Premier League Race for Europe: who is in, who needs what and how 10 can qualify | Premier League

Intrigue on the last day of the Premier League The season is only focused on who is eligible for Europe, but there is plenty of them. Seven clubs will enter the final round of matches, about which the European competition will play next season, or in some cases whether they will play in Europe at all, with half of the division that may participate in UEFA tournaments in 2025-26. This is what is at stake on Sunday …

Champions League

Champion Liverpool and second Arsenal have secured their places at the top table for next season, but three of the five qualifying spots of England remain for the taking. The Premier League has achieved an extra fifth Champions League place – a “European performance place” – because of the results of English clubs in the UEFA competitions this season. TottenhamThe winners of the Europa League final of Wednesday evening also qualify, which means that there will be six English parties in the phase of the 36-Teams Group.

Three of them Manchester City” Newcastle” Chelsea” Aston Villa And Nottingham Forest Will join them. A victory or a draw at Fulham will hold the side of Pep Guardiola under the European Elite; Newcastle host Everton and Villa visit Old Trafford. The deployment is high for both clubs in the city area, where Forest -Guestheer Chelsea knows that the victory would protect their place in the Europa League or reward an excellent campaign with Champions League football if Newcastle or Villa Drop points should. Only a victory avoids Chelsea controls their Champions League destination.

Europa League

Crystal Palace have booked one of the two places of English football in next season’s Europa League thanks to their historical FA Cup Triumph against Manchester City. The sixth placed Premier League team gets the other. That can be one of the city, Newcastle, Chelsea, Villa or Forest.

Conference competition

As Winners of the Carabao CupNewcastle has gained access to the third competition of European football.

The complicated bit

And it’s complicatedand will only be decided Chelsea Play real betis in the Conference League -final next Wednesday. The winners of the Conference League are eligible for the Europa League. However, if the Enzo Maresca team wins in Wroclaw and ends in the top five, they will take their place in the Champions League and no other Premier League team will receive their Europa League spot. But Chelsea has to win the Conference League and finish sixth, with Newcastle in seventh, the Premier League receives an extra Europa League place. That would go to Eddie Howe’s team. The team finished eighth in the Premier League would then qualify for the Conference League.

If Chelsea would win the Conference League and end up seventh, the extra Europa League place would go to the sixth placed team in the Premier League and, again, the team in the eighth would be eligible for the Conference League. That means Brighton (who are at Spurs) and Brentford (Away to Wolves) I have something tangible to play for the last day and the European contingent of England could swell to 10 next season. All clearly? Good.