Bamford heads the market outright at 15-4 to score first and 59-50 any time followed by Tyler Roberts at 23-4 to notch first and 21-10 any time with Pablo Hernandez next at 7-1 to score first and 11-4 any time.

After Brewster, Helder Costa is next, followed by Ayew, Jack Harrison and then Mateusz Klich.

But while the betting market highlights the fact that the seventh-placed Swans are very well respected, Leeds are still expected to triumph at the Liberty Stadium with the Whites odds-on across the board and no bigger than 8-11 for victory.

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The draw is on offer at 16-5 with Steve Cooper's Swans 17-4 for those seeking an insurance bet and unable to bear the nerves.

A 1-0 win for Leeds is favourite in the correct score market at 13-2 but only narrowly ahead of a 1-1 draw at 27-4.

But whatever happens in what appears to be United's hardest remaining test, Leeds are firmly expected to see the job through and seal automatic promotion with United now no bigger than 1-20 for a top-two finish - the shortest they have been - and West Brom out to 1-3 following Saturday's draw at Blackburn Rovers.

Brentford, meanwhile, are now as short as 2-1 to seal automatic promotion following seven-straight wins with fourth-placed Fulham still available at 33s.