Follow live coverage as Leeds United face Leicester City in the Championship today.
An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.
Last year Southampton, Leicester City and Leeds United were relegated from the top flight and all are hopeful of making a quick return – but the likes of Norwich City, West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland all have real promotion ambitions too.
At the other end of the table, QPR, Cardiff City and Birmingham City will hope for better campaigns than last year’s relegation struggle – while newcomers Sheffield Wednesday will be looking to survive after dramatic progress through the play-offs.
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Watch the Championship match between Leeds United and Leicester City live.
A spot in the Premier League is up for grabs at the end of the season, making the English football second division a fierce and thrilling battle.
While Norwich City, West Bromwich Albion, and Sunderland all have genuine aspirations to advance, Southampton, Leicester City, and Leeds United were all demoted from the top flight last year and are all hoping to return soon.
On the other side of the table, Sheffield Wednesday, a newcomer, will be trying to survive after making a tremendous run through the play-offs, while QPR, Cardiff City, and Birmingham City will be hoping for better seasons than their relegation battle of the previous year.
Watch After an amazing 2-2 draw away to Manchester United on Wednesday night, and two days after Marshe’s dismissal, the consensus now is that the decision was the right one. Leeds supporters were starting to lose patience with their team’s prolonged string of bad performances, and there were hints of discontent when they could be heard chanting during their last two away games that they “wanted Marshe out”. It’s understandable why they weren’t satisfied from a football standpoint—the ‘whites’ played 20 games under the American coach this season, winning just four of them, losing ten, and giving up an incredible 34 goals. That represents a mere 20% win rate in percentage terms. Not very good.
