After a 22-year ban from the Premier League, Ipswich Town earned their return with a 2-0 victory over Huddersfield Town on Saturday. This resulted in Leeds United losing out on the second automatic promotion position. Kieran McKenna’s team required a point to guarantee promotion heading into the last day of the season, making Ipswich the first team to achieve back-to-back promotions from third-tier League One to the Premier League since Southampton in 2012.
On the last day of the league season, Leeds and Ipswich were fighting for the second automatic promotion berth after Leicester City secured it the previous weekend. Leeds needed results to turn around, but a 2-1 loss against Southampton at home left them in third place with six points behind Ipswich.