LONDON, April 29 -- The race for automatic promotion to the Premier League will go down to the final day of the regular season after second-placed Ipswich were held to a thrilling 2-2 draw at Southampton on Tuesday that ended the hosts' bid for a guaranteed return to the top flight.

Ipswich's Wes Burns opened the scoring early in the second half but the visitors' lead lasted just 10 minutes, with Southampton, fresh from their FA Cup semi-final defeat by Manchester City, equalising through Ryan Manning's free-kick.

And home fans at St Mary's had even more to celebrate when Cyle Larin put the Saints ahead with 10 minutes of normal time remaining.

But Ipswich were back level in the 87th minute when, following a corner, substitute Jack Cla...