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Leeds United's 90-point haul after 44 Championship games this season would have seen them promoted in the vast majority of past second tier campaigns, but this time a total in excess of that number still might not be enough.

Daniel Farke's third crack at the Premier League ultimately hinges on results elsewhere but was given renewed hope on Monday night after Leeds recorded their 27th league victory of the season at the Riverside Stadium to move back into second place.

The Whites' 4-3 win over Middlesbrough tested the resolve of even the most serene Leeds supporter, in particular the final ten-minute spell in which Boro poured forward - including goalkeeper Seny Dieng - pumping balls into United's penalty area en masse.

Leeds United's odds-defying season still not enough as mathematical improbability and previous best warns of play-off pitfall