Wolf.17 Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 This year's battle for automatic promotion to the Premier League looks set to go right to the wire, with last season's relegated sides Leicester, Leeds and Southampton trying to bounce straight back. However, Kieran McKenna's Ipswich are currently top of a four-way fight. At the turn of the year Enzo Maresca's Leicester looked certain to bounce straight back up to the Premier League, topping the Championship table with a 13-point gap over third-place Southampton. But after the Saints' win over Preston on Tuesday, four teams are involved with just a handful of games to go. Leicester centre-back Conor Coady told BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club about the psychology in this year's Championship title race. "I look at results all the time, of course I do. It's the first thing you do. You're hoping they've lost if you've won, to gain a bit of ground - 100% it affects you. "When they're on the telly you watch them and praying they might drop points. It's a natural thing to do, you've just got to make sure you're doing your own job." BBC Sport examines the run-in and Opta predictions. This year's battle for automatic promotion to the Premier League looks set to go right to the wire, with last season's relegated sides Leicester, Leeds and Southampton trying to bounce straight back. However, Kieran McKenna's Ipswich are currently top of a four-way fight. At the turn of the year Enzo Maresca's Leicester looked certain to bounce straight back up to the Premier League, topping the Championship table with a 13-point gap over third-place Southampton. But after the Saints' win over Preston on Tuesday, four teams are involved with just a handful of games to go. Leicester centre-back Conor Coady told BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club about the psychology in this year's Championship title race. "I look at results all the time, of course I do. It's the first thing you do. You're hoping they've lost if you've won, to gain a bit of ground - 100% it affects you. "When they're on the telly you watch them and praying they might drop points. It's a natural thing to do, you've just got to make sure you're doing your own job." BBC Sport examines the run-in and Opta predictions. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68824056 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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