In the early morning of April 30, Beijing time, the Championship played a make-up match, and Leicester City defeated Preston North End 3-0 away to win the Championship title one round ahead of schedule. Leicester City had already secured promotion and now they have the Championship trophy in their hands.
Prior to this, Leicester City defeated West Brom and Southampton at home in a row, plus Ipswich and Leeds United dropped points one after another, and finally Leicester City locked up the top two in advance and got a direct promotion place, so they had no pressure in this game and finally ushered in a big win away from home.
The veteran Vardy started the game, and as a result, he scored two goals in the second half to help the team lead 2-0 and completely kill the suspense of the victory. McCartel then put the icing on the cake to make it 3-0. In the face of Leicester City's fierce attack, Preston North End had no power to fight back even if it was fighting at home, and could only lose to the opponent, and was killed by Leicester City this season, and there was no chance of revenge next season.
After the game, all the players, coaches and club management of Leicester City came to the stands of the visiting fans to celebrate with everyone, and now they have won the Championship one round ahead of schedule, completing the goal of the start of the season. Almost a year ago, Leicester City were relegated to the disappointment of their fans, but they are now back in the Premier League.
However, although they won the championship in the Championship and were successfully promoted back to the Premier League, the future of Leicester City is still very uncertain. Leicester City may be deducted points next season due to financial problems, and with the possibility of the departure of a number of key players, including Vardy, the team's strength is inevitable. Next season, they will be relegated at any time, and may even be relegated again, but that is an afterthought, and at this moment, Leicester City just want to celebrate and be reborn.
Next, there is a big suspense in the Championship, that is, Leeds United and Ipswich, who can become the second team to be directly promoted. Now the two teams are on the same point, Leeds United is second on goal difference, but Ipswich have one game less, and in the last two rounds, Ipswich only need to get four points, and they will definitely be promoted.
Ipswich Town will next travel to Coventry City, a match that will decide the fate of Ipswich Town and Leeds United. Ipswich are now winless in four games in a row, but they have drawn three games, and with just one point on the road, Ipswich will overtake Leeds United and move up to second place. In the final round, Ipswich Town played at home against Huddersfield Town, who had no desire for anything, and it was not a big problem to get three points. If nothing else, Ipswich are likely to secure second place and eventually be promoted back to the Premier League. For Leeds United, the next step is a bit difficult, even if they can beat Southampton at home, they are likely to play in the play-offs, and it is not certain that Leeds will be able to make it out of the encirclement!