We will be updating this article after each match to keep you up to date with the issues that still need to be resolved – with questions still to be answered at the top and bottom of the table.
* Remaining fixtures can be found below the permutations.
The title
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Chelsea are Premier League champions after beating West Brom 1-0 away on Friday night.
Champions League qualification
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- Tottenham and Chelsea are already guaranteed two of the four Champions League places
- The top three in the league go into the group stage, fourth place must negotiate a play-off
- England could have five teams in the Champions League next season, if United win the Europa League
Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal and Manchester United are the teams contesting the two final top-four spots, although Jose Mourinho has effectively conceded defeat in this regard and is focusing his attentions on winning the Europa League to reach the Champions League via the back door.
Liverpool’s fate is in their own hands: if Jurgen Klopp’s side win their two remaining matches, away to West Ham on Sunday and home to Middlesbrough on the final day, then they will finish in the top four. The same is true of Manchester City, who beat Leicester on Saturday and will now play West Brom (H) and Watford (A); if they too take maximum points they will finish third, going straight into the group stage, with Liverpool in fourth.
However, Arsenal’s late resurgence has given them some hope of sneaking in and maintaining Arsene Wenger’s proud record of never finishing outside of the top four, as unlikely as that seemed a few weeks ago. Three points behind City and now just one behind Liverpool thanks to Saturday’s victory against Stoke, Arsenal have winnable fixtures remaining – Sunderland (H), Everton (H) – but need their rivals to slip up. Even if City win one and lose one, Arsenal will need to win all three games and overturn a goal difference deficit of eight. Liverpool failing is their best hope.
United are four points behind Arsenal, with a game in hand, but have harder fixtures – Spurs (A), Southampton (A), Crystal Palace (H) – and showed they have effectively given up on the league by resting players last weekend against Arsenal. If they do win the Europa League and finish fifth or sixth, there will be five English teams in the Champions League next season. If United win the Europa League and manage to finish in the top four, there will not be an extra slot allocated to England, so fifth place will not qualify.
Prediction: Liverpool and Manchester City’s easy run-ins will ensure they get enough points to keep Arsenal out, but United will win in Stockholm and qualify too.
Europa League
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- England has three places in the Europa League: FA Cup winners, League Cup winners, fifth place
- With Arsenal and Chelsea contesting the FA Cup final, and United having won the League Cup final, the two cup places will be re-allocated to the league, meaning sixth and seventh also qualify
- Everton are guaranteed to finish seventh, so have a place in the Europa League third qualifying round
The Europa League picture is pretty well settled: Everton are already guaranteed to be in there and if two of Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City finish outside the top four then they will both join them. The only possible complication comes if United finish fifth or sixth and win the Europa League – then England will only have two slots in the competition: one for Everton, and one for whoever else misses out on the top four with United, who will instead go into the Champions League.
Prediction: Arsenal will join Everton in the second-tier European competition as United escape to the Champions League, leaving England with only two places.
Relegation
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- Sunderland and Middlesbrough are already down, leaving one relegation place
A shock home defeat to Sunderland last weekend left Hull City in a perilous position – and that was compounded by Swansea’s 2-0 win over the same opposition on Saturday. Swansea are now on 38 points, four ahead of Hull City, although they have one game remaining to Hull’s two. Hull’s relegation will be confirmed if they lose to Crystal Palace on Sunday.
Technically, Palace (38 points, two games left), Watford (40, two games left) and Burnley (40, one game left) are all in the mix, but the latter two only need a point to guarantee safety and indeed can only go down on goal difference, where they boast a big advantage over Hull.
Palace can still get sucked under, although it is unlikely. If they lose to Hull at home on Sunday then the Tigers will be within a point of Sam Allardyce’s side. Palace could then be relegated on the final day if Hull win at home to Spurs, Swansea get a point against West Brom and Palace fall to defeat at Old Trafford.
Prediction: Swansea have three wins in four and look in fine shape. Hull will have to take six points to stand a chance and it looks a task beyond them.
Remaining fixtures
Sunday May 14
- Crystal Palace v Hull City – 12:00
- West Ham United v Liverpool – 14:15
- Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United – 16:30
Monday May 15
- Chelsea v Watford – 20:00
Tuesday May 16
- Arsenal v Sunderland – 19:45
- Manchester City v West Brom – 20:00
Wednesday May 17
- Southampton v Manchester United – 19:45
Thursday May 18
- Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur – 19:45
Sunday May 21 (all 15:00)
- Arsenal v Everton
- Burnley v West Ham United
- Chelsea v Sunderland
- Hull City v Tottenham Hotspur
- Leicester City v Bournemouth
- Liverpool v Middlesbrough
- Manchester United v Crystal Palace
- Southampton v Stoke City
- Swansea City v West Bromwich Albion
- Watford v Manchester City
