Promotion to the Premier League? Leeds and Burnley aim to return to the top flight - latest

Chastening stats for promoted sides

There are plenty of stats out there to dampen the enthusiasm of Championship fans eager to see their side reach the promised land of the Premier League.

Before this season, 43 of the 95 sides that have been promoted to the Premier League have gone straight back down to the Championship - that's 45%.

While there have only been two occasions - soon to be three - when all three promoted sides have gone straight back down, at least two promoted sides have been relegated 11 times since the Premier League's first season in 1992-93.

And at least one promoted side has been relegated in 15 of those seasons.

Only four times has all three promoted sides staved off relegation the following season.

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