With the Premier League missing out on an extra place in the Champions League next season, which teams are in line to qualify for the European competition? Top four race, Europa League and Europa Conference League analysis as Aston Villa, Tottenham, Chelsea, Man Utd and Newcastle
23:47, UK, Monday 13 May 2024
It is not just the identity of the Premier League champions that will be decided in the final week of the season. Qualification for the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League is also to be determined in the final week of games.
weapon, City of Manchester And Liverpool Qualified for the Champions League.
They will join from there. Austin Villa If Tottenham Failed to beat Man City directly on Tuesday.
Villa’s draw with Liverpool on Monday leaves the door open for Ange Postecoglou’s side – but they will need to win both of their remaining games and hope Villa’s final day trip to in-form Crystal Palace goes their way. .
Goal difference could be decisive in any Villa-Tottenham tie: Villa currently have an eight-goal lead.
Of course, a Spurs win against Man City would hand the initiative in the title race to arch-rivals Arsenal but that’s a whole different discussion!
The rest of Aston Villa’s fixtures
May 19: Crystal Palace (A) – Premier League, kick-off 4pm
Tottenham’s remaining fixtures
May 14: Man City (H) – Premier League, 8pm kick-off, live on
May 19: Sheffield United (A) – Premier League, kick-off 4pm
Who will join Tottenham or Villa in the Europa League?
Either joining. Tottenham or Villa Their position in the Europa League will be determined by league. Chelsea, Newcastle or Manchester United.
As an aside, Newcastle may still be equal of Tottenham The current run of 63 points, but will only overhaul Spurs if Spurs lose both of their matches this week and themselves win both on Wednesday and Sunday.
But in reality, the three teams likely to finish sixth and eighth this season are Newcastle, Chelsea and Manchester United.
We’ll know a lot more about their final finishing positions by 10pm on Wednesday night when Chelsea play Brighton and Newcastle and Man Utd take on Eddie Howe’s side at Old Trafford. need to win to have any hope of finishing above (Man Utd’s goal difference is so behind Newcastle’s that a draw would effectively convict Man Utd of not finishing higher than seventh).
But, as explained in the next section, it could be that only one of Chelsea and Newcastle can qualify for Europe…
The rest of Newcastle’s fixtures
May 15: Man Utd (A) – Premier League, 8pm kick-off, live on
May 19: Brentford (A) – Premier League, kick-off 4pm
Chelsea’s remaining fixtures
May 15: Brighton (A) – Premier League, kick-off 7.45pm
May 19: Bournemouth (H) – Premier League, kick-off 4pm
The rest of Man Utd’s fixtures
May 15: Newcastle (H) – Premier League, 8pm kick-off, live on
May 19: Brighton (A) – Premier League, kick-off 4pm
May 25: Maine City (N) – FA Cup Final, kick-off 3pm
But FA Cupman offers Utd another route into Europe at the expense of Newcastle or Chelsea…
If the FA Cup winners, who will be Manchester United or Manchester City, finish in the top five of the Premier League. – and therefore qualify for the Champions League or Europa League through their league position. Their Europa League place for FA Cup honors will be awarded to the next highest-ranked Premier League team not competing in Europe.
With United currently in eighth place, it means Chelsea – in seventh – will miss out on European football altogether for a second season in a row as Erik ten Haegh manages to lift the FA Cup.
Chelsea, however, moved level on points with sixth-placed Newcastle after a dramatic 3-2 win over Nottingham Forest, meaning they could go into a direct shoot-out with the Magpies in continental football. Two games left to secure.
As it stands: Who qualifies for Europe if Man Utd win the FA Cup?
Champions League: Arsenal, Man City, Liverpool, Aston Villa
Europa League: Tottenham, Man Utd (as FA Cup winners)
UEFA Conference League: Newcastle
As it stands: Who will qualify for Europe if Man Utd don’t win the FA Cup?
Champions League: Arsenal, Man City, Liverpool, Aston Villa
Europa League: Tottenham, Newcastle
UEFA Conference League: Chelsea
How does the new Champions League format work?
After taking the total number of teams in the Champions League from 32 to 36, the biggest change will see the change from the traditional group stage to a single league stage including all participating teams.
Instead of the previous six matches against three teams played on a home-and-away basis, each club will now be guaranteed a minimum of eight league stage games against eight different opponents (four home games, four away).
The top eight teams in the league will automatically qualify for the knockout stages, while the ninth to 24th placed teams will compete in a two-legged play-off to advance to the last 16 of the competition.
Teams ranked 25-36 are eliminated from all competitions.
The Europa League and Europa Conference League are also changing?
Similar changes will be made to the Europa League and Europa Conference League formats, each with 36 teams.
In the Europa League, teams will have eight matches against eight different opponents in the league stage.
In the Europa Conference League – renamed the UEFA Conference League – teams will play six matches against six different opponents in the league stage. The UEFA Conference League games will be played between September and December.
The knockout stages of the competition will run through the second half of the season and conclude at the end of the campaign, as they do now.
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