Fulham have been promoted back to the Premier League after beating Preston North End on Tuesday night.

The 3-0 victory has sealed a promotion that has seemed likely for much of the season, with the Cottagers almost running away with the Championship title. Powered by the goals of Aleksandar Mitrovic, Marco Silva’s side now require just a further seven points to win the title as Bournemouth remain the only side able to catch them this season.

Goals from Mitrovic (two) and Fabio Carvalho sealed the all important victory over visitors Preston at Craven Cottage to kick-off the promotion party in west London.

The win takes Fulham onto 86 points with four matches remaining of the season and means that they cannot be ousted from the top two.

Having been top of the table since January and with 26 wins from their 41 matches, Fulham have comfortably claimed their third promotion to the Premier League in the last five seasons.

They will hope to fair better on their return this time around, having been relegated at the first time of asking following their last two promotions, meaning they have tasted relegation in each of their last three seasons in the top flight.

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Unlike the last two promotion campaigns, though, Fulham have not needed the play-offs to get out of the Championship this time, thanks largely to the goals of Mitrovic.

The Serbian striker’s remarkable league tally, which has now reached 40 goals, is a new Championship record, with the 27-year-old having broken Ivan Toney’s record of 31 all the way back in January.

All that remains for Mitrovic this season is to beat the all-time second tier record for goals in a season of 42, set by Guy Whittingham for Portsmouth back in the 1992/93 season.

Fulham will look to take a huge stride towards claiming the title when they host Preston North End at Craven Cottage on Tuesday night.