Tim Krul returns to the Premier League with Norwich City after a one-year hiatus

Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 3:50 PM• Mart Oude Nijeweeme • Last update: 16:14

Norwich City returns to the Premier League after a one-year absence. Goalkeeper Tim Krul’s team had enough points lost by the competitors on Saturday afternoon to secure promotion to the highest level. Swansea City did not get past Wycombe Wanderers (2-2) as number three, while Brentford choked with a 1-1 draw in Millwall. As a result, Norwich is assured of place two. The numbers one and two from the Championship are promoted directly to the Premier League.

Norwich was able to carry out the verdict on its own on Saturday evening, when the team plays against Bournemouth at home, but due to the loss of points by Brentford and Swansea, the team of trainer Daniel Farke is assured of a return to the highest English level before the start of the official promotion match. . Swansea faced a 0-2 deficit against Wycombe Wanderers within five minutes of the break, but was still able to avoid a defeat in the final phase. Brentford had the better of the game against Millwall at home, but nevertheless got stuck on a goalless draw.

Norwich’s lead over Swansea is now fourteen points with four games to go. So tonight that gap can be widened by The Canaries. Brentford is sixteen points behind. Both teams are certainly not eliminated for promotion to the Premier League, as the gap to number two Watford is only six and eight points. Watford surprisingly lost against Luton Town on Saturday afternoon, which was 1-0 too strong at home. In addition, Watford ended the game with ten men due to an indirect red card from Kiko.

Norwich was relegated last year to the Championship after accumulating just 21 points in 38 games. One level lower, the team was at the top of the season and remained unbeaten in the last thirteen games. Krul is a fixed value between the posts, but had to pass a large number of games before the winter break due to injuries. His good form led to a return to the Dutch national team in October last year, where he enjoyed his return after five years in the friendly match against Mexico (0-1 loss).

No. Team M. W. G. V. +/- Pnt
1 Norwich City 41 27 9 5 37 90
2 Watford 42 24 10 8 31 82
3 Swansea City 42 22 10 10 19 76
4 Brentford 41 20 14 7 31 74
5 AFC Bournemouth 41 20 11 10 26 71
6 Barnsley 41 21 8 12 10 71
7 Reading 42 19 10 13 11 67
8 Cardiff City 42 16 12 14 12 60
9 Millwall 42 14 17 11 1 59
10 QPR 42 16 11 15 -1 59
11 Middlesbrough 42 16 9 17 2 57
12 Stoke City 42 14 14 14 -1 56
13 Luton Town 41 16 8 17 -10 56
14 Bristol City 42 15 6 21 -15 51
15 Blackburn Rovers 42 13 11 18 6 50
16 Nottingham Forest 42 12 13 17 -7 49
17 Preston North End 42 14 7 21 -14 49
18 Huddersfield Town 42 12 11 19 -17 47
19 Coventry City 41 11 12 18 -19 45
20 Birmingham City 41 11 12 18 -19 45
21 Derby County 42 11 10 21 -17 43
22 Rotherham United 39 11 6 22 -12 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 42 11 9 22 -20 36
24 Wycombe Wanderers 42 8 10 24 -34 34

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