EFL Championship final day: Live scores, team news and updates as Ipswich hold advantage of Leeds in race for final automatic promotion place and relegation battle goes to the wire

Birmingham City must be desperately looking at the fate of Aston Villa, especially given their current situation.

This season started off so promisingly and could end in devastation. Either way it will be heartbreaking.

One of Ipswich and Leeds will not automatically go up today and that is such a shame.

If you earn 90 points, you will win the title most seasons. The last time Leeds rose in 2019/20, West Brom finished second with 83 points. They will be so unlucky if they don’t go up.

It was a great year in championship football. Who do you support?

Tom Collomosse followed Ipswich to Coventry on Tuesday, where Kieffer Moore and Cameron Burgess helped them to an evenly matched 2-1 win.

What a loan signing Moore has been, by the way. He has brought his brash, combative style to the side, scoring seven times in 17 appearances.

Remind yourself of the action here.

Leeds face a tough test today against Southampton, who are already firmly in the play-offs and want to drag Leedsin into the scrap with them.

Ipswich will be optimistic when they meet Huddersfield, who are all but relegated.

Five teams are STILL involved in the relegation battle going into the final day: Birmingham, Plymouth, Sheffield Wednesday, Blackburn and Huddersfield (more or less).

Birmingham currently occupy the last relegation spot after a disastrous season.

Has their American ownership been a false dawn? They were sixth when they sacked John Eustace, but Wayne Rooney’s tenure saw the club plummet to twentieth. Gary Rowett, who was appointed on an interim basis in March, is trying to prevent them from sliding down to the third tier for the first time since 2002.

Plymouth are just one point above them, with Sheffield Wednesday and Blackburn three points above Birmingham. Birmingham will overtake either Blackburn with a win on Wednesday if either of them loses on goal difference.

Plymouth, three points from safety, would need results to get their way and a monumental goal difference to stay afloat.

The mood at Elland Road is less jubilant as fans know it will take a miracle to go up: a win at Leeds and a loss at Ipswich.

Leeds start the day in third, three points behind Ipswich but with a superior goal difference. They hope the upstarts make a mistake and give them a chance.

If Leeds do indeed rise, it will be an immediate return to the Premier League under boss Daniel Farke, who has struggled to win over fans at times this season. All that is lost if they get an automatic promotion spot.

What a job Kieran McKenna has done in Ipswich, whatever happens today.

McKenna is aiming to bring Premier League football back to Portman Road for the first time since 2002.

Ipswich take on Huddersfield knowing a draw will confirm their promotion, with their opponents only a point above the drop zone.

It has been an exciting rise since McKenna joined the Tractor Boys in December 2021, with the club finishing 12th in League One. Can they win a double promotion?

Good morning and welcome to Mail Sport’s live blog about the last day of the championship season!

We have an absolutely manic day ahead, with nine teams still fighting for their dreams, or whatever their dreams have been reduced to, be it automatic promotion, a play-off spot or survival.

We will cover all 12 matches for you with reporters in the key areas of the day.