At the end of that day's play, Albion were 12 points clear of third-placed Preston, while Leeds had a 10-point advantage over North End. It looked like being a two-horse race for the title, and the automatic promotion spots appeared sewn up by two clubs who had just four defeats from 44 games between them. As evidenced by recent wins over Brentford and Leeds, Sabri Lamouchi's side seem to shine against their promotion rivals. North End are unbeaten in five while the Robins, who face Leeds and Albion over the next two weekends, had won four consecutive Championship games before Friday's home loss to Birmingham. Behind the top seven are six teams - Cardiff, Swansea, Millwall, Sheffield Wednesday, Blackburn and Derby - all within seven points of the top six and with lingering play-off aspirations.

Source: BBC February 11, 2020 08:37 UTC