On April 11, Beijing time, the 42nd round of the English Championship played a key game, and the promoted Maepswich hosted the old powerhouse Watford, and the result was a 0-0 draw between the two teams. After this upset, Ipswich failed to overtake Leicester City and are currently in second place.
Prior to that, Leeds United drew 0-0 at home to Sunderland, while Leicester City lost 1-0 away to Millwall, but unexpectedly, Ipswich repeated the mistakes of two rivals and failed to win this round. In other words, in this round of games, the top three teams in the Championship were all upset, and none of them got 3 points.
In this game, Ipswich took the initiative and they bombarded at home, with 15 shots in 90 minutes, but unfortunately not a single goal was scored. Faced with Watford's stubborn hold, Ipswich had nothing to do. Ipswich have failed to score in just one of their first 20 home games this season, and this is the second time they have kept a clean sheet.
Combined with the 1-0 defeat at Norwich City in the previous round, Ipswich have been in a dip of form of late, with only one point from their last two games. A home win against Watford also cost them a chance to reach the top of the table. As of now, Ipswich can only finish second on goal difference with 10 less than Leicester City.
As a promoted horse, Ipswich's performance this season has been nothing short of a miracle. At the beginning of the season, they scored 21 points in the first eight games, completely disrupting the situation of Championship promotion. Now that the season is coming to an end, they are still in the top three. With Ipswich breaking out, they put a lot of pressure on the two favourites, Leicester City and Leeds United.
In the final four rounds, Ipswich only need to win all 12 points to secure a top-two finish and a promotion spot. According to the rules, the top two teams in the Championship will be promoted directly to the Premier League, while the third to sixth teams will play play-offs to determine a promotion spot. From the current point of view, Leicester City and Ipswich Town both occupy the absolute initiative, among which the first-placed Leicester City, now with one game less, they are also the biggest favorites for promotion. Leeds United, who are in third place, are now left to their fate. Even if they win all four of their last rounds, they will likely have to play in the play-offs. Because the Premier League has huge dividends, so all the Championship teams are squeezing their heads to want to be promoted, as long as they can enter the Premier League, even if they are relegated at the end of a season, they can get at least 100 million pounds of shares, it is no wonder that the competition in the Championship is so fierce, like Hamburg desperately want to stay in the Bundesliga, it is impossible to be in the Championship!