Middlesbrough vs. Burnley – Football Match Report – April 7, 2023

Burnley secured a right away return to the Premier League as they earned computerized promotion with a 2-1 victory towards Middlesbrough on Friday.

Vincent Kompany’s aspect sealed their return to England’s prime flight with seven video games remaining of the marketing campaign following a dominant season within the Championship as they sit 11 factors clear on the prime of the desk. The promotion comes within the former Manchester City captain’s first season in cost on the membership after taking up as supervisor final summer time.

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A 0-0 draw between fellow promotion hopefuls Luton Town and Millwall earlier Friday meant {that a} win towards Boro would seal promotion for Burnley with the membership going 19 factors away from third place.

Ashley Barnes set the Lancashire aspect on their solution to promotion-clinching victory together with his aspect’s opening objective towards Boro on 12 minutes.

Chuba Akpom’s equalising penalty three minutes after half-time seemed prefer it might delay Burnley’s celebrations, nonetheless Connor Roberts put the Championship leaders again in entrance halfway by means of the second half they usually noticed out the tightly fought affair to assert their twenty fifth league victory of the season.

Kompany’s aspect suffered a troublesome begin to the 2022-23 season with only one win of their opening 5 matches following their relegation from the Premier League final marketing campaign. But since that run, they’ve solely suffered one league defeat whereas additionally reaching the quarterfinals of the FA Cup — the place they ultimately misplaced 6-0 to Premier League champions City.

Burnley have caught the attention with a marked change in fashion from what was beforehand showcased below lengthy-serving supervisor Sean Dyche within the Premier League. The Kompany aspect’s excessive-tempo, possession-primarily based sport has yielded many entertaining matches as they maintain each the very best attacking and defensive information of any aspect within the division.

The membership are on the right track to hit 100 factors, a feat that has not been achieved in England’s second tier since Leicester City’s 102-level marketing campaign within the 2013-14 season.

Burnley are on 87 factors and face second-positioned Sheffield United on Monday.