How will Leeds United and Burnley fare back in Premier League?

Leeds and Burnley will hope they can buck the new trend of promoted teams going straight back down.

Only once between the Premier League's foundation in 1992-93 and 2022-23 had all the promoted teams gone straight back down.

But it is set to happen for the second season in a row now.

Last season it was Sheffield United, Luton and Burnley. This season Leicester and Southampton are down and Ipswich will join them soon.

Not only that but, barring a huge turnaround in the final few weeks, they will be the two lowest ever points totals for three relegated teams.

It used to be more common for no promoted teams to go back down - happening four times.

Hart added: "I think fans are going to have to get on board that their teams are going to be looking to grind out results, earn their status in the Premier League.

"I think it has been shown over the last two seasons what an impressive league this is, and you really have to be squeaky clean if you want to play that sort of football - because you will get picked apart and hurt."

One thing hindering promoted clubs is the profit and sustainability rules (PSR) - which punishes clubs which post losses of more than £105m over a three-year reporting cycle.

Burnley chief finance officer Sasha Ryazantsev told BBC Sport: "A promotion to the Premier League has the obvious positive impact of the higher broadcasting and commercial revenues, yet, Burnley will have one of the lowest revenues.

"Player wages is the best predictor of on-the-pitch performance in the Premier League.

"In 2024, the average wages of the three promoted clubs were five times lower than the average for the top three clubs, and half of the average of the seven clubs immediately below them.

"Such disparity means that it has become increasingly difficult for newly promoted sides to stay up, and clubs need to find a way to outsmart the opposition, as outspending them is just not a viable option."

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