Eddie Gray is looking forward to Leeds United's 'exciting' promotion run-in and feels the side can still gain automatic SkyBet Championship promotion.

Garry Monk’s side headed into the international break on the back of an impressive 2-0 home win over Brighton & Hove Albion, leaving them eight points behind the second-placed Seagulls.

And although the odds are stacked against them, the former Whites legend believes the side are still very much in the automatic promotion mix.

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Speaking to LUTV, the 69-year-old declared the situation as 'exciting' ahead of the final month of the domestic season.

He said: “It’s very exciting if you look at the position we’ve put ourselves in.

“We’ve an opportunity to obviously finish in the top six, which I think we will.

“But we’re still hunting down the top two - it will be difficult, but the form we’re in, the way we’ve have been playing and the resilience we’ve shown…we've got a chance.”

Leeds' next two games could prove vital to their automatic promotion hopes - travelling to fellow promotion rivals Reading FC on Saturday before facing Brentford away three days later.