Who advanced to the Championship 2021?
City of Norwich Watford F.C. F.C. Brentford F.C. EFL Championship/Promoted 2020-21 Norwich City and Watford won automatic promotion to the Premier League as the top two teams in the 2020-21 EFL Championship, while the clubs finishing third to sixth in the league competed in the 2021 English Football League play-offs. Norwich City will play Liverpool in the Championship season opener on Sunday, 11 August at Carrow Road. City finished the season with 100 points, which is 12 clear of second-placed Derby County. They were crowned champions on May 24 when they defeated Millwall 3-1 at Carrow Road. It was their first championship title in 80 years and their first in the Premier League or English football's highest division since 93/94. Watford finished just one point above City but had a superior goal difference - plus or minus three goals. The Hornets played host to Brighton & Hove Albion in the playoff final at Vicarage Road on May 26. With the game going into extra time, manager Jose Manuel Jurado Casemiro substituted off all his players except goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes. This meant that Gomes would be the only player used from start to finish in this match. He kept his side in the competition until the last minute when he made an incredible save from Jonathan Afolabi to preserve his team's unbeaten home record in the playoffs. Brentford finished third in the table with 76 points.