Race to the Champions League: How it stands

Benjamin Sesko and Ollie Watkins and Virgil van Dijk and Enzo Fernandez

See the remaining fixtures as teams battle for places in Europe’s top club competition

At the end of the 2025/26 season, the top four or – more likely – top five teams in the Premier League table will qualify for next season's UEFA Champions League.

Will four or five teams qualify for the Champions League?

Last season was the first in which the Premier League's fifth-placed team joined the top four sides in qualifying for the Champions League via their league position. This was because England claimed one of two additional spots available through UEFA’s coefficient table, which measures how clubs from each country perform as a collective across European competitions. It could happen again this season.

Who are in the best form?
When do the top six sides play each other?

12 April Chelsea v Man City
18 April Chelsea v Man Utd
19 April Man City v Arsenal
2 May Man Utd v Liverpool
9 May Liverpool v Chelsea
17 May Aston Villa v Liverpool
24 May Man City v Aston Villa


All remaining fixtures for the top six
MW Arsenal Man City Man Utd Aston Villa Liverpool Chelsea
31 - - BOU (A) WHU (H) BHA (A) EVE (A)
32 BOU (H) CHE (A) LEE (H) NFO (A) FUL (H) MCI (H)
33 MCI (A) ARS (H) CHE (A) SUN (H) EVE (A) MUN (H)
34 NEW (H) BUR (A) BRE (H) FUL (A) CRY (H) BHA (A)
35 FUL (H) EVE (A) LIV (H) TOT (H) MUN (A) NFO (H)
36 WHU (A) BRE (H) SUN (A) BUR (A) CHE (H) LIV (A)
37 BUR (H) BOU (A) NFO (H) LIV (H) AVL (A) TOT (H)
38 CRY (A) AVL (H) BHA (A) MCI (A) BRE (H) SUN (A)
TBC - CRY (H) - - -  

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