2018 EFL Championship play-off Final

2018 EFL Championship play-off Final
Matchday programme cover
Event 2017–18 EFL Championship
Fulham Aston Villa
1 0
Date 26 May 2018
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match Tom Cairney[1]
Referee Anthony Taylor
Attendance 85,243

The 2018 EFL Championship play-off Final was played on 26 May 2018 at Wembley Stadium, London. The winner earned promotion to the Premier League for the 2018–19 season. The top two teams of the 2017–18 EFL Championship season gained automatic promotion to the Premier League, whilst the teams placed between third and sixth place in the league table played two initial matches in a series of play-offs, and the top two teams of the play-offs play for the final place for the 2018–19 season in the Premier League.[2] Winning the game has been estimated by accountants Deloitte to be worth £160m to the winners, rising to £280m should they survive at least one season in the Premier League.[3]

Fulham won 1–0, the only goal of the game being scored by Tom Cairney in the 23rd minute.[4] It was their first game at Wembley for 43 years since losing the 1975 FA Cup Final.[5][6][7]

Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Fulham Round Aston Villa
Final league position
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3Fulham 46251387946+3388
4Aston Villa 462411117242+3083
5Middlesbrough 462210146745+2276
6Derby County 462015116948+2175
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Play-offs Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Derby County 2–1 0–1 (A) 2–0 (H) Semi-finals Middlesbrough 1–0 1–0 (H) 0–0 (A)

Match

Details

Fulham 1–0 Aston Villa
Cairney  23' Report
Attendance: 85,243
Fulham
Aston Villa
GK1Marcus Bettinelli
RB2Ryan Fredericks 83'
CB4Denis OdoiYellow cardYellow cardRed card 38', 70'
CB13Tim Ream
LB21Matt Targett
CM6Kevin McDonald
CM8Stefan Johansen 72'
CM10Tom Cairney (c)
RM47Aboubakar KamaraYellow card 77' 77'
LM3Ryan Sessegnon
CF32Aleksandar Mitrović
Substitutes:
GK27David Button
DF22Cyrus Christie 83'
DF26Tomáš Kalas 77'
MF11Floyd Ayité
MF16Oliver Norwood 72'
FW9Rui Fonte
FW20Lucas Piazon
Manager:
Slaviša Jokanović
GK1Sam Johnstone
RB27Ahmed Elmohamady 77'
CB5James ChesterYellow card 8'
CB26John Terry (c)
LB21Alan HuttonYellow card 86'
DM6Mile JedinakYellow card 76' 77'
CM10Jack GrealishYellow card 63'
CM14Conor Hourihane 82'
RM7Robert Snodgrass
LM37Albert AdomahYellow card 19'
CF45Lewis Grabban
Substitutes:
GK31Mark Bunn
DF16James Bree
MF6Glenn Whelan
MF18Josh Onomah 77'
MF20Birkir Bjarnason
FW9Scott Hogan 82'
FW22Jonathan Kodjia 77'
Manager:
Steve Bruce

References

  1. ↑ "Aston Villa 0-1 Fulham: Tom Cairney fires Cottagers into Premier League". Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "EFL Play-Offs: Goalless draw enough to take Aston Villa to Wembley". Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Aston Villa v Fulham: Championship play-off final 'worth £160m' to winners". 24 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "Aston Villa 0-1 Fulham". 26 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Aston Villa 0 Fulham 1 LIVE - As it happened". Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Aston Villa 0 Fulham 1: as it happened". Guardian. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Fulham win promotion to Premier League after beating Aston Villa in Championship play-off final". The Telegraph. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
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