Leeds will resume their promotion quest upon this weekend’s return to action after the international break with a Saturday afternoon hosting of Swansea City. Daniel Farke’s Whites remain top of the division but Leeds only lead the way on goal difference ahead of second-placed Sheffield United. The Whites and Blades have just a two-point cushion in the Championship’s automatic promotion places back to third-placed Burnley. The Clarets are nine points ahead of fourth-placed Sunderland who themselves have a ten point advantage back to fifth-placed Coventry City who visit Sheffield United in a huge Championship first game back on Friday night. It’s very tight at the top with just eight games left and all things considered the bookies have made a massive fresh Whites call in their new title and automatic promotion odds. Here, based on those odds, is how they see the final standings looking in reverse order and using prices for relegation to determine sides expected to end up in the bottom half.
20. 5th: Coventry City (play-offs)
Promotion odds: 11-2. (Automatic promotion odds: 1000-1). Photo: Bradley Collyer
21. 4th: Sunderland (play-offs)
Title odds: 750-1. Automatic promotion odds: 150-1. Promotion odds: 15-8. Photo: Bradley Collyer
22. 3rd: Burnley (play-offs)
Title odds: 15-2. Automatic promotion odds: 6-5. Promotion odds: 4-7. Photo: David Davies
23. 2nd: Sheffield United (automatic promotion as runners-up)
Title odds: 4-1. Automatic promotion odds: 8-13. Promotion odds: 4-9. Photo: Cody Froggatt
24. 1st: Leeds United (promoted as champions)
Title odds: 2-5 (and as short as 2-7 with some firms). Automatic promotion odds: 2-7 (but as short as 1-100 still with some firms). Promotion odds: 1-8 (and as short as 1-200 with some firms). Photo: Owen Humphreys