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The Sky Bet Championship play-off final is known as the 'Richest Game in Football' But why? 👇

DID YOU KNOW... When it comes to the EFL play-off finals weekend, there's a lucky end of Wembley Stadium 👀 So, who gets it this time? @TomCarnduff 🎙️

The highest attended League Two play-off finals at Wembley: 🥇 Bristol Rovers 3-1 Shrewsbury Town (2007) - 61,589 🥈 AFC Wimbledon 2-0 Plymouth Argyle (2016) - 57,956 🥉 Gillingham 1-0 Shrewsbury Town (2009) - 53,706 4️⃣ AFC Wimbledon 1-0 Walsall (2025) - 50,947 5️⃣ Coventry City 3-1 Exeter City (2018) - 50,196 6️⃣ Bradford City 3-0 Northampton Town (2013) - 47,127 7️⃣ Southend United 1-1 Wycombe Wanderers (2015) - 38,252 8️⃣ Mansfield Town 0-3 Port Vale (2022) - 37,303 9️⃣ Stockport County 3-2 Rochdale (2008) - 35,715 1️⃣0️⃣ Carlisle United 1-1 Stockport County (2023) - 34,004

You'll hear the phrase 'The Richest Game In Football' a lot over the next couple of days... But what does it mean? 🤔 @TomCarnduff 🎙️

The highest attended League One play-off finals at Wembley: 🥇 Charlton Athletic 1-0 Leyton Orient (2025) - 76,193 🥈 Charlton Athletic 2-1 Sunderland (2019) - 76,155 🥉 Doncaster Rovers 1-0 Leeds United (2008) - 75,132 4️⃣ Millwall 1-0 Swindon Town (2010) - 73,108 5️⃣ Barnsley 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday (2023) - 72,492 6️⃣ Sunderland 2-0 Wycombe Wanderers (2022) - 72,332 7️⃣ Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Oxford United (2024) - 70,472 8️⃣ Millwall 2-3 Scunthorpe United (2009) - 59,661 9️⃣ Yeovil Town 0-2 Blackpool (2007) - 59,313 1️⃣0️⃣ Bradford City 0-1 Millwall (2017) - 53,320

The highest attended Championship play-off finals at Wembley: 🥇 Derby County 0-1 QPR (2014) - 87,348 🥈 Bristol City 0-1 Hull City (2008) - 86,703 🥉 Reading 2-4 Swansea City (2011) - 86,581 4️⃣ Leeds United 0-1 Southampton (2024) - 85,862 5️⃣ Aston Villa 2-1 Derby County (2019) - 85,826 6️⃣ Coventry City 1-1 Luton Town (2023) - 85,711 7️⃣ Middlesbrough 0-2 Norwich City (2015) - 85,656 8️⃣ Fulham 1-0 Aston Villa (2018) - 85,243 9️⃣ Sheffield United 1-2 Sunderland (2025) - 82,718 1️⃣0️⃣ Blackpool 3-2 Cardiff City (2010) - 82,244

The highest scoring Championship play-off games: 🥇 Nottingham Forest 3-4 Blackpool (11/05/2010) 🥈 Reading 2-4 Swansea City (30/05/2011) 🥈 Leeds United 2-4 Derby County (15/05/2019) 4️⃣ Derby County 4-1 Brighton & Hove Albion (11/05/2014) 5️⃣ Blackpool 3-2 Cardiff City (22/05/2010) 6️⃣ Wolves 2-3 West Brom (13/05/2007) 7️⃣ Hull City 4-1 Watford (14/05/2008)

The Premier League table since 1st January 2026: 1️⃣ Manchester United - 38pts 2️⃣ Manchester City - 37pts 3️⃣ Arsenal - 34pts 4️⃣ Bournemouth - 32pts 5️⃣ Brighton & Hove Albion - 28pts --------------------------- 6️⃣ Liverpool - 27pts (+6) 7️⃣ Leeds United - 27pts (+3) 8️⃣ Brentford - 26pts --------------------------- 9️⃣ Nottingham Forest - 25pts 1️⃣0️⃣ Aston Villa - 23pts (-1) 1️⃣1️⃣ Newcastle United - 23pts (-2) 1️⃣2️⃣ Fulham - 23pts (-5) 1️⃣3️⃣ Sunderland - 23pts (-9) 1️⃣4️⃣ West Ham United - 22pts 1️⃣5️⃣ Everton - 21pts 1️⃣6️⃣ Chelsea - 19pts (-5) 1️⃣7️⃣ Crystal Palace - 19pts (-10) --------------------------- 1️⃣8️⃣ Wolverhampton Wanderers - 16pts 1️⃣9️⃣ Tottenham Hotspur - 13pts 2️⃣0️⃣ Burnley - 9pts *When teams are tied on points, the number in brackets indicates goal difference

On This Day in 2023... 🗓️ The greatest play-off game of all-time? 🤔 Sheffield Wednesday return to Hillsborough 4-0 down to Peterborough on aggregate in their Sky Bet League One play-off semi-final tie. 🦉 Michael Smith 9' 🦉 Lee Gregory 25' 🦉 Reece James 71' 🦉 Liam Palmer 90+8' 🎩 Lee Gregory (OG) 105' 🦉 Callum Paterson 112' FT after ET on aggregate: Sheffield Wednesday 5-5 Peterborough PENALTIES: SWFC: ✅✅✅✅✅ PUFC: ✅❌✅✅ The Miracle of Hillsborough 🪄

West Ham United now have a 96.2% implied probability from the odds of relegation from the Premier League to the Sky Bet Championship. - odds via Sky Bet

