Leeds United’s play-offs schedule has now been confirmed in the event of missing automatic promotion – with three possible semi-final opponents.
Leeds were given a top-two lifeline on the back of Friday night’s 4-0 thumping at QPR on Saturday evening as automatics rivals Ipswich Town were held to a thrilling 3-3 draw at play-offs chasing Hull City. The draw took third-placed Ipswich level on points with Leeds but with Daniel Farke’s Whites still sat in the division’s second automatic promotion place through a plus seven better goal difference.
As the third-placed finishing team, Leeds would feature in the first play-off semi-final with the first leg taking place on Sunday, May 12 in a 12.30pm lunchtime kick-off away at the sixth-placed finishing side. West Brom currently sit sixth but only point behind Norwich City and just two ahead of seventh-placed Hull meaning the Baggies, Canaries and Tigers are all potential semi-final opponents. As part of a huge double-header, the second semi-final will take place the same day with a 2.
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