Premier League final day: Champions League and relegation battles set to dominate

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Champions League qualification and the battle to avoid relegation are the major issues at stake as the Premier League season concludes on Sunday.

Remember in normal times when the television cameras loved zooming in on sobbing fans after their club had been relegated?

"We can control our own destiny and that was looking unlikely," said Villa boss Dean Smith, whose side moved out of the bottom three with one game to go.Sports data analysts Gracenote have used their Euro Club Index to work out the chances of relegation for those teams trying to stay up. "Thinking too much, or getting too emotional, can be very counter productive so we need the players to enjoy the game, play the game as they have always done.

With all of Sunday's games kicking off at 16:00 BST, expect tears to be flowing around 17:50 - just not from fans in stadiums, as we have become used to on the last day of the league season.Passports at the ready - who will make Europe? Meanwhile, Wolves will qualify for the Europa League for a second successive season if they win at Chelsea.on 22 January. They go into the final day with an 88% chance of making the Champions League, according to Gracenote, as do Chelsea. Leicester's chances are rated at 70%.

Eight years ago, Jamie Vardy was playing non-league football for Fleetwood Town. On Sunday, the Leicester striker could win the Golden Boot awarded to the leading Premier League scorer.

 

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