Premier League permutations: When can the title, relegation and European qualification be confirmed?

A Premier League season is 380 games long, but it is the final 19 which now hold the potential to shape all that has gone before in the 2025-26 edition.This campaign’s last dash will crown new champions to succeed Liverpool and push a member of English football’s establishment over the relegation cliff edge into the EFL. There might also be a Champions League debut secured, as well as fresh invites sent out to join the other two European competitions, all by the time the full-time whistles blow on the final round of fixtures on Sunday, May 24.Here, The Athletic assesses where we are with the title race, European spots and relegation.Advertisement