LONDON (AFP) - Brentford and Fulham will slug it out for a place in the Premier League on Tuesday (Aug 4) when the London rivals clash in a Championship play-off final worth an estimated £170 million (S$306 million) to the winners.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON - Brentford and Fulham will slug it out for a place in the Premier League on Tuesday when the London rivals clash in a Championship play-off final worth an estimated £170 million to the winners.
In contrast to their west London neighbours, Fulham are hoping for an immediate return to the Premier League after last season's relegation.After spending 59 out of 60 seasons in the third or fourth tiers before reaching the Championship in 2014, the Bees have risen well above their traditional status thanks to innovative owner Matthew Benham.
An impressive 3-1 win over Swansea in the play-off semi-final second leg overturned a 1-0 first-leg deficit and emphasised the quality nurtured by Brentford's Danish boss Thomas Frank. Brentford beat Fulham 1-0 and 2-0 earlier this season and their captain Pontus Jansson knows what it would mean to get that lucrative third victory.
Mitrovic, the Championship's top scorer with 26 goals this season, missed both legs of Fulham's 3-2 aggregate play-off semi-final victory over Cardiff.
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