Sheffield United have change into the second crew to safe promotion to the Premier League this season.

This follows their promotion-clinching 2-0 victory over West Brom on Wednesday that assures them of ending second within the EFL Championship standings.

The South Yorkshire membership confirmed their promotion with three video games left to play this season, becoming a member of Vincent Kompany’s first-place Burnley as the 2 sides to be routinely promoted from the Championship.

Led by Paul Heckingbottom, United have been preventing on the prime of England’s second tier since their relegation from the Premier League in 2021. They’ve 85 factors from 43 video games this season and in addition reached the FA Cup semifinals, the place they had been ultimately knocked out by Manchester Metropolis.

Second-half targets by Sander Berge and Anel Ahmedhodzic guided them to victory over West Brom to take an unassailable seven-point lead over third-placed Luton City, who’ve performed 44 video games.

“We’ve labored so onerous for this all 12 months and to do it at residence in entrance of our personal crowd is so particular,” Berge advised Sky Sports activities. “We wish to give again to the membership and followers. I got here right here after we had been within the Premier League and now we’re again the place we have to be.”