Ipswich is on the verge of completing a remarkable rise by returning to the Premier League after 22 years, while Leeds hopes for a slip from its rivals in Saturday’s dramatic conclusion to the Championship promotion race.

Heading into the final round of fixtures, Ipswich is second, with a three-point lead over Leeds.

Kieran McKenna’s Ipswich needs just a draw against Huddersfield, which is almost certainly relegated, to clinch a second successive promotion following last season’s climb out of League One.

A defeat or draw for Leeds against Southampton would also send Ipswich back to the top-flight.

However, Leeds has a superior goal difference, so a defeat for the Suffolk club combined with a victory for Daniel Farke’s men would earn promotion for the Elland Road outfit instead.

It is an appropriately tense denouement to a fascinating Championship promotion battle, with Leicester already securing its return to the Premier League as title winners 12 months after relegation.

As the promotion race heated up in April, McKenna told his players: “It’s not our job to dream, it’s our job to do.”

But dreams will come true at Portman Road if Ipswich seals a lucrative place among the Premier League elite after over two decades in the wilderness.

Four games without a win looked to have consigned Ipswich to a playoff place, but Leeds also stumbled with one victory in five matches, opening the way for the Tractor Boys to move to second place when it beat Coventry on Tuesday.

“Anything can happen. I don’t expect it to be smooth sailing,” McKenna said of the promotion finale. “There’s going to be tension in the game for sure, but it’ll be about doing enough of the right things to help us keep on top of that.”

Ipswich would be only the fourth side in the Premier League era to secure consecutive promotions from the third tier after Watford, Norwich and Southampton.