2020 EFL Championship play-off Final

2020 EFL Championship play-off Final

Brentford Fulham 1 2
Report After extra time
Event	2019–20 EFL Championship
Date	4 August 2020 (2020-08-04)
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Martin Atkinson
Attendance	0
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The 2020 EFL Championship play-off Final was an association football match to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the EFL Championship to the Premier League. It was played at Wembley Stadium in London. The top two teams at the end of the 2019–20 EFL Championship season gained automatic promotion to the Premier League, while the teams placed from third to sixth place in the table participated in the play-off semi-finals. Brentford and Fulham were the winners of their respective semi-finals and competed in a West London derby for the final place in the 2020–21 Premier League.

Route to the final

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Championship

Final league position – Championship
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Brentford	46	24	9	13	80	38	+42	81
4	Fulham	46	23	12	11	64	48	+16	81
5	Cardiff City	46	19	16	11	68	58	+10	73
6	Swansea City	46	18	16	12	62	53	+9	70

Brentford and Fulham finished third and fourth, respectively, in the 2019–20 season in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Both teams finished the regular season with 81 points, with Brentford ranked higher based on goal difference.

Fulham's Aleksandar Mitrović was the EFL Championship top scorer with 26 goals, while Brentford's leading scorer Ollie Watkins finished with 25 goals.

Brentford			Round	Fulham
Opponent	Result	Legs	Semi-finals	Opponent	Result	Legs
Swansea City	3–2	0–1 away; 3–1 home		Cardiff City	3–2	2–0 away; 1–2 home

Details

4 August 2020 (2020-08-04) 19:45 BST	Brentford	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Fulham	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Atkinson
	Dalsgaard  120+4'	Report	Bryan  105', 117'

Brentford

Fulham

GK 1 David Raya RB 22 Henrik Dalsgaard CB 18 Pontus Jansson (c) CB 5 Ethan Pinnock LB 3 Rico Henry 105' CM 8 Mathias Jensen 88' 105+1' CM 6 Christian Nørgaard 103' CM 14 Josh Dasilva 83' RW 19 Bryan Mbeumo 61' CF 11 Ollie Watkins LW 10 Saïd Benrahma Substitutes: GK 28 Luke Daniels DF 23 Julian Jeanvier DF 35 Mads Roerslev MF 7 Sergi Canós 83' MF 16 Joel Valencia MF 17 Emiliano Marcondes 61' MF 24 Tariqe Fosu 105' MF 31 Jan Žambůrek FW 21 Halil Dervişoğlu 105+1' Head coach: Thomas Frank

GK 12 Marek Rodák 120+4' RB 4 Denis Odoi 110' CB 3 Michael Hector 98' CB 13 Tim Ream LB 23 Joe Bryan CM 21 Harrison Reed 29' CM 10 Tom Cairney (c) 67' RM 7 Neeskens Kebano 81' AM 25 Josh Onomah 110' LM 14 Bobby Decordova-Reid 90+2' CF 47 Aboubakar Kamara 105+1' Substitutes: GK 1 Marcus Bettinelli DF 20 Maxime Le Marchand 110' DF 22 Cyrus Christie 110' DF 43 Steven Sessegnon MF 6 Kevin McDonald 73' MF 8 Stefan Johansen FW 9 Aleksandar Mitrović 104' 90+2' FW 19 Ivan Cavaleiro 120+2' 105+1' FW 24 Anthony Knockaert 102' 81' Manager: Scott Parker