Let the party begin! Leicester are promoted back to the Premier League at the first attempt, as Leeds’ miserable defeat confirms an automatic place, with the Foxes starting wild celebrations.

Leicester City have regained their Premier League status after sealing automatic promotion from the Championship.

Going into the penultimate round of matches, the Foxes needed to win one of their two remaining matches to advance, while their return could be sealed even sooner if Leeds lost to Queens Park Rangers.

And on Friday night, their fate was confirmed at the first opportunity as Daniel Farke’s side were beaten 4-0 in west London, with Ilias Chair and Lucas Andersen scoring first-half goals for the hosts before Lyndon Dykes and Sam Field sealed the victory.

Immediately after the final whistle at Loftus Road, Leicester’s social media account shared a video of the players rejoicing, with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall leading the lively celebrations.

The 25-year-old midfielder then revealed that there are no signs of the party stopping among the team, writing on X: “So… who’s in Leicester tonight?”

Meanwhile, Wilfred Ndidi wrote: ‘Congratulations to me, the boys, the club staff and the amazing fans… 2 more to go!!! We’re back!!’

Stephy Mavididi wrote: ‘Is it still too early? PREMIER LEAGUE BABY

Goalkeeper Mads Hermansen added: “We’re going up, we’re going up”

The club’s social media team also got into the action by mocking promotion rivals following their defeat.

In February, Leeds completed a late comeback against the Foxes, with goals from Connor Roberts, Patrick Bamford and Wout Faes enough to secure three points at Elland Road.

The Yorkshire team later shared scenes from the stands with their fans singing the Kaiser Chiefs’ 2004 hit, I Predict a Riot.

Before the final whistle in Friday’s clash between the Whites and QPR, Leicester returned fire by tweeting the title of the song in a clear ironic reference to the February clash.

The result confirms a positive end to what has been a season of ups and downs for the King Power Stadium team.

Leicester now go into their final two games of the campaign knowing that away wins at Preston on Monday, and at home against Blackburn on the final day of the season, would secure the Championship title and only Ipswich could deny them the title.

Enzo Maresca’s side enjoyed an excellent start to the season and looked certain to return straight to the Premier League – they were 17 points clear of Leeds at the start of the year – before a major wobble saw them lose six times in 10 games until February. to April.

But a 2-1 win over playoff contenders West Brom on April 20 returned them to the top of the table and Tuesday’s 5-0 win over Southampton meant their fate was firmly in their hands.

Speaking after their midweek demolition against the Saints, Maresca said: “It’s been a long season, 51 official games,” Maresca said. ‘Before tonight’s game, we didn’t know how many points we needed. Two, three, four, five, lose, win, who knows?

“The good feeling tonight is that now we know that with a victory you are promoted.” Two days of rest, recovery and then we start preparing for Preston, which is next and the most important.

‘Now we are looking for promotion (not the title). It doesn’t matter where, first or second. But right now the most important thing is to win one more game to get promoted.”