WATCH: Vincent Kompany's brilliant Burnley analysed after return to Premier League

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Burnley have returned to the Premier League at the first time of asking after Friday's 2-1 win against Middlesbrough in the Championship.

Vincent Kompany side's sealed their 25th league win of the season thanks to goals from Ashley Barnes and Connor Roberts at the Riverside.

The Clarets, who were relegated from the Premier League last year after six seasons in the top flight, are 11 points clear of second-placed Sheffield United and have lost just twice in the Championship all season.

Kompany also led Burnley to the FA Cup quarter-finals, where they lost to his former club Manchester City, and has massively exceeded expectations in his debut season in charge.

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"We don't have to be ready now. We're still in April, so we have another three months to make sure that everything is ready," Kompany said on Friday.

"We want to compete. I don't think we have to fear that. We'll embrace it."

Burnley need 11 points from their final seven fixtures to be guaranteed the title, while 13 points will see them become the first Championship side to claim 100 since Leicester in 2013-14.

Ben Hayward
Weekend editor

Ben Hayward is a European football writer and Tottenham Hotspur fan with over 15 years’ experience, he has covered games all over the world - including three World Cups, several Champions League finals, Euros, Copa America - and has spent much of that time in Spain. Ben speaks English and Spanish, currently dividing his time between Barcelona and London, covering all the big talking points of the weekend on FFT: he’s also written several list features and interviewed Guglielmo Vicario for the magazine.