The race for promotion to the Premier League is heating up and here’s everything you need to know about the Championship play-offs this season.
While the top two teams in the Championship earn automatic promotion to the top flight, those who finish third to sixth battle it out in the play-offs for the final promotion place.
Widely known as the richest game in football, winning the play-off final is understood to be worth hundreds of millions of pounds due to the revenue on offer to clubs in the Premier League.
Leeds narrowly missed out on automatic promotion, finishing third, but they have a second chance to secure a return to the top flight after reaching the play-off final.
They are set to face Southampton, who dumped out West Brom in the play-off semi-finals and are also seeking an immediate return to the Prem.
The latest Championship odds can be found on the Paddy Power website and Paddy Power app, otherwise, details of the play-offs are below.
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Championship play-off dates and fixtures
SEMI-FINALS
First Leg
Sunday, May 12 at 12:00pm: Norwich City 0-0 Leeds United
Sunday, May 12 at 2:15pm: West Brom 0-0 Southampton
Second Leg
Thursday, May 16 at 8pm: Leeds United 4-0 Norwich City
Friday, May 17 at 8pm: Southampton 3-2 West Brom
FINAL
Sunday, May 26 at 3pm: Leeds v Southampton
If the Championship play-off final is level after 90 minutes, then two 15-minute halves of extra time will be played before a penalty shootout to determine the winner.
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