Bournemouth’s promotion rivals Fulham are promoted to the Premier League as Mitrovic scores 40 goals

Fulham earned instant promotion to the Premier League after a comfortable 3-0 victory over Preston at Craven Cottage.

After occupying the top two places in the Championship for most of the season alongside Bournemouth, Scott Parker’s former side have regained their top-flight status with four games to go.

They next face Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday, with the hosts also seeking promotion in the coming weeks.

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Striker Aleksandar Mitrovic, who is among the nominations for the Player of the Season award, joining Dominic Solanke, scored twice either side of half-time to take his total for the campaign to 40 – he is not more than two goals behind Guy Whittingham’s 42 goals. transport for Portsmouth in 1992-93, which is the most of any second-tier season in the Premier League era.

Fabio Carvalho added Fulham’s second who calmed nerves, having suffered back-to-back defeats for the first time this season in the previous two fixtures.

The full-time whistle sparked joyful scenes at Craven Cottage as Fulham took the first of three promotion spots.

Bournemouth are currently nine points behind in second place but maintain a healthy lead over Huddersfield in third. Parker’s men are four points clear and need nine more points to secure top-tier status next year.

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