Leeds United dominated round 44 of the English First Division with a resounding 6-0 victory over Stoke City, with 25-year-old Dutch striker Joel Piroe scoring four goals in the first forty minutes of the first half.
Joel Piroe (10) scored four goals for Leeds United in forty minutes
The ruthless thrashing of their opponents helped Daniel Farke's side continue to consolidate their lead at the top of the Championships table with 44 points. Leeds United's Joel Piroe also rose to the top of the "Top Scorer" list with 2 more goals than Norwich striker Borja Sainz.
Junior Firpo...
... and Wilfried Gnonto (29) sealed a 6-0 win for Leeds United
Leeds United are not alone in their hopes, with two games remaining. The team will be watching the action from Turf Moor, where Burnley will face off against Sheffield United. If Sheffield United fail to take all three points from their trip, Leeds United will join Burnley in the promotion race, regardless of how their opponents fare in the remainder of the season.
Captain Josh Brownhill shines
Not too concerned with the thoughts and wishes of Leeds United, who were fierce rivals with them for most of the season, Burnley focused on doing their own job well by not only preventing Sheffield United from getting points but also defeating this competitor.
...scored twice to help Burnley win 2-1
Josh Brownhill's first-half brace, including a 44th-minute penalty, sealed a 2-1 win for Burnley, with the visitors only managing one goal from Tom Cannon and not enough to keep them in contention for a Premier League place.
Burnley return to Premier League after just one season of relegation
After losing at Turf Moor, Sheffield United have only 86 points, while both Leeds United and Burnley have 94 points. With only 2 rounds left in the tournament, the two direct promotion tickets are considered to have been claimed, waiting for the play-off round between the teams ranked from 3rd to 6th to compete for the last ticket to play in the Premier League next season.
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Thus, after just one season of relegation and parting ways with coach Vincent Kompany (who moved to Bayern Munich), Burnley quickly returned to the Premier League arena.
Meanwhile, Leeds United have turned the sadness of last season's play-off defeat to Southampton into motivation for this season's promotion battle.
Leeds United's promotion means manager Daniel Farke has become the first manager to have led his teams to three promotions in six years, with the previous two being with Norwich City in the 2018-19 and 2020-21 seasons.
Coach Scott Parker has a knack for bringing small teams to the top flight
Meanwhile, by helping Burnley get promoted after just one season in the First Division, coach Scott Parker also had the third time to help his teams "revive" when he had promoted Fulham at the end of the 2019-2020 season and AFC Bournemouth in the 2021-2022 season.
The race for the promotion play-offs is still very tight. Sheffield United and Sunderland have already secured their places, but the remaining two places will be fiercely contested in the final two rounds between Bristol City (67 points), Coventry City (66 points), Middlesbrough, Millwall (all 63 points) and Blackburn (62 points).
7 teams compete for tickets to the promotion play-off round
English Premier League teams are very interested in the promotion battle, because playing in the Premier League means pocketing hundreds of millions of pounds from promotion bonuses, television rights and many other privileges and benefits only available to teams playing in the highest league in England.
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