Tight at the top: An in-depth look at the Championship promotion race
Daniel Wales speaks to the Yorkshire Evening Post’s Lee Sobot about the teams involved in the race for the Premier League, with around 20 games of the Championship season to go.
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00:00 To find out more about the Championship promotion race, I spoke to the Yorkshire Evening Post's Lee Sobert.
00:06 I've always been very mindful of Southampton. Leeds have always been above them just about, but they've been creeping, creeping up on them and they're on a stunning run.
00:13 I mean, 19 games unbeaten in the League and Cup is an absolutely phenomenal run for Southampton.
00:17 I mean, people talk about Leicester's record points total and stuff and they look away and gone to be honest, but Southampton have to be applauded for that.
00:23 And if they keep that up, then they're going to take some catching from Leeds' point of view, never mind Ipswich and obviously the four behind Southampton.
00:29 And seven behind Ipswich. I think obviously the million dollar question with Ipswich is about their sort of, you know,
00:35 A) they haven't been here before recently and also the squad strength, you know, squad strength and depth.
00:41 But, you know, they've got to applaud them. They've been brilliant under Kieran McKenna, who's a very, very good young manager.
00:45 Obviously, they were blown away at Ellen Road and on that base performance, it didn't really look like a top two team.
00:50 And I don't know, at the moment, the sort of gut instinct is to think that you're probably talking Leicester and Southampton purely because of Southampton's form
00:56 Southampton's form and the points that Leicester have got in the bank.