2019 EFL Championship play-off Final

2019 EFL Championship play-off Final

Aston Villa Derby County 2 1
Report
Event	2018–19 EFL Championship
Date	27 May 2019
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Paul Tierney
Attendance	85,826
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The 2019 EFL Championship play-off Final was a football match which was played on 27 May 2019 at Wembley Stadium, London between Aston Villa and Derby County. The winner earned promotion to the Premier League for the 2019–20 season. The top two teams of the 2018–19 EFL Championship season gained automatic promotion, 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 played for the final place for the 2019–20 Premier League. Winning the game is estimated to be worth £170m to the successful team.

Aston Villa won 2–1 to return to the Premier League for the first time since 2016.

Route to the final

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Championship

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

Aston Villa				Round	Derby County
Final league position Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 3 Leeds United 46 25 8 13 73 50 +23 83 4 West Bromwich Albion 46 23 11 12 87 62 +25 80 5 Aston Villa 46 20 16 10 82 61 +21 76 6 Derby County 46 20 14 12 69 54 +15 74
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-offs	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
West Bromwich Albion	2–2 (4–3 p.)	2–1 (H)	0–1 (a.e.t.) (A)	Semi-finals	Leeds United	4–3	0–1 (H)	4–2 (A)

Match

27 May 2019 15:00 BST	Aston Villa	2–1	Derby County	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 85,826 Referee: Paul Tierney
	El Ghazi  44' McGinn  59'	Report	Waghorn  81'

Aston Villa

Derby County

GK 12 Jed Steer RB 27 Ahmed Elmohamady CB 4 Axel Tuanzebe CB 40 Tyrone Mings 86' LB 3 Neil Taylor CM 7 John McGinn  59' CM 14 Conor Hourihane 48' CM 10 Jack Grealish RW 37 Albert Adomah 73' CF 18 Tammy Abraham LW 22 Anwar El Ghazi 28'  44' Substitutes: GK 28 Lovre Kalinić DF 30 Kortney Hause 86' MF 6 Glenn Whelan MF 8 Henri Lansbury MF 15 Mile Jedinak MF 19 Andre Green 73' FW 26 Jonathan Kodjia Manager: Dean Smith

GK 21 Kelle Roos RB 37 Jayden Bogle CB 6 Richard Keogh (c) CB 5 Fikayo Tomori 51' LB 26 Ashley Cole CM 8 Mason Mount CM 44 Tom Huddlestone 63' CM 15 Bradley Johnson RW 7 Harry Wilson 90+2' CF 20 Mason Bennett 47' 69' LW 10 Tom Lawrence 73' Substitutes: GK 1 Scott Carson DF 39 Calum MacDonald MF 11 Florian Jozefzoon 73' MF 17 George Evans MF 50 Jason Knight FW 9 Martyn Waghorn 69'  81' FW 14 Jack Marriott 63' Manager: Frank Lampard

Broadcast

The final was broadcast live on Sky Sports Main Event in the UK with commentators Daniel Mann and Andy Hinchcliffe. For viewers abroad, Steve Wilson and Stewart Robson commentated.