Brighton manager Chris Hughton says his side have nothing to fear as they prepare to face Middlesbrough in a Premier League promotion shoot-out worth at least £170 million ($246 million) on Saturday.

Hughton's team are bidding to return to the top flight after a 33-year absence and the rewards are bigger than ever due to the lucrative new Premier League television deals that start next season.

Financial analysts at Deloitte's Sports Business Group report that teams promoted from the Championship this term stand to make £170 million, with a potential £290 million on offer if they survive their first season in the Premier League.

The odds are against Brighton cashing in on that jaw-dropping prize as Hughton's third placed team trail second placed Middlesbrough on goal difference heading into the final weekend.

That means Middlesbrough just need to draw in front of their home fans at the Riverside Stadium to secure promotion, while Brighton will only go up if they win.

But with Brighton on a 13-match unbeaten run, Hughton, who led Newcastle to promotion from the second tier in 2010, is convinced his team have enough fire-power to triumph in the winner-takes-all showdown.

"We will be going there with a winning mentality and we need to show enough quality," Hughton said.

"There's no doubt Middlesbrough will be the favourites, but we've given ourselves every chance.

"We have been good away from home for the majority of the season. It is a big task but not one that is impossible."

If Brighton are promoted, it will be their first time among the elite since 1982-83 -- a campaign that ended with relegation and defeat in the club's only FA Cup final appearance when they came within a Gordon Smith miskick of defeating Manchester United before losing in a replay.

Since then, the south-coast club have bounced between the second, third and fourth tiers, escaping relegation to the non-league on the last day of the 1996-97 season while enduring the ignominy of having to sell their Goldstone Ground due to financial problems.

Unable to afford a venue within the city limits, the club had to play 70 miles away at Gillingham for two years, then turned an athletics track into a temporary home back in Brighton in 1999 before finally seeing their fortunes improve after new owners funded a move to the 30,000-capacity Amex Stadium five years ago.

While Brighton's renaissance would be a romantic tale, Middlesbrough have no time for sentiment as they look to end a turbulent 12 months on a high.

This time last year, Aitor Karanka's side were heading into a play-off campaign that would end in the frustration of a Wembley final defeat against Norwich.

When Middlesbrough endured a miserable run in March this year, it briefly seemed Karanka would quit after the Spaniard stormed away from showdown talks with his under-performing squad.

Karanka, a former Real Madrid assistant to Jose Mourinho, missed the next match before returning to the club and rebuilding his relationship with his players well enough to take them to the brink of a promotion that would end their seven-year Premier League exile.

"I told them last season we played the (play-off) final at Wembley and this season we have the final at the Riverside with our crowd and a better squad, with more maturity," Karanka said.

"I should be really positive and I am really comfortable with this team.

"They have shown I can trust them and playing at home, with our crowd, we are in a really good position."

While Saturday's winner will join Burnley as the second team automatically promoted to the Premier League, the loser has to refocus in time for a play-off semi-final against Sheffield Wednesday.

Hull and Derby will meet in the other last four tie.