EPL: Leicester City Win Promotion Back To English Topflight
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2T074W6 King Power Stadium, Leicester, UK. 4th Oct, 2023. EFL Championship Football, Leicester City versus Preston North End; Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall of Leicester celebrates with his team after scoring the third Leicester goal to make the score 3-0 Credit: Action Plus Sports/Alamy Live News
Leicester City’s promotion to the Premier League has been confirmed.
This follows Queen Park Rangers’ 4-0 victory over Leeds on Friday night.
Ilias Chair, Lucas Andersen, Lydon Dykes and Sam Field all scored for the hosts.
Going into the penultimate round of fixtures, the Foxes needed to win one of their remaining two matches to go up, while their return could be sealed even sooner if Leeds lost at Queens Park Rangers.
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In the immediate aftermath of the final whistle at Loftus Road, Leicester’s social media account shared a video of the players rejoicing, with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall leading the animated celebrations.
In the immediate aftermath of the final whistle at Loftus Road, Leicester’s social media account shared a video of the players rejoicing, with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall leading the animated celebrations.
The result also assured QPR of their place in the Championship for next season.
Leicester have 94 points with two games left, while Leeds are in second place with 90.
Ipswich Town sit in third position with 89 points and three fixtures left.
