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At 5pm on Saturday, Fulham and Aston Villa will face the finals of this year’s championship playoffs at Wembley Stadium in London. The winner secures the last ticket for the upcoming Premier League season and is allowed to play first-class in addition to the direct climbers Wolverhampton and Cardiff. Both traditional clubs have been playing for some time in the 2nd English league, Fulham for four and Aston Villa for two years. They both want to go back to the Premier League, where they claim to belong. Fulham has the most valuable cadre of the championship with a total market value of 107 million euros, Aston Villa is in this ranking with 89.5 million euros in this ranking. The overall balance between the two clubs is fairly balanced. 20 Villa victories face 21 draws and 21 Fulham successes. The two duels in this year’s league ended balanced. Both teams won one match each. There was a draw at the break. The last four games have always won the home team. From the last nine duels Villa won only two.
About 180 million euros more revenue brings the victory in the final of the championship playoffs, according to calculations. Last year, Huddersfield won against Reading and, like championship champions Newcastle United and runners-up Brighton & Hove Albion, stayed in the Premier League. That all three newcomers stay in it had not existed for seven years.
Fulham:
Fulham finished the regular season in the second division in third place and sat down in the semi-final play-offs happy against Derby County (2: 0, 0: 1). With 79 goals Fulham put in the league behind champion Wolverhampton (82) the best offensive. The Cottagers were for months the most stable team in the league. The direct ascent failed only at the very beginning of the season left lying points. Between December and May, the Whites remained 23 league games in a row without defeat. Ironically, with the 1: 3 at Birmingham City, this series ended on the final day of the regular season. This missed the direct ascent. In the end, only two points were missing on the second-placed Cardiff.
With 52 points Fulham was the best back round team of the championship, nine points ahead of Cardiff and ten points ahead of final opponent Aston Villa.
Last year, the Cottagers failed in the Championship semi-final against FC Reading. With this year’s final draw, the Whites were finally able to pass the semi-final curse, after all, the London failed in all their previous six semi-finals. Personally, coach Slavisa Jokanovic can draw on the full. The team was able to prepare for the final after almost two weeks after the last game against Derby. In the offensive, the hopes rest on Ryan Sessegnon and Aleksandar Mitrovic. The 18-year-old Sessegnon already has a market value of 25 million euros. With 15 goals and six assists he was the best scorer of his club. The left-back midfielder has not made it to the World Cup squad yet.
Aston Villa:
It’s the second season in the championship for Aston Villa. In the first season in the second league, the men from Birmingham landed only on place 13. Villa finished the recent championship but in fourth place. In the playoffs, the Villans had trouble with FC Middlesbrough (0: 0, 1: 0). Coach Steve Bruce has been promoted to the Premier League four times. In the final, it was important to counteract the ball possession football of Londoners, said Bruce.
One should not give the ball lightly. The use of Ahmed Elmohamady is still questionable. Neil Taylor and Axel Tuanzebe will both fail. The most prominent kicker on the court is likely to be John Terry. He also holds the defense together and made sure, among other things, that they have been without conceding in seven of their last ten games. After 17 years at Chelsea, Terry moved to the beginning of this season to Aston Villa. If Villa manages to climb, Captain Terry has signaled that he wants to hang on for another year. However, he would want to play in the Premier League no games against his beloved Chelsea FC and calls for a corresponding clause in the contract. In the championship Terry was 32 times in the starting eleven and played through 31 times.
Aston Villa vs Fulham head to head matches
17.02.18 CHA Fulham Aston Villa 2 : 0
21.10.17 CHA Aston Villa Fulham 2 : 1
17.04.17 CHA Fulham Aston Villa 3 : 1
22.10.16 CHA Aston Villa Fulham 1 : 0
11.07.15 CF Fulham Aston Villa 3 : 1