The facts which show Solskjaer's Bluebirds must come back up at first time of asking.
Cardiff City will be hoping for an instant return to the Premier League... or else risk years and years in the Championship or lower divisions again.
We’ve looked at the facts and figures surrounding what has happened to teams relegated during the 21-year history of the Premier.
And by and large it appears to be win or bust.
The statistics show us that 27 per cent of sides who have gone down from the top flight manage to bounce straight back up at the first time of asking.
Harry Redknapp’s Queens Park Rangers, of course, managed that feat last time out, with West Ham (2010-11), West Brom (2008-09), Newcastle (also 2008-09), Man City (2000-01) and Crystal Palace (1992-93) amongst the others who have achieved it.
However, the amount of relegated Premier League teams to go up at the second time of asking stands at just 11 per cent.
This figure drops even further in the third season following relegation to just three per cent.
Perhaps more concerning for Cardiff fans is the fact that 38 per cent of sides coming down have not managed to taste Premier League football again.
That demonstrates that despite the parachute money supposedly making you a force, the millions certainly don’t guarantee success.
The teams yet to come back up include traditional bigger clubs such as Leeds, who lost their Premier status in 2004 and have never managed to join the elite again, as well as the likes of Nottingham Forest, Wolves and Ipswich.
Those sides have by and large sustained spots in the Championship, although there have been occasional dips down into League One.
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