Leeds may no longer be in the top two of the Championship, but with just one point separating the Whites from Sheffield United, all is still to play for.
With eight games to go, as well, there are still 24 points up for grabs, and Chris Wilder’s side must face a now desperate Bristol City come the end of the international break.
We, on the other hand, return to action against relegation-threatened Millwall.
Should we win that, and most of our other remaining games, it would place us in a great position to secure automatic promotion.
The most points any side has ever needed just to clinch second place was Burnley back in 2014 and Brighton in 2017, when the Clarets finished as runners up to Leicester City and the Seagulls narrowly missed the division title by a single point with 93 to their name.
The least, meanwhile, was Stoke in 2008 and Hull in 2013, when West Brom took the title with 81 points to the Potters’ 79, while Cardiff took the trophy in ‘13 with 87.
If all we have to achieve is 79, we would only have to win two more games all season, but that would likely not be enough this year with the strength Sheffield United and Norwich are showing.
As for the most, we would only be able to drop four points between now and the curtain falling.
Going by Football Web Pages’ latest simulated table, we could be looking at the higher end, with the Blades currently expected to go up in second place with 90.
When the Yorkshire Evening Post shared a breakdown of what each promotion clinching side have required since 2001 to Twitter, this is what some of you had to say…
Whatever it is…..it has to be 1 more than Sheffield United
— Alan Bernstein (@AlanBernstein2) March 21, 2019
Unfortunately this season there are 3 strong teams and I believe we may need a record points haul of 95 points to gain automatic promotion!!
— Austin S (@als26uk) March 21, 2019
Over the last 11 seasons,the average needed for 2nd is 87 points
— Colin McGrath (@colin17_colin) March 21, 2019
Surely it’s more relevant to know how many points 3rd got as we just need 1 more than that?
— Mark G (@Mark_G_1982) March 21, 2019
Think we’ll need to win 6 out of 8 for automatic
— Martin shaw (@martinshaw27) March 21, 2019
I reckon whoever finishes 2nd will need 90+ points to get there.
— Adam Southwick ???????? (@adam_southwick) March 21, 2019
88 points….Leeds United need to win 66 per cent of the remainder points left ????????⚽️????????
— Shabaz Ahmed (@ShabazA70010194) March 21, 2019
Just win all our matches, see what happens with Sheffield and Norwich! #mot
— Damian_C (@Damian_C46) March 21, 2019
I honestly think we have blown are chance we had the advantage too many shots not converted and conceded silly goals to lose. More or less guaranteed play off place but we all know how that pans out. I would of felt more confident with Norwich’s remaining fixtures.
— Djnicholson (@Djnicholson6) March 21, 2019