After 370 games, 1209 goals and nine months, the 2023-24 Premier League season is reaching its conclusion.
The title race and battle for the lower European places are still to be decided, while there are some significant goodbyes scheduled too.
Here’s something to watch out for from every game of this season’s final weekend.
Liverpool vs Wolves
This will be Jurgen Klopp’s final Anfield farewell after a seemingly interminable series of farewells since he announced his departure in February.
We’ve had a farewell concert, a farewell press conference and a farewell Carabao Cup win, but this really is goodbye.
There’s nothing on the line for either side in this game, but expect tears nonetheless as a true Liverpool great walks away in front of fans who have paid thousands to be there.
For anyone undecided as to which game of the 10 available to start watching, make sure you tune in for the pre-match festivities on Merseyside.
Sheffield United vs Tottenham Hotspur
Of course, Klopp is not the only beloved name departing on Sunday. Sheffield United will be returning from whence they came with tremendous force, currently with the third-lowest points tally in Premier League history.
A win here would take them joint-fifth alongside Peter Reid, Howard Wilkinson and Mick McCarthy’s Sunderland side. These are the real elites.
Spurs will consider this about the easiest possible final-day tie, but they need to guard against complacency to avoid potentially slipping out of the Europa League spots.
Chelsea are the only side able to usurp Ange Postecoglou’s men to fifth, but as Manchester United still have the FA Cup final to play, meaning whichever side finishes sixth could still be condemned to the Europa Conference League.
Luton vs Fulham
While this will inevitably end in tears, it could still be fun for a bit. Luton Town need a 12-goal and three-point swing on Nottingham Forest to avoid relegation. Expect them to go hell for leather to try and manage it.
Of course they won’t, but Rob Edwards’ side have been a fun addition to the Premier League, outperforming their preordained novelty status and being badly impacted by the uncertainty of points deductions and appeals elsewhere.
Brighton vs Man Utd
The build-up to this has been overshadowed by managerial drama – the confirmed departure of one and potential exit of another.
Brighton’s shock announcement that Roberto De Zerbi will leave after this game should be the big story here, but the tenuous position of his counterpart will continue to dominate the headlines.
If results don’t go Brighton’s way elsewhere and they lose to Manchester United on Sunday, they could slip from 10th to 13th, which would be a staggering decline from last season’s sixth.
But this is much more significant for United and Erik ten Hag, who need three points to give themselves a chance of qualifying for Europe through the Premier League.
Ten Hag may well be a dead man walking regardless, but this is his dress rehearsal for the FA Cup final which his future rests upon.
Man City vs West Ham
The big story here is David Moyes’s final match of his second West Ham stint, having provided their first European trophy since 1965 and reached the Europa League semi-final.
He will hope to go out on the blaze of glory he deserves and very little is likely to stand in his way.
Or, if you really want a deep cut on this one, Manchester City could also win their fourth consecutive title and Erling Haaland will win his second Golden Boot. But only die-hard City fans are likely to care about either of those.
Arsenal vs Everton
You can guarantee there’s nothing Sean Dyche would enjoy more than beating Arsenal at the Emirates to extinguish any faint remaining title hopes they may have.
The Gunners have won their last 12 final-day games in a row and the most of any Premier League side (22), while no side have lost on the final day more often than Everton (14).
An Arsenal win would extend their already-club record 27 Premier League wins this season and take them to 89 points, their second-highest total ever. It could also take them to their first title in 20 years if City slip up against West Ham.
Brentford vs Newcastle
For Newcastle, this is all about securing European qualification for a second consecutive season, which not even a win will guarantee due to Manchester United’s upcoming FA Cup final.
But the Magpies have lost four of their past six away games in the league, and they have one of the poorest records on the road of any Premier League side this season.
Brentford know this game is almost certainly Ivan Toney’s last in red and white, while it could be Thomas Frank’s farewell too if reports linking him to Old Trafford are true. Frank has currently won 99 games as Brentford manager – this could make it a round 100.
Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa
Palace haven’t finished as high as 10th since 2014-15, but victory on the final day could take them back into the top half if Brighton and Bournemouth fail to win their games.
Palace are unbeaten in their last six games, having beaten Liverpool, Manchester United and Newcastle in that period, and they have never lost their final game of a Premier League season while at home.
Meanwhile, Villa guaranteed a Champions League spot on Tuesday after Spurs’ defeat and were filmed celebrating on Wednesday, which may well have spilled into the rest of the week.
Given Villa have nothing riding on this game, expect a relaxed showing which could break their 10-game unbeaten streak in London under Unai Emery.
Burnley vs Nottingham Forest
This game flirted with great significance but is now effectively meaningless, just a chance for Burnley to leave the top flight with a bang. So long as they do not concede double-digit goals, Forest will survive into their third Premier League season despite a four-point deduction this year.
But expect goals at Turf Moor nonetheless – Forest have kept just one clean sheet in their past 26 league games, while Burnley have conceded in 19 in a row.
Chelsea vs Bournemouth
Chelsea’s disaster season has been ending on a high. They’ve now won their past four games and are unbeaten in five, which has taken them to sixth in the table.
A final-day win for the Blues will guarantee a sixth-placed finish and could take them to fifth if Spurs slip up.
It would also be the first time they have won five consecutive league games since March 2022, while a goal for Cole Palmer would give him the most home league goals in a single season of any Chelsea player in the Premier League era.
Bournemouth have already broken their record Premier League points tally, but do not expect them to extend that – they have picked up just two points against sides currently in the top six this season.
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