Ipswich could be promoted to the Premier League and two of five teams will be relegated on the final day of the Championship season.
One of Ipswich full-back Leif Davis and Leeds forward Crysencio Summerville will be celebrating promotion on Saturday, while Birmingham forward Jay Stansfield and Plymouth counterpart Morgan Whittaker will hope to lead their teams to safetyThe Championship season draws to a close on Saturday, with a number of matters at the top and bottom still to be decided.
Boss Kieran McKenna has overseen a remarkable turnaround in their fortunes and promotion this season will see them become the first team since Southampton in 2011 and 2012 to win successive promotions to the Premier League from League One. As for Leeds, three defeats from their past five games mean they are likely to be the first second-tier side since Sunderland in 1998 to win 90 points or more and not go up automatically.
That defeat has opened the door for Hull City to potentially pinch a play-off spot on the final day if they can win at 21st-placed Plymouth. Fifth-placed Norwich, who also missed the chance to wrap up their play-off spot by drawing with Swansea last week, could yet drop out of the top six but that would require them losing at Birmingham, West Brom avoiding defeat and the Tigers beating the Pilgrims by a big enough margin to overturn a seven-goal deficit.
"I heard about the really poor pre-season where players trained once a day and the focus was on playing golf and maybe staying in the pub,"
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