Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Football Reporting
Football Reporting

Premier League

Why Watford can expect to be more successful than Norwich City in the Premier League


Both Norwich City and Watford have enjoyed superb seasons, culminating in immediate returns to the Premier League.

The two sides can now look forward to dining back at English football’s top table.

But despite the Canaries sealing the Championship title, it is the second-placed Hornets who are destined to enjoy a better campaign back in the top flight.

That’s according to new historical research undertaken. The study from FreeSuperTips has looked at every Championship promotion since the introduction of the play-off system in 1987.

Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.

The data boffins found that teams promoted in second place will spend an average of five years in the topflight – longer than any other method of promotion.

Norwich City celebrate winning the Championship title

The Hornets, who fell six points adrift of City, will now look forward to continuing that trend whilst Norwich will be aiming to buck it in the 2021-22 campaign.

The study says that “despite a superior performance in England’s second tier, clubs coming up as Champions last one fewer season on average, while play-off winners have a typical stay of just two years – with 61 per cent of teams going straight back down again.”

A spokesperson from FreeSuperTips said: “As a traditionally big club with a world class manager, lots of people will be expecting Norwich to stay in the Premier League, but according to our research, they might not be around for too long.

Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.

“Since 1987, it has traditionally been the team who finishes second in the Championship that is the most successful in the Premier League – this could mean good things for Watford.”

The evidence to back this up comes from the 2019-20 campaign when Sheffield United, who went up the previous year in second spot, sealed a superb ninth-placed finish whilst champions Norwich went straight back down.

Of course, Daniel Farke and his men will be aiming to right that wrong next year.

They will also being looking to replicate Leeds United. The Whites are currently eighth in the top flight after romping to the second tier crown last term.

Sign up to the Mirror Football email here for the latest news and transfer gossip





Source link

Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.
Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

Arsenal

Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Magalhaes and Gabriel Martinelli are all doubts ahead of Arsenal’s huge Premier League clash with title rivals and reigning champions Manchester...

Premier League

The Premier League have made a change to the way ball boys and girls operate during matches, but it’s fair to say that football...

Arsenal

Manchester City must do without Kyle Walker and John Stones when they welcome Arsenal to the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League as the...

AC Milan

Joshua Zirkzee has ended up at the top of AC Milan’s wish list ahead of the summer, with Olivier Giroud expected to say goodbye....