Another season, gone. The final day of 2024-25 will be low on jeopardy, given the title and relegation spots have long been confirmed. But with the race for Europe reaching its climax, the finale is far from a formality.
Matchweek 38 is set to be the stage for a handful of never-before-seen records as well as for a few poignant goodbyes to club legends.
Here’s what to keep an eye out for on the final day of the Premier League season.
The race for the Champions League
The battle for next season’s Champions League places has gone down to the wire. Five teams — Manchester City, Newcastle United, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest — all go into the final day of the season with a reasonable chance of qualifying for Europe’s elite competition.
Lower down the table, analytics-favourites Brighton and Brentford also have a chance to qualify for Europe.
The possibilities are endless and luckily, ESPN’s resident-permutation expert Dale Johnson has broken it all down for us here.
Salah’s push to create history
New contract? Signed. Title? Sealed. Premier League goal involvement record? Not yet delivered.
Mohamed Salah is one goal contribution away from equaling the greatest individual season in Premier League history in terms of attacking output. The Egypt international has 46 goal involvements (28 goals, 18 assists), with Alan Shearer and Andrew Cole the joint-record holders on 47.
With Liverpool‘s title long since wrapped up and Crystal Palace fresh off their historic FA Cup triumph, Sunday’s game will hardly be an intense affair. But you can be sure that at least one player who will be going full-throttle at Anfield. Will Salah sign off the season in style?
