The last three winners of the Championship Play-Off final have all suffered immediate relegation from the Premier League. So will Huddersfield suffer the same fate next season? The Terriers beat Reading at Wembley on Monday in a penalty shoot out, which was after edging their way past Sheffield Wednesday in the Play Off Semi Finals by a penalty shoot out as well.
It has been a tremendous turnaround for the club who finished 19th in last season’s Championship. They had the fifth smallest budget in the entire Championship this season but did manage to spend all but eight days of the season in the top six of the table this term. As is usually the case with Championship Play-Off Finals their game against Reading was a tight affair, with little in the way of goalmouth action. The Terriers had the best two chances of the entire game, both in the opening ten minutes.
But with things at 0-0 after extra time, their players held their nerve again for the second time in the play off to put himself in the top flight. The club should be able to cash in now with around a £170 million windfall to come their way. So they will be joining Brighton and Newcastle in the Premier League next season and head coach David Wagner’s men are an 11/8 shot at Bet365 to stay in the Premier League next term.
This is their first ever venture into the Premier League. They become the first side to earn promotion to the top flight with a negative goal difference for the season (-2) and they scored just the one goal in their three play-off games. This season in the Championship, Huddersfield won all but three of their 25 victories by a single goal margin. That’s resilience for you but they are going to need to spend to drive in the top flight.
So there are some big games to come at the John Smith’s Stadium next season. In the Premier League Relegation odds for next season at Bet365, Burnley and Watford are joint-second favourites to drop at 6/4, while Brighton are 6/5. Swansea are at 2/1, with Newcastle at 7/2 and Crystal Palace are at 9/2. The Terriers are a big 12/1 punt to pull off a huge surprise and land in the top ten next season.
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