It’s the penultimate round of the English Premier League season and it’s the final scramble for European qualification places that takes centre stage this weekend.
Well, apart from the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium between Crystal Palace and Manchester City, which sees the Saturday schedule cleared for the knockout centrepiece.
That pair will play catch up on Tuesday, with home games against Wolves and Bournemouth respectively – and with a fair chance of at least one of them nursing at least a psychological hangover.
It leaves eight EPL fixtures to be played between Friday and Monday.
Champions Liverpool search for a first win in three attempts since confirming their title status, with a long trip down to Brighton for the Monday night football.
The Seagulls are unbeaten in three and squabbling it out for a Uefa Conference League spot come the end of next weekend.
Two Friday night matches, meanwhile, could go a long way to deciding how the Uefa Champions League shake up looks heading into the final round.
Chelsea and Aston Villa both go into their home assignments locked on 63 points, fifth and sixth in the EPL table.
The Blues have the edge on goal difference but were beaten last time out.
And it’s the old enemy Manchester United who come to add a bit of edge to the Stamford Bridge contest.
Or at least they’re supposed to, only for Ruben Amorim’s Red Devils to be languishing in an appalling 16th place in the standings and in with a genuine chance of finishing a miserable campaign fourth from bottom.
That will be determined in tandem with fellow fallen giant Tottenham, who contest the other game away to the Villans.
Fans of both Spurs and United will be bewildered at the contrast between their dismal domestic performance, set against Europa League runs that see them meet in the final, giving the winner the chance to blag their way into the Champions League back door.
Unai Emery’s hosts have been knocking on the front door all season but will likely need another three-point haul to keep themselves within striking distance on the final day.
Five games on Sunday all build towards a massive clash at the Emirates Stadium, where Arsenal and Newcastle battle it out for second place in the Premier League table.
The Gunners have fallen right off course in recent weeks, as they’ve attempted to juggle a forlorn title tilt with a run deep into the Champions League knockout stages.
And that leaves the door ajar for the Toon Army, who would leapfrog their hosts with victory in London and put themselves in pole position for a return to the top table of continental action.
Surprise package Nottingham Forest have seen that dream fall to pieces in the last few weeks.
Frustrations at the City Ground boiled over last time out, with owner Evangelos Marinakis marching on to the field to remonstrate with boss Nunu Espirito Santo after they slid out of the top five.
But they go to West Ham knowing they still have a puncher’s chance and, with a Conference League spot confirming their return to Europe for the first time in three decades, there’s plenty to smile about in the East Midlands.
There will be tears for the blue half of Merseyside on Sunday lunchtime, albeit with them not having anything to do with the football.
It’s been a long time coming for Everton, who play their final fixture at their famous old Goodison Park Stadium ahead of the move to Bramley Moore Docks next season.
Southampton are the visitors for the auspicious, emotional occasion and few would expect the Saints to put a spanner in the works for David Moyes’s men on their landmark day, with the visitors having long-since sunk without trace through the relegation trapdoor.
Brentford and Fulham can also cast glances back at campaigns that could see both finish in the top half in a week’s time.
They meet for a genteel west London derby with the Bees knowing a fifth win in a row will keep them in the Conference League reckoning.
Leicester and Ipswich meet at the King Power Stadium with only one thing to be decided between them: who avoids finishing second-bottom.
The relegated pair have 22 points apiece coming into this one, as they go through the motions of a fixture they will be compelled to repeat next year in the Championship.
Fixtures and results
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Everton v Southampton
| Result prediction | Everton to win |
| Over/Under prediction | under 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | Everton / Everton to win |
| Team to Score prediction | Everton |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | n/a |
West Ham United v Nottingham Forest
| Result prediction | West Ham United to win |
| Over/Under prediction | under 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | draw / West Ham United to win |
| Team to Score prediction | both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | J. Bowen(West Ham United) |
Brentford v Fulham
| Result prediction | Brentford to win |
| Over/Under prediction | over 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | Brentford / Brentford to win |
| Team to Score prediction | both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | Y. Wissa(Brentford) K. Schade(Brentford) |
Leicester City v Ipswich Town
| Result prediction | Leicester City to win |
| Over/Under prediction | under 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | Leicester City / Leicester City to win |
| Team to Score prediction | both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | n/a |
Arsenal v Newcastle United
| Result prediction | draw |
| Over/Under prediction | over 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | draw / draw |
| Team to Score prediction | both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | L. Trossard(Arsenal) A. Isak(Newcastle United) |
Brighton & Hove Albion v Liverpool
| Result prediction | draw |
| Over/Under prediction | over 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | draw / draw |
| Team to Score prediction | both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | D. Welbeck(Brighton & Hove Albion) L. Díaz(Liverpool) |
Crystal Palace v Wolverhampton Wanderers
| Result prediction | Wolverhampton Wanderers to win |
| Over/Under prediction | under 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | draw / Wolverhampton Wanderers to win |
| Team to Score prediction | both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | E. Eze(Crystal Palace) |
Manchester City v AFC Bournemouth
| Result prediction | Manchester City to win |
| Over/Under prediction | over 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | Manchester City / Manchester City to win |
| Team to Score prediction | both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | n/a |