Highlights of the Premier League finale: Five teams compete for three Champions League places, Seagulls and Bees compete for eighth place

The 38th round of the Premier League will kick off at 23:00 tonight. The championship and relegation zones have long been settled, and the suspense of the Champions League seat competition remains. In addition, there are many individual awards and club records full of highlights.

The highlights of the 38th round

[Fighting for Five]

The biggest highlights of the final battle are undoubtedly the final match. Manchester City, Newcastle United, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest compete for three seats, and will participate in the Champions League next season with Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur.

Manchester City leads at least 2 points and has more goal difference than other teams. Therefore, the Blue Moon League will be away against Fulham in the last round and only need to score 1 point to secure a seat in the Champions League.

Newcastle, Chelsea and Villa all scored 66 points, but Villa fell behind in goal difference. This means that Newcastle and Chelsea can lock in the top five by winning, and Villa must strive to beat Manchester United away and expect one of the top competitors to make mistakes.

Newcastle will face Everton, who is undesirable at home, and Chelsea will stage a life-and-death battle with Nottingham Forest away. Forests are ranked seventh by a 1-point disadvantage, so they have to beat Chelsea and expect Newcastle or Villa to lose points to make it to the top five.

【Fight for Eight】

In addition to competing for Five, Brighton and Brentford will also compete for eighth place, so that they may qualify for the European Union.

Brighton led Brentford by 3 points but fell behind in goal difference. Therefore, Brighton only needs to score 1 point away against Tottenham to secure eighth place. Brentford can only overtake and finish eighth in the eighth place if he defeats Wolves away and Brighton loses to Tottenham away.

The conditions for qualifying for the Europa League are that Chelsea will eventually rank seventh and win the finals in the Europa League next week, or Chelsea will 6th and Newcastle will 7th, and Chelsea will win the Europa League finals next week.

【Final Ranking and Performance Bonus】

The Premier League will pay additional performance bonuses based on the club's final ranking. The higher the ranking, the higher the bonus.

Therefore, except for Liverpool (1st), Everton (13th) and Southampton (20th) who will not change their rankings, the remaining 17 teams will fight for higher rankings in the final round.

【Individual Awards】

After the last round of the game, the winners of the Golden Boots, Assistant Kings and Golden Gloves will also be settled. Salah currently leads the scorer list and assist list significantly, and is expected to win the Golden Boot and assist king, replicating his achievements in the 2021/22 season. At that time, Salah shared the Golden Boot with Son Heung-min and enjoyed the assist king exclusively.

If nothing unexpected happens, Salah will become the first player in Premier League history to win the Golden Boot and assists twice. Previously, except for Salah himself, only Andy Cole (1993/94 season), Hasselbaink (1998/99 season) and Kane (2020/21 season) once won the Golden Boot and assists.

This is also the fourth time that Salah has won the Premier League Golden Boot Award, tied for the first place in Premier League history with Henry. The competition for the

Golden Gloves is even more intense, with Raya and Sails running side by side with 13 clean sheets, Arsenal will play against Southampton away, and Nottingham Forest will face Chelsea at home.

【Personal Record】

Salah is still one step away from breaking two Premier League historical records. Salah has made 18 assists so far, only 2 times away from tying the Premier League record of 20 assists in a single season, which was jointly maintained by Henry (2002/03 season) and De Bruyne (2019/20 season).

If Salah can do this, he will also break the record for winning goals in the Premier League in a single season. Salah has currently participated in 46 goals (28 goals, 18 assists), one goal less than the single season record of 47 goals held by Andy Cole (1993/94) and Alan Shearer (1994/95).

It should be noted that the records of Andy Cole and Alan Shearer are in the 42-round era, and Salah has now broken the record of scoring in the 38-round era of the Premier League.

【Feet Record】

Bornemouth, Fulham and Crystal Palace have set team record Premier League points, and they may expand this record in the last round.

Bornemouth currently has 53 points, with a new high in Premier League points in a single season in team history. If you defeat Leicester City in the final game, Bournemouth may tie the 9th place in the 2016/17 season with the highest Premier League ranking.

Fulham defeated Brentford in the last round, setting a record for Premier League points in a single season (54 points), but Fulham has been unable to tie the highest ranking of 7th place in the 2008/09 season this season.

FA Cup champion Crystal Palace currently has 52 points, setting a new team record high. If you win Liverpool away in the final game, Crystal Palace may climb to 9th, surpassing the team's highest ranking in the Premier League in history (2014/15 and 2023/24).

【Other Records】

Tottenham currently ranks 17th with a goal difference of +2. Even if they lose to Brighton in the last round, Tottenham may break the record of the lowest ranking of the team with positive goal difference in Premier League history. The record is held by Manchester City, who ranked 16th in the 2003/04 season with a goal difference of +1.

If Tottenham loses, it will be the first team in Premier League history to lose 22 games in 38 league games but not relegated.

Southampton faces Arsenal at home and Ipswich faces West Ham United at home. Both teams need to win to avoid tied with Sunderland (2005/06) and Derby County (2007/08) for the record with the lowest number of home wins in the Premier League (1 win) in a single season.

If Southampton loses to Arsenal, they will become the first Premier League team to suffer 30 losses in a single season.

Liverpool faces Crystal Palace at home. If they score at least two goals, Liverpool will tie the record of Manchester United (1956/57 season) and Tottenham Hotspur (1960/61 season) in England's top league record of at least two goals in a single season.