Championship at halfway: from fearless Leeds to Ipswich ignominy

We assess how every club is shaping up as another vibrant season for the second tier enters its second half

Steaming clear at the summit are Norwich and Leeds, who have spent the past five months making a lie of the received wisdom that climbing out of English football’s second tier is an exercise in grisly pragmatism. Daniel Farke and Marcelo Bielsa have put together fearless attacking sides, the latter capping a splendid first half-season in England by reclaiming top spot with that freewheeling comeback at Villa Park.

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