Aside who wins the league in the English premier league every season, the fight for the top four finish to book a place in the money watery UEFA Champions League make is more interesting more than any league in the world aside its unpredictability. The game of 8 to take part. For example, Manchester United failure to feature in the competition will cost them certain percentage of their sponsorship deal with the brands which bring little income for more investment.
The race for the top four is winding down with three teams already booking their place mathematically. Liverpool and Manchester City are fighting for who will lift the EPL in a fortnight with Tottenham needing just a draw in their last two features to progress. The remaining slot is now left for Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United to fight for. With United 1-1 draw this last weekend against Chelsea, they are out of the race accept Chelsea and Arsenal goes on to lose the two coming games which is very likely impossible at 64 points.
The race now shifts between Chelsea and Arsenal who are currently on 4th and 5th place with 68 and 66 points respectively. Chelsea will gain qualification if both teams go on to win their two fixtures but a slip by any of them will give the other the upper. Chelsea needs 4 points from both games to qualify; which is a win at home and draw away with a superior goal difference while Arsenal needs all 6 points to go through if Chelsea should draw any of those games with a superior goal difference as both of them will be tied at 72 points.
With both teams in the semi finals of the UEFA Europa league, chances are that both teams can meet in the Finals and whosoever lift the cup gains an automatic qualification to the UEFA Champions League. That means any of the two teams that missed out for the top four race has yet another opportunity to do so in the Final of the Europa League Finals. As interesting this might seems, all football supporters are waiting to see how the season will finish with a lot of tension in the EPL title race and top four.
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