Sunderland AFC qualified for the Premier League promotion playoff final, where they will face Sheffield United.

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Sheffield United and Sunderland go head-to-head in a mouth-watering Championship Play-off Final on Saturday 24th May.Wembley Stadium plays host to one of the biggest football matches on the calendar,

And then there were two sides still vying for the 20th and final place in next season's Premier League — Sheffield United vs Sunderland in the "richest game in sports," the Championship playoff final.

Sunderland are set for a special night at the Stadium of Light in their Championship play-off semi-final clash with Coventry City.

Sunderland struck late to beat host Coventry 2-1 on Friday in the first leg of the Championship semifinal playoffs. Goals from Wilson Isidor in the 68th minute and Eliezer Mayenda two minutes from time – either side of a Milan van Ewijk counter for Coventry – put Sunderland in the driving seat ahead of the return leg at its own Stadium of Light on Tuesday.

The road to the richest game in sport is underway as the Championship playoffs kick off on Thursday on Paramount+ to see who will join Leeds United and Burnley in the Premier League next season. Sunderland,