Leeds v Southampton LIVE: Championship result and reaction as Whites miss out on promotion
Leeds 1-2 Southampton: Both sides will contest the play-offs after Leeds’s defeat and Ipswich’s win means Daniel Farke’s side finish third
Leeds United face Southampton in their final game of the Championship season with promotion to the Premier League still a possibility.
It appears to be an unlikely scenario for the Whites but if they defeat the Saints and Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield, who are all but relegated, surprisingly beat Ipswich, then Leeds would secure an immediate return to the Premier League.
Daniel Farke has guided his side to an impressive season and if they don’t go up automatically, they would be the first team to earn more than 90 points and not finish in the Championship’s top two since Sunderland in 1998.
That year, the Black Cats lost arguably the greatest play-off final of all time against Charlton and Leeds will be wary of the banana skins awaiting in the 2024 play-offs should they not get the favour they need from the Terriers.
Follow live updates from today’s game below:
Leeds United vs Southampton
Junior Firpo (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Leeds United vs Southampton
Attempt missed. Will Smallbone (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
Leeds United vs Southampton
Substitution, Southampton. James Bree replaces Kyle Walker-Peters.
Leeds United vs Southampton
Substitution, Southampton. Ross Stewart replaces Adam Armstrong.
Leeds United vs Southampton
Substitution, Leeds United. Joe Gelhardt replaces Ilia Gruev.
Leeds United vs Southampton
Ilia Gruev (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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