Championship run-in: Leeds United's last 11 games with huge promotion boost over Sheffield United & Burnley

Leeds United ticked off another tough Championship clash on Saturday.

Leeds United saw their gap at the top of the Championship reduced this weekend after drawing 1-1 at home to West Brom. Darnell Furlong cancelled out Junior Firpo’s early opener with both goals in the first-half as spoils were shared at Elland Road, with Sheffield United then going on to win 2-1 at QPR.

Daniel Farke’s side are now three points clear of the Blades, with an eight-point gap on Burnley who have a game in hand at Cardiff City on Tuesday, with another difficult game boxed off. Leeds are now 17 unbeaten in the league and 14 points short of last season’s 90-point total with 11 games remaining.

With a tricky period of games against three promotion rivals out the way, there is a feeling Leeds’ fixture list eases up going into the run-in - but is that actually true? Well, the YEP has assessed the final 11-game spell for all of the Championship’s top-half, working out the average position of each team’s opposition to determine who really has the most favourable home straight...

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