Premier League permutations: What Arsenal & Man City need to win the title, European spots & relegation battle

Manchester City can win the Premier League by beating West Ham at the Etihad Stadium on May 19.

If Arsenal fail to beat Everton at the Emirates Stadium, City will be crowned champions regardless of the outcome in their game against the Hammers.

Simple.

Arsenal lie two points behind City in the table, so their fate is not totally in their control.

Mikel Arteta's side absolutely need to beat Everton and they also require City to lose at home to West Ham.

Should the Gunners fail to defeat Everton, they will hand the title to City.

The Champions League places are all locked in for next season, with Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Aston Villa confirmed as England's representatives in the group stage of the 2024-25 competition.

Unai Emery steered Villa to a Champions League finish by clinching fourth place ahead of the likes of Tottenham, Manchester United and Chelsea. It marks a return to the top table of European football for the 1982 European Cup winners.

*Europa League
*Europa Conference League

Champions League football may be out of reach for Tottenham, Newcastle United, Chelsea and Manchester United, but European football is still up for grabs.

Tottenham are in pole position for a Europa League place, being six points clear of Newcastle and Chelsea. They will qualify if Newcastle and Chelsea lose to Man United and Brighton, respectively in their penultimate games. Otherwise, it will go to the final gameweek.

Newcastle and Chelsea are on the same points with two games to go, but the Magpies' superior goal difference means they are ahead of the Blues in the table. Both teams will need victories in their final two games in order to keep their Europa League hopes alive.

Manchester United cannot qualify for the Europa League directly through the league but will take part in the competition if they win the FA Cup final against Manchester City. If they lose to City, that Europa League spot will go to the team which finishes seventh.

Sheffield United and Burnley are already condemned to relegation from the Premier League, leaving only one more space in the drop zone.

Luton Town currently occupy that 18th spot and appear highly likely to join the aforementioned duo in the Championship next season, but survival remains mathematically possible.

The Hatters need to win (and well) at home to Fulham and also hope that Nottingham Forest lose heavily away to Burnley. The vast gulf in goal difference - a 12-goal deficit - makes Forest's position relatively secure, though not copperfastened.

Forest can avoid the drop simply by avoiding defeat.