Yet third-bottom MK Dons could technically still overhaul Leeds given that they are 14 points behind with five games left to play.
But Leeds would need to lose every game with the Dons winning all of theirs in order for that to happen.
Steve Evans refused to declare Leeds were safe after Tuesday’s win saying “I’m not going to stand like a lemon in six weeks time and have people saying ‘you said we were safe.”
Realistically, he knows his initial objective of keeping Leeds in the division has more or less now been achieved and victory against Reading on Saturday would make it mathematically definite.