What's left to play for in Europe's top 5️⃣ leagues this season? | OneFootball

This weekend, the 2022/23 Premier League and Bundesliga seasons will conclude, and we are at the business end in LaLiga, Serie A and Ligue 1.

Here’s the state of play in Europe’s big five leagues as we approach the season’s climax.

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There’s nothing to see here in the Premier League, LaLiga and Serie A, with Manchester City, Barcelona and Napoli already crowned champions of their respective leagues.

Paris Saint-Germain are champions of Ligue 1 in all but name and just need a point against Strasbourg on Saturday to rubber stamp the 11th title in the club’s history.

But all eyes will be on the Bundesliga this weekend, where the title race goes down to the final day. Bayern Munich’s slip-up against RB Leipzig last weekend saw them leapfrogged by Borussia Dortmund at the top of the table.

A win for Dortmund against Mainz on Saturday will see them crowned champions for the first time since 2011/12. Bayern (who travel to face Köln) will be praying for some final day drama.

Champions League

Manchester United got the job done against Chelsea on Thursday to secure their place in Europe’s premier competition next season, joining Manchester City, Arsenal and Newcastle as England’s representatives.

It’s all done and dusted in Ligue 1 too, where PSG, Lens and Marseille have cemented top three finishes with two games remaining.

In Germany, Dortmund, Bayern and RB Leipzig have all qualified, while Union Berlin (who host Werder Bremen) and Freiburg (who travel to Eintracht Frankfurt) are level on 59 points and both in contention to qualify for the Champions League for the first time in their respective histories. If they both win on the final day, Union will likely finish fourth on goal difference.

Barcelona, Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid have all qualified from Spain, and they will be joined by either Real Sociedad or Villarreal, with two matchdays remaining in LaLiga this season.

It’s a little less cut and dried in Serie A. Champions Napoli and second-placed Lazio have already qualified, but Inter, Milan, Atalanta, Roma and Juventus will all jockey for the remaining two places in the final two matches of the season.

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Liverpool and Brighton are both guaranteed to be the Premier League’s two representatives in the Europa League next season.

Aston Villa are in pole position for Conference League qualification, but if they were to drop points at Brighton on the final day, Tottenham and Brentford could still jump into seventh spot.

Bayer Leverkusen cannot finish higher than a Conference League spot in the Bundesliga, but they could still be overtaken by Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt depending how the final day of the season pans out.

In LaLiga, Villarreal and Real Betis currently occupy the two Europa League spots, with Girona, Sevilla, Athletic Club and Mallorca all still mathematically able to challenge Osasuna for the Conference League spot in the final fortnight of the season.

It should be an interesting conclusion to the European race in Italy, with Inter, Milan, Atalanta, Roma and Juventus all heading into the final two matches of the season unsure which of the three competitions they will feature in next season.

And it’s a similar situation in Ligue 1, where Monaco, Lille, Rennes and Lyon are all still vying for a place in either the Europa League or the Conference League.

Relegation

Away from the glamour of European competition, many clubs across the continent still don’t know which domestic division they will be playing in next season.

Southampton have already been relegated from the Premier League, and depending on the final day results they will be joined in the Championship next term by two from Leeds (who host Tottenham), Leicester (who host West Ham), and Everton (who host Bournemouth). If all three were to win, Everton would stay up.

Hertha BSC were officially relegated from the Bundesliga last weekend, but Schalke, Bochum, Stuttgart, Augsburg and Hoffenheim could all either go down or fall into the relegation play-off position on what is sure to be a dramatic final day.

It’s also extremely tight at the bottom of LaLiga. Elche are down already, but Espanyol, Valladolid, Cádiz, Getafe, Almería, Celta Vigo and Valencia could still go down to the Segunda División come the end of the season.

Sampdoria’s relegation from Serie A has been official for a few weeks now, and Cremonese also went down to Serie B earlier this week. That leaves Verona, Spezia and Lecce to fight over the final relegation place in the remaining two games of the season.

And with Angers, Ajaccio and Troyes already relegated from Ligue 1, it remains to be seen whether Nantes or Auxerre will take the fourth relegation place. 15th-placed Strasbourg aren’t mathematically safe just yet either.