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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Tom Victor

Fulham seal immediate promotion back to the Premier League with Preston win

Fulham will be back in the Premier League next season, with Marco Silva's team confirming their promotion at the first time of asking.

The Cottagers missed a chance to mathematically make sure of things on Friday, throwing away a lead given to them by Liverpool-bound Fabio Carvalho and losing to Derby. But that loss only delayed the inevitable for a team who have been far and away the highest scorers in the second tier this season.

Aleksandar Mitrovic has already broken the individual Championship goalscoring record, passing the 31-goal high mark set by Brentford's Ivan Toney. And he was twice on target for the Whites on Tuesday as they ran out 3-0 winners over Preston.

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