Who will be promoted to the Premier League?

The race for Premier League promotion in the 2021-22 season is entering the final stages and the battle to get out of England’s second tier remains absolutely bonkers.

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Fulham and Bournemouth are close to sealing automatic promotion back to the Premier League, while there is a mad scramble to finish in one of the four playoff spots for a chance to join them.

Remember: the third-place team plays the sixth-place team and fourth plays fifth in a home and away semifinal series before the victors battle it out in a final at Wembley to decide who wins the third and final promotion spot to the Premier League.

Promotion to the Premier League is estimated to be worth almost $200 million for each club.

Below we look at the latest scenarios as the Championship campaign enters the final three games.

Fulham, Bournemouth, Nottingham Forest, Luton Town, Huddersfield Town

It is very simple for Fulham. Win against Preston on April 19 and they are promoted back to the Premier League at the first time of asking. Second-place Bournemouth and fifth-place Nottingham Forest (who have two games in-hand over their playoff rivals) are the only two teams who can catch Marco Silva’s side who have been at the top of the Championship for the majority of the season. It’s a matter of if, not when, Fulham get promoted automatically. As for Bournemouth, they should just get over the line but Forest are pushing them all the way. Bournemouth still play Fulham at the weekend and then play Forest on May 3, so the latter game could decide who goes up automatically. Luton Town and Huddersfield Town can also still be promoted automatically but they have to win their final three games and hope both Bournemouth and