Five teams, three spots – which way will race for Champions League go?

On the final day of the season, five Premier League clubs will compete for three Champions League spots, with Eddie Howe, Newcastle manager, saying he “had the feeling it would come to an end.”

With a 1-0 victory over the Magpies on Sunday, Arsenal moved into the Champions League after defeating Liverpool.

However, with Manchester City and Nottingham Forest tied for third place with 66 points, Chelsea and Aston Villa, and Newcastle as one of three other teams.

Five English Premier League clubs will advance to the Champions League, up from the usual four, with an additional place being secured as a result of positive results from European Premier League clubs this year.

At home to Bournemouth on Tuesday, sixth-placed Manchester City will have a game in hand, which means, unlike Villa, they have their fate in their own hands.

City, the final leg of the FA Cup, will travel to Fulham on day one.

Meanwhile, Newcastle is aware that a home victory over Everton on Sunday (16:00 BST) would be enough to complete the task.

A win would be sufficient, Chelsea is also aware of. However, they travel to Forest, where they lost to West Ham 2-1 on Sunday to maintain their best hopes.

Forest must defeat the Blues, and they must hope that at least one of the team’s competitors fails.

Villa will likely need to take advantage of other teams to win at Manchester United.

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There will be a sixth English team in the competition, so the winners of Wednesday’s Europa League match between Manchester United and Tottenham will also qualify for the Champions League, but any league changes will be affected by that.

Whoever loses to Bilbao will have no kind of European football of any kind next season because Spurs and United are in the bottom five of the Premier League.

Two of the remaining Champions League managers had games on Sunday.

If Newcastle had defeated Arsenal, Howe’s side could have finished second and almost secured their position.

After winning the Carabao Cup, they are guaranteed at least a place in the Conference League, but they also want more, so beating Everton is the goal.

“We weren’t in a great position until the season ended.” We made a lot of effort to get here. It’s a very tight race. We still have a chance to use what we need, Howe said.

If Forest had lost to West Ham, their chances of winning the Champions League would have been over. They will now fancy playing Chelsea at home.

Being at the City Ground is another big boost for us, it’s going to be bouncing, according to manager Nuno Espirito Santo.

We will fight; it will be our final game, and we will also fight for something special.

Because of that game, statisticians Opta give Manchester City 85.9% of the possible Champions League spots.

Chelsea are expected to finish there in 56.8% of their predictions, while Newcastle are not far behind with an 83.5% chance.

Villa are given a 44.4% hope, with Forest down on 29.3%.

Les Ferdinand, the ex-Northampton striker, said on Sky Sports, “I believe you would expect Newcastle to defeat Everton because Everton have nothing to play for in their final home game of the season.”

“Manchester City will do it, in my opinion. They are capable of producing when they choose. Although I am aware that they haven’t had a great season, they can still show up when they need.

Jamie Redknapp, an ex-Liverpool midfielder, continued, “I still believe City will do it, but it’s not going to be easy by any means.” Aston Villa has the easiest fixture because they host Manchester United away.

These are not teams with strong records.

Nottingham Forest (A) at Chelsea

Manchester United (A): Aston Villa

Fulham (A), Bournemouth (H), and Manchester City (H)

The FA Cup victory over Manchester City in the final of Saturday ensured Crystal Palace, who are 12th in the league, would earn them a spot in the Europa League.

The sixth-placed team will also be eligible for the Europa League.

As the Carabao Cup winners, Newcastle United have at least a spot in the Conference League for the upcoming season.

In the event that Newcastle finishes in the top six, the Conference League will instead be based on their position in the Premier League.

Due to a 10-point drop to eighth, the teams that finish sixth and seventh will be the two teams that will miss out on the Champions League next weekend.

Now, there is a chance that the eighth-place team will advance to the Conference League.

If Chelsea places seventh in the league, according to Opta, and wins the Conference League championship game against Real Betis on May 28th, that will happen.

Chelsea would then advance to the Europa League if they won the Wroclaw final.

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On goal difference, Brentford is currently eighth, ahead of Brighton. After defeating the Bees, Fulham is one point behind that pair, while Bournemouth is another.

However, both Brighton and Bournemouth will face City on Tuesday when they travel to Liverpool at home on Monday.

Tottenham (A), Liverpool (H), and Brighton (H)

Manchester City (H) vs. Fulham (H)