Leeds blew an enormous opportunity at the weekend when a first home league defeat of the season arrived at a time when even a point would have put the Whites back into the Championship’s automatic promotion places. Instead, a 1-0 reverse at home to Blackburn Rovers left Daniel Farke’s side third, a point behind Leicester City who have a game in hand and two points behind new leaders Ipswich Town. Leeds and Ipswich both have just three games left whereas Leicester have four more to play.
But fourth-placed Southampton are still in the mix in what is now mathematically a four-horse race for automatic promotion. Russell Martin’s Saints secured a last-gasp 3-2 win at home to Watford on Saturday which put them just six points behind Leeds but with two games in hand and a fixture at Leeds on the horizon on the final day of the season. Fifth-placed West Brom and the teams behind them are now too far back to get involved but the Baggies are one side that will have a huge say on who finishes in the top two.
Between them, Leeds, Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton now have a total of 15 games left – but two of those fixtures see autos rivals face each other – meaning 13 games that will determine who finishes in the automatics. Here, we run through those games in chronological order, the first of which is tomorrow night.
![Tuesday, April 16 (8pm).](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmYyZjE1ZDNjLWE3ODEtNDUwNi05ZWI1LThkMDY4NTc1MmM2YjpiMjE4N2VmMS1hZGM0LTRiNTMtOTAyYi00NGQzMGY5NTRhNTI=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
![Saturday, April 20 (12.30pm).](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjk4NGY0YjUyLTUwMmUtNDQ5Yi1iMzFmLWViOWFjYTQ5NjMzNDowZjY2YzMxYi02NzhmLTRmMzEtODUyMy04ODA2MDMyYjI4MzA=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
![Saturday, April 20 (3pm).](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmUyOGM0M2VjLTJmMzItNGQxMC1iMjI4LTkzZTg4NWEzMGIxODo2NmI2ZWNmNS1hMDc5LTRjYjItODU4MC05MDQ3NzNlODhmNzY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
![Monday, April 22 (8pm).](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjc4OWRiOTlkLTA5OTYtNGRmYS1iNDAzLTdmZTIyYTQzZWMwYTowZDMyODlhNS0zNTk2LTQ5MGYtYjkyYy05NDdjM2FkNjQ5NjQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
![Tuesday, April 23 (8pm).](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjAwZDc4MTRlLTcxMTYtNGJjOC1hZTEwLTkyMGVhODFmYmVjOTo3OTQ1MjJhNi1hMWZkLTRhMjEtOTBiNC1lOTJlN2RmNWY1MjY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
![Friday, April 26 (8pm).](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjY5YzExNGI5LTE0ODAtNDkyZC1iMGY2LTM0YzBmMDlkMWExMzphYzcyNjFjZi1kZTYyLTRkNzItODVmOC04MWE3ZTQ0YWM1ZmY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)