Although Leeds United look set to miss out on the promotion play-offs they have attracted their biggest home crowds for six years.

Total league attendances at Elland Road this season totalled 627,877 at an average of 27,299 – the highest figures since 2004-5.

That was the club’s first season after relegation from the Premier League, when they were watched by an average of 29,206.

Highest home crowd for a league match this season was 33,622 for the Yorkshire derby against Sheffield United but the ground’s biggest attendance was 38,232 for the FA Cup third-round replay against Arsenal on January 19.

Manager Simon Grayson said: “Our support has been magnificent all season, home and away. We were determined to send the fans home in a positive mood after our final home game of the season against Burnley and we did that with a good performance and a win.”

United finish their league programme at Queens Park Rangers on Saturday (12.45), with the match being televised live by the BBC.

United are the only side outside the top six who could mathematically catch Nottingham Forest but it would need a Leeds win, a Forest defeat and a six-goal swing to put Simon Grayson’s men in the play-offs.

Although leaders QPR face a possible deduction of up to 15 points if they are found to have broken the rules on third party ownership of their player Alejandro Faurlin, that would be insufficient to let Leeds in by the back door as 19 points currently separate the teams.

With top scorer Luciano Becchio still nursing a hamstring injury, Ross McCormack is set to keep his place against QPR after his first goal for the club defeated Burnley at Elland Road on Saturday. It was McCormack’s first start since January 4 and only his fifth since joining from Cardiff last summer.

Central defender Patrick Kisnorbo has an outside chance of making his long-awaited comeback almost 15 months after rupturing his Achilles tendon. Kisnorbo’s contract expires this summer and he is keen to land another deal.

Meanwhile, Leeds midfielder Jonny Howson has been named in the initial 40-strong England squad for the European Under-21 Championships in Denmark next month.