The phenomenal stat that shows how close Leeds are to PL as bookies suspend betting
Do you want to know how close Leeds United are to getting promoted after their 1-0 win against Barnsley on Thursday night? Sure you do.
According to stats site 8Yards8Feet, there are now six games that matter for Leeds – two each for them, West Brom and Brentford.
From these six games there are 729 permutations. Leeds finish in the top-two in 728 of them.
The only way that Leeds don’t get promoted now is if they lose both of their games and West Brom and Brentford win both of theirs.
It means that Leeds will be promoted before playing on Sunday if either rival drops points, with West Brom playing Huddersfield on Friday night and Brentford taking on Stoke on Saturday.
Leeds opponents on Sunday? Derby County – and Leeds will be confirmed as champions ahead of that game if both rivals lose.
Nearly all UK bookies have now suspended the market on Leeds to get promoted.
At the time of writing this article, just one bookie was still offering odds – and they were 1/1000. That means you’d have to risk £1,000 to win just £1.
It’s that close. But, it’s never done until it’s done. The ideal for any team might be to win promotion on the pitch but at this stage, and after this convoluted season, we don’t care about that.
Let West Brom and Brentford lose before we play and let’s see if Derby County give us a guard of honour as champions on Sunday. (Spoiler: They won’t.)
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