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Chris Sutton makes bold claim over whether Leeds will be promoted this season

The Championship has been an absolute rollercoaster ride this season.

Leicester City, Ipswich Town and Southampton have all looked to be on course for promotion at one point or another, but now, it’s Leeds United who look to be in the box seat.

Indeed, the Whites are on an incredible unbeaten run, and currently sit at the top of the Championship.

That said, Leeds are still only one point off slipping out of the automatic promotion places, and, as ever, the Elland Road faithful aren’t so comfortable.

However, speaking on , Chris Sutton is very confident that Leeds are going to go up, claiming that he’s absolutely sure that the Whites will be promoted this term.

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Leeds will go up

Sutton spoke about the West Yorkshire club.

“Leicester are having such a wobble. I wouldn’t count against Ipswich going up automatically. Leeds are going to get there automatically, I’m sure of that, but who’s going to be the other one?” Sutton said.

Won’t be easy

Sutton is confident that Leeds will go up, but if he was a Leeds supporter he’d know that this won’t be as clear and dry as that.

Leeds have a history of making things difficult for themselves, and with both Ipswich and Leicester breathing down their necks, there are bound to be more twists and turns in this race before the season is over.

Of course, Leeds probably are favourites to go up at this point, and we do fancy them to get over the line, but if there’s anything we’ve learnt about Leeds over the past 20 years it’s that there’s no such thing as a foregone conclusion, especially in the Championship.

Leeds may well be promoted come the end of the season, but it’s way too early to be making such confident predictions like this.