2024-08-31 19:56:27
The Blues lead the Championship with three games to go in the season. Here’s their schedule and chances of going up.
The English promotion campaign is red hot, with 12 points still up for grabs. The fight to get into the top two positions in the Championship, which grant a direct ticket to the Premier Leagueis becoming more and more animated. Jeremy Sarmiento’s Ipswich Town lead the table with 89 points product of 26 wins, 11 draws and six defeats, just one point ahead of their pursuers, Leicester City. How do they guarantee promotion?
Two positions below, they are followed by Leeds United with 87 points and the Southamptonwho has entered the fight in recent days, with 84 on the table.
The classification is very tight and everything will be decided in these last few days.. The team where the winger plays The Three is the favourite because it is at the top and also because its last three matches will be against teams located in a lower part of the table. Although that does not guarantee anything, The fixture favors him as he does not have to face his three direct rivals.
Jeremy Sarmiento celebrating during the match against Southampton
They were not so lucky, as they will have to compete for points among themselves.. Leicester, after their match against West Bromwich Albion, will have to host Southampton, who urgently need a victory if they want to keep on the heels of Leeds and secure a place among the three promoted teams.. In fact, Soton will face The Whites in the final day of the Championship.
What Ipswich Town still has to play for and how they are promoted
Sarmiento’s Ipswich, who have two draws in a row, have Hull City (27/4) left, then Coventry City (30/4) and will finish their campaign at home to Huddersfield Town on May 4.
With a point advantage over Leicester (but with one more game, so they could be virtually second) and five points ahead of Southampton (they also have a duel to play, which if they win they would be two points behind), What does Jeremy’s team have to do to at least secure promotion?
Jeremy Sarmiento is guaranteed a playoff spot with Ipswich. (@IpswichTown)
Needless to say, they depend on themselves and by winning the three matches they will be a Premier League team. They also secure that ticket by obtaining seven points out of a possible nine (two wins and a draw), since Leeds and Southampton could not reach them (their maximum is 96 points). Then it will be important to see how these institutions fare in their respective calendars to know if Sarmiento effectively achieves promotion before the end of the season.
It is worth noting that, if they do not finish in the top two, there will be a playoff between third and sixth to decide the third place. That place currently belongs to Norwich, with 71 points. At least, Ipswich is guaranteed that possibility.
Jeremy Sarmiento’s numbers this season
With just a few games left to finish the tournament, Jeremy Sarmiento was a key piece for the Tractor Boys in the excellent position they achieved in the league this season, which could grant them promotion to the Premier. The Ecuadorian was a regular starter and scored important goals.