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Leeds & West Brom could be forced to play at neutral venues as Championship confirm plans to restart on June 20

Championship confirm plans to restart on June 20

The news came late on Sunday night: the Championship clubs have agreed to restart their season on June 20.

In a statement released by the EFL, fans have been told:

The EFL has this weekend agreed to a provisional restart date of the weekend of 20 June 2020 for matches in the Sky Bet Championship.

The date is subject to the strict proviso that all safety requirements and Government guidance is met; and that Clubs receive clearance from their local authorities in order to stage matches at their home grounds.

 

Championship table – 2019/2020

# Team MP W D L F A D P
1 Leeds United 37 21 8 8 56 30 26 71
2 West Bromwich Albion 37 19 13 5 64 37 27 70
3 Fulham FC 37 18 10 9 52 38 14 64
4 Brentford FC 37 17 9 11 64 33 31 60
5 Nottingham Forest 37 16 12 9 48 38 10 60
6 Preston North End 37 16 8 13 50 45 5 56
7 Bristol City 37 15 10 12 51 53 -2 55
8 Millwall FC 37 13 15 9 44 40 4 54
9 Cardiff City 37 13 15 9 52 50 2 54
10 Blackburn Rovers 37 14 11 12 52 45 7 53
11 Swansea City 37 13 14 10 46 45 1 53
12 Derby County 37 13 12 12 49 49 0 51
13 Queens Park Rangers 37 14 8 15 58 62 -4 50
14 Reading FC 37 13 9 15 46 42 4 48
15 Sheffield Wednesday 37 13 9 15 46 49 -3 48
16 Birmingham City 37 12 11 14 48 57 -9 47
17 Stoke City 37 12 6 19 49 55 -6 42
18 Huddersfield Town 37 11 9 17 45 58 -13 42
19 Middlesbrough FC 37 9 14 14 37 47 -10 41
20 Wigan Athletic 37 10 11 16 38 50 -12 41
21 Hull City 37 11 8 18 49 63 -14 41
22 Charlton Athletic 37 10 9 18 44 54 -10 39
23 Luton Town 37 10 5 22 43 71 -28 35
24 Barnsley 37 8 10 19 42 62 -20 34
Last updated: 1 min ago

 

Leeds & West Brom could be forced to play at neutral venues

When the Championship season was stopped back in March, Leeds United lead the standings ahead of West Brom.

Leeds have 71 points from 37 games, while West Brom have 70 points.

In recent days, Times reporter Martyn Ziegler has indicated that Leeds and West Brom could be instructed to play some of their remaining fixtures this season at neutral grounds.

Writing in the paper, Martyn Ziegler announced:

Matches in the Championship deemed “high risk” may be moved to neutral venues, including those involving promotion contenders Leeds United and West Bromwich Albion.

 

Leeds & West Brom: What we don’t know

To be clear, there has not been any definite ruling on whether clubs like Leeds and West Brom will be forced to play some of their home matches away from either Elland Road or The Hawthorns.

There has also been no clarity on which games could be moved, while it’s also unclear which stadia could stage these matches.

That said, one could assume that neutral venues may be used for any match which could confirm Leeds or West Brom’s promotion to the Premier League.

 

All Championship matches to be shown live

There are 108 fixtures remaining in the 2019-20 Championship season. In addition, there are also the Championship playoff matches to add to the mix.

In a piece of good news for all armchair football fans, the Guardian have confirmed that all these matches are scheduled to be broadcasted for live consumption.

However, unlike plans to air some Premier League matches for free on the BBC, Championship fans will probably have to pay to watch their clubs in action. The Guardian note:

(EFL chief executive Rick) Parry said matches would be shown on Sky Sports, iFollow or clubs’ own streaming services, with no mention of free-to-air games.

 

Positive Covid-19 cases in the Championship

On Sunday, it was confirmed that 10 people have turned up positive coronavirus test results after the latest round of testing in the Championship.

Those 10 positive results were sourced from eight Championship clubs, while 1,058 people were tested in total.

It’s been confirmed that Preston North End striker Jayden Stockley was one of the positive Covid-19 cases.

Also, Fulham, Middlesbrough and Cardiff have also confirmed positive cases.

 

Also see: Best Netflix, Amazon & YouTube football documentaries & movies to watch during coronavirus isolation

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