It all comes down to this, on the final day of the season... 🍿 Hearts will win the Scottish Premiership title if they: ▪️ Draw with Celtic ▪️ Beat Celtic Celtic will win the Scottish Premiership title if they: ▪️ Beat Hearts

Bolton Wanderers centre-back Chris Forino won 11 aerial duels in each of the two play-off semi-final legs against Bradford City. That makes those games his joint-most of the season. Dominant performances at the crucial point in the campaign 👏

Stockport County under Dave Challinor: 🏆 2021/22: 1st in the National League ▪️ 2022/23: 4th in Sky Bet League Two - Lost play-off final on penalties 🏆 2023/24: 1st in Sky Bet League Two ▪️ 2024/25: 3rd in Sky Bet League One - Beaten in play-off semi-final ▪️ 2025/26: 3rd in Sky Bet League One - Through to the play-off final

Penalties taken in the Scottish Premiership this season: 1️⃣ Motherwell - 8 --------------------------- 2️⃣ Hibernian - 7 2️⃣ Celtic - 7 2️⃣ Dundee United - 7 2️⃣ Livingston - 7 --------------------------- 6️⃣ Dundee - 6 6️⃣ Rangers - 6 --------------------------- 8️⃣ Heart of Midlothian - 5 --------------------------- 9️⃣ Aberdeen - 4 --------------------------- 1️⃣0️⃣ Falkirk - 3 --------------------------- 1️⃣1️⃣ Kilmarnock - 2 1️⃣1️⃣ St. Mirren - 2

The 25/26 Sky Bet Championship table according to expected points (xPTS): 1️⃣ Ipswich Town - 86.5 2️⃣ Coventry City - 84.9 --------------------------- 3️⃣ Middlesbrough - 82.2 4️⃣ Southampton - 75.7 5️⃣ Sheffield United - 71.9 6️⃣ Birmingham City - 71.5 --------------------------- 7️⃣ West Bromwich Albion - 70.1 8️⃣ Millwall - 68.5 9️⃣ Watford - 64.6 1️⃣0️⃣ Norwich City - 63.4 1️⃣1️⃣ Derby County - 62.9 1️⃣2️⃣ Blackburn Rovers - 62.7 1️⃣3️⃣ Queens Park Rangers - 61.7 1️⃣4️⃣ Portsmouth - 61.2 1️⃣5️⃣ Wrexham - 59.7 1️⃣6️⃣ Oxford United - 57.6 1️⃣7️⃣ Swansea City - 57.5 1️⃣8️⃣ Bristol City - 56.9 1️⃣9️⃣ Charlton Athletic - 55.7 2️⃣0️⃣ Stoke City - 55.3 2️⃣1️⃣ Leicester City - 54.0 --------------------------- 2️⃣2️⃣ Preston North End - 53.2 2️⃣3️⃣ Hull City - 53.0 2️⃣4️⃣ Sheffield Wednesday - 30.2 The Saints meet the Tigers at Wembley in the Sky Bet Championship play-off final.

Most expected assists (xA) from open play in the 25/26 Sky Bet League Two season: 🥇 Ryan Glover (Barnet) - 10.24 🥈 Kieran Green (Grimsby Town) - 7.59 🥉 Mitch Pinnock (Bromley) - 7.49 4️⃣ James Brophy (Cambridge United) - 7.15 5️⃣ Ethan Ennis (Fleetwood Town) - 7.09 6️⃣ Idris Kanu (Barnet) - 6.68 7️⃣ Dilan Markanday (Chesterfield) - 6.41 8️⃣ Dion Pereira (Crawley Town) - 6.28 9️⃣ Charles Vernam (Grimsby Town) - 6.05 1️⃣0️⃣ Bobby Kamwa (Newport County) - 6.04

Most expected assists (xA) from open play in the 25/26 Sky Bet League One season: 🥇 Ilmari Niskanen (Exeter City) - 9.11 🥈 Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City) - 7.19 🥉 Reyes Cleary (Barnsley) - 6.94 4️⃣ Joel Bagan (Cardiff City) - 6.90 5️⃣ Steve Seddon (AFC Wimbledon) - 6.70 6️⃣ Chris Willock (Cardiff City) - 6.60 7️⃣ Oliver Norwood (Stockport County) - 6.41 8️⃣ Fraser Murray (Wigan Athletic) - 6.19 9️⃣ Ryan Wintle (Cardiff City) - 6.06 1️⃣0️⃣ Luke Molyneux (Doncaster Rovers) - 5.98

Hull City vs Millwall this season: ▪️ Games: 4 ▪️ Goals scored: 6 ▪️ Shots: 53 ▪️ On Target: 19 ▪️ 'Big Chances' created: 11 ▪️ xG created: 7.65

Most expected assists (xA) from open play in the 25/26 Sky Bet Championship season: 🥇 Femi Azeez (Millwall) - 7.93 🥈 Finn Azaz (Southampton/Middlesbrough) - 7.56 🥉 Hayden Hackney (Middlesbrough) - 7.53 4️⃣ Anis Mehmeti (Ipswich Town/Bristol City) - 6.66 5️⃣ Ryan Alebiosu (Blackburn Rovers) - 6.37 6️⃣ Sorba Thomas (Stoke City) - 6.29 7️⃣ Callum O'Hare (Sheffield United) - 6.25 8️⃣ Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) - 6.02 9️⃣ Camiel Neghli (Millwall) - 5.88 1️⃣0️⃣ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) - 5.81