Premier League Final Day: Drama In Store For Many Teams | Football News

The Premier League’s longest season is ready for a dramatic end on Sunday as Chelsea, Manchester United and Leicester compete for Champions League locations, whereas Aston Villa, Watford and Bournemouth battle to keep away from relegation. At a time of yr when Premier League golf equipment are normally jetting off for profitable pre-season excursions, the 2019-20 top-flight marketing campaign will lastly come to an finish after the three-month coronavirus delay. Liverpool have been offered with the Premier League trophy, second positioned Manchester City are assured a Champions League spot and Norwich have been relegated, however there are a number of key points nonetheless to be resolved.

In an exhilarating conclusion, high 4 locations, Europa League berths, relegation spots and the Golden Boot need to settled within the final spherical of matches.

The highlight will likely be firmly on the King Power Stadium, the place fifth positioned Leicester host third positioned Manchester United.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s workforce will return to the Champions League after a one-year absence in the event that they keep away from defeat, however a Leicester win would take them again into Europe’s elite membership competitors for the primary time since 2016-17.

United seemed jaded previously week, however Solskjaer urged his workforce to complete the job after they climbed into the highest 4 for the primary time since September.

“We’re looking forward to the game, we’ve given ourselves a good chance of being in the Champions League next year,” he mentioned.

“We want to go there and dominate. We’re not going to change our approach.”

United have a fall-back plan as they’d additionally qualify for the Champions League in the event that they win this season’s Europa League, which resumes in August.

Go for the win

Despite holding a high 4 spot for a lot of the season, Leicester supervisor Brendan Rodgers insisted it could not be a failure if his spluttering aspect miss out.

“It wasn’t really something we spoke about at the beginning of the season because naturally, where the club had been these last few seasons, we wanted to try step-by-step to arrive there,” Rodgers mentioned.

Fourth positioned Chelsea want some extent at residence to Wolves to seal a high 4 end, however ought to Frank Lampard’s males lose, then a draw between Leicester and United would see these two qualify for the Champions League on the expense of the west Londoners.

It may very well be a nervous afternoon for Lampard, however he’s staying constructive: “We’re aware of the situation, but we try and win. I don’t think there’s any other way to approach the game.”

Whoever misses out on the Champions League between United, Chelsea and Leicester should accept fifth place and Europa League qualification subsequent season.

Sixth positioned Wolves would make certain of the opposite Europa League berth in the event that they beat Chelsea.

However, a slip from Nuno Espirito Santo’s males would give Tottenham the possibility to maneuver above them in the event that they win at Crystal Palace, who’ve misplaced their final seven video games.

At the underside, fourth backside Villa go to West Ham realizing they need to be secure in the event that they match third backside Watford’s end result at Arsenal.

However, Villa are solely simply forward of Watford on aim distinction, with Dean Smith’s males on -26 and the Hornets -27.

Even if each groups win, Watford, with out a everlasting supervisor after Nigel Pearson’s sacking, may nonetheless survive if their margin of victory is 2 higher than Villa’s.

“The most important thing is to be above that dotted line on Sunday and we know we have to win to guarantee that,” Smith mentioned.

If Villa and Watford lose, then second backside Bournemouth, at the moment three factors adrift, may keep up on aim distinction in the event that they win at Everton.

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“The next game is the biggest game of all our careers,” Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe mentioned.

In the race to complete because the league’s high scorer, Leicester’s Jamie Vardy leads the way in which with 23 targets, two forward of Southampton’s Danny Ings.