Log In Register now My account. How final affects qualification and Premier League top four Chelsea and Liverpool are currently in the top four but Leicester will be hoping to overhaul them on the final day Chelsea could win the Champions League and finish outside the top four Photo: AP.
By Michael Hincks. May 23, am Updated pm. Sign up to The Score and get in-depth analysis on all 20 Premier League clubs, every Monday morning Email address is invalid Thank you for subscribing! Sorry, there was a problem. More from Sport. With Manchester City and Chelsea facing each other in the Champions League and Manchester United contesting the Europa League final against Villarreal, how many English teams can participate in the Champions League next season — and will the top-four finisher lose out if a Premier League team wins the Champions League?
Four places are reserved for the teams who finish in the top four of the Premier League, while an extra spot is saved should an English side win the tournament but finish outside of the top four. With Manchester City already having won the Premier League, England would not receive an additional Champions League spot if the Citizens are crowned European champions. A maximum of five English teams can play in the Champions League.
With Champions League finalists City and Europa League finalists United already secure, only Chelsea beating City in the Champions League final and finishing fifth would see England's five-team quota fulfilled. Liverpool and Leicester go into the final day level on 66 points and separated by goal difference, with the Reds having the edge.
If Liverpool beat Crystal Palace at Anfield, Leicester would have to beat Tottenham by a five-goal margin to finish fourth - assuming Chelsea win. With 10 games remaining, Liverpool were eighth, 10 points behind Leicester.
It's insane that we came this close but we are not through yet. We will give our absolute everything. Only 32 teams are in the Europa League group stage from now on, down from 48 in previous years.
The fifth-placed Premier League team will qualify - as will the sixth-placed team, as FA Cup winners Leicester can finish no lower than fifth. Going into the final day of the season, Leicester are fifth with West Ham , who are four points behind, sixth. Tottenham and Everton are also in contention.
The team that finishes seventh in the Premier League will qualify for the play-off round, which takes place over two legs on 19 and 26 August. Leeds, in 10th, can still mathematically finish in a European spot but it would require a set of highly improbable results - including a huge swing in terms of goal difference - to make it.
England captain Harry Kane will hope to wrap up a hat-trick of Golden Boot awards in what could be his final game for Tottenham. Kane's previous wins came in and , but Salah too has won it twice - outright in , and shared with team-mate Sadio Mane and Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang the following season.
Both Kane and Salah have scored three times in their past five appearances. It has been widely reported this week that Kane wants to leave Tottenham. He is known to be frustrated after another trophy-less campaign, which included the sacking of manager Jose Mourinho in April just before they lost the Carabao Cup final to Manchester City. Kane said he hopes to have "a good, honest conversation" with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy about his future.
The Spurs frontman has scored seven goals on the final day of the Premier League season - only Andrew Cole nine , Les Ferdinand nine and Matthew le Tissier eight have scored more. While the race for the Golden Boot is heading for an exciting conclusion, the same cannot be said about the Golden Glove - the award for the goalkeeper who keeps the most clean sheets in a Premier League season.
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