Here's the total number of points needed for automatic promotion since 2001 - are Leeds United Premier League bound?

By Phil Hay
Published 28th Feb 2019, 14:03 GMT

As Leeds United head for a crunch game at Middlesbrough this weekend, the automatic promotion battle in the Championship still looks too close to call.

But what has it taken to make the division’s top two since the turn of the century?

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Promotion points
Champions: Fulham (101 points) - Runners-up: Blackburn (91 points)placeholder image
Champions: Fulham (101 points) - Runners-up: Blackburn (91 points)
Champions: Man City (99 points) - Runners-up: West Brom (89 points)placeholder image
Champions: Man City (99 points) - Runners-up: West Brom (89 points)
Champions: Portsmouth (98 points) - Runners-up: Leicester (92 points)placeholder image
Champions: Portsmouth (98 points) - Runners-up: Leicester (92 points)
Champions: Norwich (94 points) - Runners-up: West Brom (86 points)placeholder image
Champions: Norwich (94 points) - Runners-up: West Brom (86 points)
Champions: Reading (106 points) - Runners-up: Sheffield United (90 points)placeholder image
Champions: Reading (106 points) - Runners-up: Sheffield United (90 points)
Champions: Sunderland (94 points) - Runners-up: Wigan (87 points)placeholder image
Champions: Sunderland (94 points) - Runners-up: Wigan (87 points)
Champions: Sunderland (88 points) - Runners-up: Birmingham (86 points)placeholder image
Champions: Sunderland (88 points) - Runners-up: Birmingham (86 points)
Champions: West Brom (81 points) - Runners-up: Stoke (79 points)placeholder image
Champions: West Brom (81 points) - Runners-up: Stoke (79 points)
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