Premier League, Women’s Super League, EFL, Scottish football: Ups, downs & European qualification
The top four teams will qualify for the Champions League group stage, with Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool already sure of their places – the fourth will go to Aston Villa or Tottenham.
The fifth-placed Premier League team will qualify for the Europa League group stage, along with the FA Cup winners. If Manchester City win the FA Cup, that Europa place reverts to the league.
The Europa Conference League place earned by Liverpool for winning the Carabao Cup will revert to the league.
Aston Villa can finish no lower than fifth, so at worst will qualify for the Europa League, no matter how they fare in this season’s Conference League.
The bottom three teams will be relegated to the Championship. Sheffield United‘s relegation was confirmed on 27 April as they lost 5-1 at Newcastle. The other two places are between Burnley, Luton and Nottingham Forest.
However, the relegation picture may be complicated by Everton’s and Nottingham Forest’s appeals against their points deductions for breaches of Premier League profitability and sustainability rules (PSR).
