Championship play-off final, Aston Villa vs Fulham - LIVE: Latest reaction from Wembley

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Championship play-off final preview

Aston Villa and Fulham meet in the richest game in English football.

Wolves and Cardiff have already earned their place back in the Premier League Promised Land and now one of Villa or Fulham will join them. The two meet at Wembley Stadum with everything on the line and a £170m+ prize for the victor.

The game kicks off at 5pm as a nice starter to the Champions League final main course a little later on this evening.

We will have all the latest updates for you right here.

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Preview

What time does it start?

The game kicks off at 5pm at Wembley Stadium

Where can I watch it?

The match is live on Sky Sports Football or Sky Sports Main Event

What are they saying?

Steve Bruce: "Expectation is huge here but that's why I went for experience. I've thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of my 19 months here. Can we now top it off by getting where we want to be?"

Slavisa Jokanovic: "We're the youngest team. We must try to dominate the situation and put them under stress. We're probably the team with more energy. Experience in life is important but it's not everything - all of us can make mistakes."

Who is going to win?

Villa 12/5

Draw 21/10

Fulham 7/5

Key Points

• Aston Villa face Fulham at Wembley Stadium with a place in the Premier League at stake
• Both teams are featuring in their first ever play-off final
• The Cottagers are playing just their second match at Wembley - they lost their previous visit in the 1975 FA Cup final
• Villa have not faced a shot on target in any of their past three halves of football
• The team scoring first in the play-off final has gone on to win promotion on each of the past six occasions

[26 May 2018 18:50 · Jack Watson]

90: Five minutes of added time!

Can Fulham hold on or do Aston Villa have one last Championship goal in them.

[26 May 2018 18:51 · Jack Watson]

90+1: Albert Adomah's cross is headed wide by Scott Hogan. Nobody is picking him up.

[26 May 2018 18:52 · Jack Watson]

92: Jack Grealish goes down in the box under Matt Target's challenge. The Fulham player slips into Grealish but the referee is unmoved as the ball rolls out for a goal kick.

[26 May 2018 18:54 · Jack Watson]

90+4: Ryan Sessegnon draws a foul from Robert Snodgrass and Fulham can wind down the clock.

[26 May 2018 18:55 · Jack Watson]

Aston Villa 0-1 Fulham 

[26 May 2018 18:55 · Jack Watson]

Fulham are in the Premier League

[26 May 2018 18:58 · Jack Watson]

Fulham's first half dominance was enough to see off Aston Villa's second half comeback. Tom Cairney's calm finish from Ryan Sessegnon's pass did the damage and Fulham then held on with ten men from the 70th minute following Denis Odoi's dismissal after receiving a second yellow card.

[26 May 2018 19:01 · Jack Watson]

How the players rated as Fulham return to the Premier League

[26 May 2018 19:13 · Ben Burrows]

How did Ryan Sessegnon get on today? And what does it say about his future?

Here's Samuel Lovett with the answer.

[26 May 2018 19:20 · Ben Burrows]

  ↵We know Fulham are in for one hell of a payday.

But just how much have they just guaranteed themselves with that win today?