Championship Easter Monday fixtures LIVE: Full match schedule and talkSPORT commentary details

For most, Easter means eating an incredible amount of chocolate. But for fans of the Championship, it also means a jam-packed schedule of football. Leeds are on the brink of promotionGetty Every team in the second tier will play twice during the Easter period, with 12 games held on Good Friday and another 12 on Easter Monday. There are plenty of storylines emerging ahead of the busy schedule, too, both at the top and bottom of the table. Leeds and Burnley are in pole position for promotion to the Premier League, while there are multiple sides eyeing a play-off spot. Meanwhile, six teams are separated by eight points in the relegation battle, with things wide open heading into the climax. Championship Easter fixtures Leeds are sitting joint top of the Championship, and they could well have secured promotion by Monday evening. Daniel Farke‘s side are five points clear of third-placed Sheffield United with just three matches remaining. Having beaten Oxford 1-0 on Friday, victory over Stoke City on Easter Monday could get the job done, depending on other results. The Blades beat relegation-threatened Cardiff despite their poor recent form to set up a blockbuster against Burnley. Chris Wilder’s United face Scott Parker’s men, and that game could well determine the automatic promotion slots. Burnley will be promoted if they beat Sheffield United, while Leeds will return to the Premier League if they beat Stoke and the Blades fail to win at Turf Moor. Burnley are closing in on a Premier League returnGetty In the play-off race, Bristol City, Frank Lampard‘s Coventry, West Brom, Middlesbrough and Millwall are in a battle. Those teams are separated by seven points heading into the second part of the Easter schedule, and only two places are available. And Plymouth are fighting for their lives at the bottom themselves, sitting five points from safety. Cardiff, Derby, Hull, Portsmouth, Stoke and Oxford all remain threatened by the drop in what is going to be a thrilling finish. talkSPORT are going to have live coverage of two games across our network over Easter Monday. The monster meeting between the Blades and Burnley is exclusively live on talkSPORT, with Leeds vs Stoke being aired on talkSPORT 2. Lampard’s Coventry have a tense run-in as they eye the play-offsGetty To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM The full Easter Championship schedule can be found below… Good Friday – Friday, April 18 Derby 0-1 Luton Blackburn 4-1 Millwall Bristol City 2-1 Sunderland Coventry 2-0 West Brom Middlesbrough 2-1 Plymouth Norwich 3-5 Portsmouth Preston 1-2 QPR Stoke 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday Swansea 1-0 Hull Watford 1-2 Burnley Sheffield United 2-0 Cardiff Oxford 0-1 Leeds Easter Monday – Monday, April 21 Cardiff vs Oxford – 3pm Hull vs Preston – 3pm Leeds vs Stoke – 3pm – live on talkSPORT 2 Luton vs Bristol City – 3pm Millwall vs Norwich – 3pm Plymouth vs Coventry – 3pm Portsmouth vs Watford – 3pm QPR vs Swansea – 3pm Sheffield Wednesday vs Middlesbrough – 3pm Sunderland vs Blackburn – 3pm West Brom vs Derby – 3pm Burnley vs Sheffield United – 5:30pm – live on talkSPORT Visit talkSPORT BET for all the latest Championship betting odds.

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Championship Easter Monday fixtures LIVE: Full match schedule and talkSPORT commentary details

For most, Easter means eating an incredible amount of chocolate.

But for fans of the Championship, it also means a jam-packed schedule of football.

Every team in the second tier will play twice during the Easter period, with 12 games held on Good Friday and another 12 on Easter Monday.

There are plenty of storylines emerging ahead of the busy schedule, too, both at the top and bottom of the table.

Leeds and Burnley are in pole position for promotion to the Premier League, while there are multiple sides eyeing a play-off spot.

Meanwhile, six teams are separated by eight points in the relegation battle, with things wide open heading into the climax.

Championship Easter fixtures

Leeds are sitting joint top of the Championship, and they could well have secured promotion by Monday evening.

Daniel Farke‘s side are five points clear of third-placed Sheffield United with just three matches remaining.

Having beaten Oxford 1-0 on Friday, victory over Stoke City on Easter Monday could get the job done, depending on other results.

The Blades beat relegation-threatened Cardiff despite their poor recent form to set up a blockbuster against Burnley.

Chris Wilder’s United face Scott Parker’s men, and that game could well determine the automatic promotion slots.

Burnley will be promoted if they beat Sheffield United, while Leeds will return to the Premier League if they beat Stoke and the Blades fail to win at Turf Moor.

Burnley are closing in on a Premier League return

In the play-off race, Bristol City, Frank Lampard‘s Coventry, West Brom, Middlesbrough and Millwall are in a battle.

Those teams are separated by seven points heading into the second part of the Easter schedule, and only two places are available.

And Plymouth are fighting for their lives at the bottom themselves, sitting five points from safety.

Cardiff, Derby, Hull, Portsmouth, Stoke and Oxford all remain threatened by the drop in what is going to be a thrilling finish.

talkSPORT are going to have live coverage of two games across our network over Easter Monday.

The monster meeting between the Blades and Burnley is exclusively live on talkSPORT, with Leeds vs Stoke being aired on talkSPORT 2.

Lampard’s Coventry have a tense run-in as they eye the play-offs

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM

The full Easter Championship schedule can be found below…