Fulham fixed advancement to the Premier League with a 1-0 prevail upon Aston Villa in Saturday’s Championship playoff last. Tom Cairney’s first-half objective was sufficient to send Slavisa Jokanovic’s side over into the best flight, four years on from their transfer, in spite of Denis Odoi being sent off with 20 minutes remaining.
Only five focuses isolated these groups in the 2017-18 table and there was little to part them amid a wildly aggressive conflict at Wembley, in which in-frame Jack Grealish and Ryan Fredericks were both blessed to escape red cards.
Cairney’s strike deservedly gave Fulham the lead, the midfielder consolidating with rising star Ryan Sessegnon before completing easily, and Aleksandar Mitrovic could have multiplied the favorable position with chances either side of half-time.
Manor enhanced after the break and were obviously prevailing after Odoi’s rejection for a moment yellow card, however Steve Bruce’s side made little to stress Marcus Bettinelli in the Fulham objective in spite of their man favorable position.
In the wake of winning an amusement supposedly worth £160million, Fulham would now be able to get ready for an arrival to the wealth of the Premier League, alongside Wolves and Cardiff City, while Villa are confronting a third-straight season in the second level.
Fulham looked the more settled from the start and demand to lead the pack on 23 minutes, which they did in fine style. Sessegnon moved into space on the edge of the Villa box and slid the ball between John Terry and Alan Hutton to Cairney, who opened past Sam Johnstone.