Key events
Preamble
Hello, good day and welcome to our penultimate clockwatch of the 2025-26 Premier League season. There are four games kicking off at 3pm, all involving teams hoping to use their passport next season:
Manchester City’s FA Cup final victory was good news for Brighton, Brentford, Everton, Fulham and Sunderland, as it means whoever finishes eighth in the Premier League will qualify for the Conference League.
Brighton and Brentford, in particular, are aiming higher – the Europe League, perhaps even the Champions League if Aston Villa beat Freiburg on Wednesday and create a sixth-placed trophy.
It’s all pretty complicated, and if we look at any more permutations our head will explode like yer man in Scanners. So for now, let’s concentrate on the here and now: four important games, for which we’ll have team news shortly.