Sheffield United in the play-off final of the championship After a 3-0 win, a record-breaking 6-0 aggregated triumph over Bristol City won on Monday.
Sunderland or Coventry City, who follow 2-1 from the first stage, wait in the final at Wembley Stadium after Chris Wilder's side was taken in the showpiece with a convincing version in Bramall Lane.
United will strive for an immediate return to the Premier League with real confidence, since no side has ever won with a larger total margin over two legs in the play-off history of the championship than this thrashing.
With 3-0 behind the opening semi-final meeting, visitors to Liam Manning came from the blocks while Scott Twine dragged widely and Jason Knight tested Michael Cooper's hands.
However, as was the case in the first stage, City had no answer to the attacking threat of United, since two set pieces on either side of the rest cause considerable damage.
Goalkeeper Max O'Leary was caught the lack of when the right corner of Harrison Burrows Kieffer Moore found to go home the opening goal four minutes before the interval.
Another Burrows-Set piece, again from the right flank, brought United's second in added circumstances in the 52nd minute.
Full-back caves in the direction of the edge of the area, with a neat Andre Brooks-dummy so that Gustavo Hamer could score thanks to a huge deflection of Ross Mccrory with a strike that kissed the left pole.
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Knight sent widely in response before Callum O'Hare almost Tyrese Campbell -moments after the couple was introduced into a triple change by the floating wilder, introduced in a triple change.
The excellent caves then stepped over a delicate Campbell center and opened the space for O'Hare to bury Beyond O'Leary for his second goal in as many play-off matches, after he also scored the third in the first stage.
Wilder's challenge is now to bring his side back to the top flight at the first time of asking, but United has never succeeded in a play-off quest about nine previous efforts in the English football competition.
Data debrief: well -known shortcomings chase the city
United had lost each of their last two play-off matches for home (2-1 against Nottingham Forest in 2022 and 2-1 versus Swindon Town in 2015), but ended that bad run with an impressive performance on Monday.
They are now also unbeaten in their last nine games in all competitions against City (W7 D2).
However, it would always be a tough question, because there is never a party progressing in the EFL play-offs after losing the first stage on home floor with a margin of three goals.
However, the defeat continued with a relevant run for Manning, however, in view of his side, this regular season won only four of their 23 -champion matches, with only five games in the division that manage less.
The underlying data, however, hardly painted a one -sided affair in Bramall Lane, in which United collected only 1.33 expected goals to 0.47 from the city, which suggests a difference in finish instead of accidental creation.