Leeds United’s failure to secure the 31-year-old in January may now cost them in the race for automatic promotion.

Ipswich Town, led by Kieran McKenna, defeated Plymouth Argyle 2-0 on the road on Saturday afternoon, and Leeds United could only watch as their rivals moved back up to second place in the Championship standings.

When Southampton and Ipswich lost Saturday’s lunchtime match against Huddersfield Town in the Yorkshire derby, they both had an opportunity to catch Daniel Farke’s team on the rise. By winning, both teams achieved that.

Southampton overcame a 3-0 deficit to defeat Birmingham City 4-3, reducing Tony Mowbray’s team to 10 men. Ipswich has now returned to form, winning five straight Championship games.

Following a period of instability, Ipswich has returned to the race and is two points ahead of us despite all four teams having played the same number of games. At the top, Leicester is now only three points ahead of Ipswich.

One player who has shown to be vital to Ipswich’s comeback is Kieffer Moore, who was signed in January. In his seven games for Ipswich, the 31-year-old, who plays for Wales alongside our four Welsh stars, has netted five goals.

Kieffer Moore may be pivotal following Leeds connections in January.

In addition, he assisted in Saturday’s second goal for Ipswich. In the last third of Ipswich’s game, the target man is making a huge impact at Portman Road and is proving to be an extremely successful addition.

something that they didn’t have much of in the season’s first half. Moore, a player who scored 12 goals for Wales, half of which were set up by Dan James, was linked to Leeds back in January.

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