The Race for Europa League
With Chelsea having beaten Tottenham Hotspur in the League Cup final, both fifth and sixth will advance to the Europa League.
The team that finishes seventh will join them, unless Aston Villa beat Arsenal in the FA Cup final.
Any of the teams from fifth to eighth (Liverpool, Tottenham, Southampton and Swansea) could still achieve European qualification, and any could still miss out.
None of the quartet are in particularly good form, and all face tricky away contests—the Reds travel to Stoke City, Spurs go to Everton, the Saints make the ominous trip to Manchester City, while the Swans face Alan Pardew’s Crystal Palace, who beat Liverpool 3-1 in their last match.
There is everything still to play for…