Fulham 1-0 Aston Villa (2017-18 Championship Play-off Final)

Sat 26 May 2018 17:00	Fulham	(1) 1-0 (0)	Aston Villa	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 85,243 Referee: Anthony Taylor
	Cairney  23' Odoi  70'	Report

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FULHAM (4-3-3) GK 1 Marcus Bettinelli DR 2 Ryan Fredericks 83' DC 4 Denis Odoi 38'  70' DC 13 Tim Ream DL 21 Matt Targett MRC 10 Tom Cairney (c) MC 6 Kevin McDonald MLC 8 Stefan Johansen 72' FR 47 Aboubakar Kamara 77' 77' ST 32 Aleksandar Mitrović FL 3 Ryan Sessegnon Substitutes: GK 27 David Button DF 22 Cyrus Christie 83' DF 26 Tomáš Kalas 77' MF 11 Floyd Ayité MF 16 Oliver Norwood 72' MF 20 Lucas Piazón FW 9 Rui Fonte Manager: Slaviša Jokanović

ASTON VILLA (4-1-4-1) GK 1 Sam Johnstone DR 27 Ahmed Elmohamady 77' DC 26 John Terry (c) DC 5 James Chester 8' DL 21 Alan Hutton 86' DM 15 Mile Jedinak 76' 77' MR 7 Robert Snodgrass MC 14 Conor Hourihane 82' MC 10 Jack Grealish 63' ML 37 Albert Adomah ST 45 Lewis Grabban Substitutes: GK 31 Mark Bunn DF 16 James Bree MF 6 Glenn Whelan MF 18 Josh Onomah 77' MF 20 Birkir Bjarnason FW 9 Scott Hogan 82' FW 22 Jonathan Kodjia 77' Manager: Steve Bruce

Assistant referees: Gary Beswick Dan Cook Fourth official: Kevin Friend Reserve assistant referee: Eddie Smart Previous Meeting: Fulham 2-0 Aston Villa (2017-18 Championship) (17 Feb 2018) Following Meeting: Fulham 2-1 Aston Villa (2019-20 FA Cup 3rd Round) (4 Jan 2020) Trivia Fulham win for the first time at Wembley and gain promotion to the Premier League The largest attendance at a match in which Fulham have participated in since their previous Wembley appearance 43 years prior Statistics Fulham Aston Villa Possession 51% 49% Shots on target 3 2 Shots off target 9 6 Shots blocked 3 4 Corner kicks 3 0 Fouls conceded 15 14 Offsides 1 3 Yellow cards 2 4 Red cards 1 0 Total passes 419 392 Passing success 82% 79% Tackles 14 16 Tackles success 43% 56% Total crosses 9 19 Successful crosses 44% 42% Interceptions 4 14 Clearances 35 12 Images 1-0: Tom Cairney scores the goal that send Fulham back to the Premier League in the 23rd minute Denis Odoi gets a second yellow card after a clumsy kick on Jack Grealish with over 20 minutes remaining Fulham are promoted back to the Premier League and the players, staff and fans celebrate 2017-18 season Pre-season: Piast Gliwice (n) • Fastav Zlín (n) • QPR U23 (h) • Chelsea (a) • West Ham (n) • Darmstadt (a) • Wolfsburg (h) Additional friendlies: Southampton XI (a) • Southampton XI (a) Championship: Norwich (h) • Reading (a) • Leeds (a)) • Sheff Wed (h) • Ipswich (a) • Cardiff (h) • Hull (h) • Burton (a) • Middlesbrough (h) • Nottm Forest (a) • QPR (a) • Preston North End (h) • Aston Villa (a) • Bolton (h) • Bristol City (h) • Wolves (a) • Derby (h) • Sheff Utd (a) • Millwall (h) • Brentford (a) • Birmingham (h) • Sunderland (a) • Barnsley (h) • Cardiff (a) • Hull (a) • Ipswich (h) • Middlesbrough (a) • Burton (h) • Barnsley (a) • Nottm Forest (h) • Bolton (a) • Aston Villa (h) • Bristol City (a) • Wolves (h) • Derby (a) • Sheff Utd (h) • Preston (a) • QPR (h) • Norwich (a) • Leeds (h) • Sheff Wed (a) • Reading (h) • Brentford (h) • Millwall (a) • Sunderland (h) • Birmingham (a) Play-offs- Semi-final 1st Leg: Derby (a) • Semi-final 2nd Leg: Derby (h) • Final: Aston Villa (n) FA Cup: 3rd round: Southampton (h) EFL Cup: 1st round: Wycombe (a) • 2nd round: Bristol Rovers (h)