Leeds snatch Championship title from under Burnley´s nose as Hull stay up at Luton´s expense

Manor Solomon’s stoppage-time victor saw Leeds United pip Burnley to the Championship rubric aft a melodramatic 2-1 triumph implicit Plymouth Argyle.

With some sides’ instrumentality to the Premier League already confirmed, the contention to beryllium crowned champions of the 2nd tier went close down to the wire.

The 2 teams were level connected 97 points with Leeds boasting a superior extremity difference.

Despite Wilfried Gnonto cancelling retired Sam Byram’s first-half own-goal, it looked similar Daniel Farke’s broadside would person to settee for 2nd place.

Josh Brownhill’s brace helped Burnley travel from down to bushed Millwall, who saw Josh Coburn deed the station from point-blank scope successful the archetypal half, 3-1 astatine Turf Moor. It was a decision that ensured the Lions would not marque it to the play-offs.

However, determination was to beryllium a precocious twist astatine Home Park – wherever Plymouth’s relegation was confirmed – arsenic Solomon embarked connected a jinking tally into the box, earlier uncovering the bottommost country to snatch archetypal spot and nonstop the travelling supporters into ecstasy.

MMMAAAAAAANNNNNOOOOOOORRRRRRRR SOLLLLOOOMONNNNNNN!!!!! OHHHHHHH YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!! pic.twitter.com/yI6ylracHl

— Leeds United (@LUFC) May 3, 2025

Elsewhere, Coventry City secured their 2nd play-off quality successful 3 seasons aft a 2-0 triumph implicit Middlesbrough.

Jack Rudoni scored successful each fractional for the hosts astatine the Coventry Building Society Arena, wherever the visitors’ hopes of a top-six decorativeness ended.

Frank Lampard’s broadside volition beryllium joined by Bristol City, who survived a scare to guarantee a stock of the spoils with relegation-threatened Preston North End.

Emil Rijs and Milutin Osmajic enactment the Lilywhites 2-0 to the bully successful the 60th infinitesimal astatine Ashton Gate.

However, Ross McCrorie scored doubly successful the abstraction of 5 minutes to springiness the Robins the constituent they needed to borderline retired Blackburn Rovers, who were held to a 1-1 gully by third-place Sheffield United.

PLAY-OFFS CLINCHED!

We volition vie for a spot successful the @PremierLeague successful this season’s @SkyBetChamp Play-Offs.pic.twitter.com/tuifFt2Rma

— Coventry City (@Coventry_City) May 3, 2025

At the different extremity of the table, Luton Town were relegated to League One via extremity quality pursuing a 5-3 decision by West Brom.

Tom Fellows and Callum Styles some scored braces for the Baggies, who condemned the Hatters to their 2nd demotion successful arsenic galore seasons.

Luton’s relegation was confirmed arsenic Hull City leapfrogged them to past aft a 1-1 gully with Portsmouth.

Although Matt Crooks’ first-half effort was cancelled retired by Christian Saydee, the Tigers withstood a tense decorativeness to unafraid their second-tier presumption by the tegument of their teeth.

Meanwhile, Derby County and Stoke City are harmless for different play astatine least, aft a goalless gully astatine Pride Park kept them some distant from danger.

Data Debrief: Leeds snatch rubric successful record-breaking fashion

Solomon struck successful the archetypal infinitesimal of stoppage clip to snatch the rubric from nether Burnley’s nose.

Not lone that, but it secured their 29th Championship triumph of the season, the club’s astir successful a azygous league campaign.

Meanwhile, contempt having to settee for 2nd place, Burnley finished their play connected a high.

The Clarets extended their unbeaten streak to 33 league games – matching Reading successful 2005-06 – with lone Huddersfield Town embarking connected a longer tally of EFL matches without losing extracurricular the apical tier (43 betwixt January and November 2011).