Slaven Bilic makes pressure admission over Leeds United and West Brom

WEST BROM boss Slaven Bilic says the pressure on his Baggies side and front-runners Leeds United will only get bigger in the build-up to the season's conclusion.
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Leeds and West Brom continue to lead the way in the Championship's two automatic promotion places but third-placed Brentford are just five points behind the Baggies and six behind the Whites having won five games in a row and without conceding a goal.

With five games left, Fulham are two points further back in fourth with the Cottagers two points ahead of fifth-placed Nottingham Forest.

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As part of a full set of mid-week games, Forest and Fulham will now lock horns at The City Ground for a Tuesday 5pm kick-off before Brentford take on sixth-bottom Charlton Athletic at Griffin Park one hour later.

WARNING: From West Brom boss Slaven Bilic. Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images.WARNING: From West Brom boss Slaven Bilic. Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images.
WARNING: From West Brom boss Slaven Bilic. Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images.

West Brom will then face play-offs chasing Derby County at The Hawthorns in a Wednesday 5pm kick-off with Leeds last to go when Marcelo Bielsa's side take on relegation-batling Stoke City at Elland Road at 5pm on Thursday.

"The pressure is on us and Leeds," said Bilic.

"The teams who are below us, Brentford, Fulham and Forest, are doing well but they are hoping.

"We have to cope with the pressure. We wouldn't swap with them and we have to cope with it. The pressure will only get bigger. It doesn't mean we would swap with them.

"We have to continue being brave and relax in a positive way."