The Championship play-offs involve the four teams that finish directly below the automatic promotion places in the Premier League. These teams meet in a series of play-off matches to determine the final team that will be promoted. The team finishing in third place plays the seventh-placed team, while the team in fourth plays the sixth-placed team, in a two-legged tie referred to as the "play-off semi-finals". The first match of the semi-finals is played at the lower ranking side's home ground while the second match takes place at the higher-ranking side's ground. According to the EFL, "this is designed to give the highest finishing team an advantage".