Watford seal Premier League promotion

Published at 05:46 pm April 24th, 2021

Watford players celebrate their promotion to the Premier League following their Championship match win at home to Millwall Saturday Reuters

Watford have secured an immediate return to the top flight having finished second-bottom of the Premier League in the 2019-20 campaign

Watford secured promotion to the Premier League Saturday with two games to spare, after a 1-0 win over Millwall in the second-tier Championship at Vicarage Road.

Ismaila Sarr's 11th-minute penalty proved enough as Watford guaranteed one of the two automatic promotion spots alongside Championship leaders Norwich City, who booked their top-flight spot last weekend.

Xisco Munoz's Watford have secured an immediate return to the top flight - which has been worth at least 160m pounds ($221.3m) in previous seasons - having finished second-bottom of the Premier League in the 2019-20 campaign.

Watford were one of the playoff contenders after a mixed start to the second-division campaign but found another gear when Munoz replaced Vladimir Ivic as manager in December.

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The Spanish manager has guided Watford to 17 wins in 24 Championship games, opening up a 10-point gap over third-placed Brentford, who have a game in hand.

Watford's victory means Norwich must wait to be crowned champions, despite a 3-1 win over Queens Park Rangers.

Daniel Farke's side need two points from their remaining two games to guarantee the second division title.