The Championship Playoffs: Who makes it to the Premier League?
Barnsley
This year’s surprise package in the playoffs. In 2020 the Tykes only just stayed up on the last day of the season but have flipped that form and had a stellar year to give them a fifth-place finish and a chance of gracing the Premier League.
Head Coach Valerian Ismael has forged a style of direct football which has suited the South Yorkshire side throughout and sent them straight up the table. USA loanee Daryl Dike has loved playing, bagging nine goals on the run in, despite only joining in January.
Neil Warnock’s boyhood team have only been in the Premier League once, in the mid-90s, but they have a real chance to get back, all be it a long shot.
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Former Leeds midfielder Alex Mowatt will have to be at the top of his game, along with top scorer Cauley Woodrow to get them past Swansea and win at Wembley.