Five Teams Separated By Three Points - Race For Europe Is Intensifying

Nottingham Forest earnestly boosted their Champions League qualification hopes connected Monday pinch a triumph astatine Tottenham that lifted them to 3rd successful nan Premier League table.

Just 3 points abstracted Forest and Aston Villa successful seventh, pinch nan Premier League's apical 5 guaranteed a spot successful nan Champions League adjacent season.

After Chelsea and Manchester City some won astatine nan play Nuno Espirito Santo's broadside had slipped from 4th to sixth earlier their lucifer pinch Spurs.

But Forest, who person doubly lifted nan European Cup but haven't played successful Europe's premier title since 1980, rallied pinch a 2-1 win.

As galore arsenic 11 European places are up for grabs and location will decidedly beryllium a minimum of 8 teams - up from nan accustomed 7 - playing successful Europe adjacent season, but things could alteration successful nan coming weeks.

It intends Crystal Palace down successful 12th still person thing to play for.

BBC Sport takes a look astatine really galore teams could suffice for each of nan European competitions - nan Champions League, Europa League and Conference League.

Liverpool: Tottenham (H); Chelsea (A); Arsenal (H); Brighton (A); Crystal Palace (H)

Arsenal: Crystal Palace (H); Bournemouth (H); Liverpool (A); Newcastle (H); Southampton (A)

Newcastle: Ipswich (H); Brighton (A); Chelsea (H); Arsenal (A); Everton (H)

Nottingham Forest: Brentford (H); Crystal Palace (A); Leicester (H); West Ham (A); Chelsea (H)

Manchester City: Aston Villa (H); Wolves (H); Southampton (A); Bournemouth (H); Fulham (A)

Chelsea: Everton (H); Liverpool (H); Newcastle (A); Manchester United (H); Nottingham Forest (A)

Aston Villa: Manchester City (A); Fulham (H); Bournemouth (A); Tottenham (H); Manchester United (A)

Bournemouth: Manchester United (H); Arsenal (A); Aston Villa (H); Manchester City (A); Leicester (H)

Fulham: Southampton (A); Aston Villa (A); Everton (H); Brentford (A); Manchester City (H)

Brighton: West Ham (H); Newcastle (H); Wolves (A); Liverpool (H); Tottenham (A)

Brentford: Nottingham Forest (A); Manchester United (H); Ipswich (A); Fulham (H); Wolves (A)

Crystal Palace: Arsenal (A); Nottingham Forest (H); Tottenham (A); Wolves (H); Liverpool (A)

Depending connected really things cookware retired this play location will beryllium betwixt 8 and 11 teams from nan Premier League taking portion successful Europe adjacent season.

A minimum of 5 of those will beryllium successful nan Champions League, which is higher than nan accustomed 4 because of England's capacity successful Uefa's coefficient rankings.

That number could emergence to six should Arsenal triumph nan Champions League and decorativeness extracurricular nan apical 4 - an improbable imaginable - aliases moreover 7 if that happens and Manchester United aliases Tottenham triumph nan Europa League.

The maximum number of Premier League teams who could beryllium competing successful nan Europa League is three.

Two places will apt spell to nan squad who finishes sixth and nan FA Cup winners.

However, if nan cup winners person already secured a European spot it will past spell to nan adjacent highest placed broadside that has not qualified for Europe.

A 3rd spot could beryllium awarded if Chelsea triumph nan Conference League and neglect to suffice for nan Champions League.

There will beryllium 1 Conference League spot awarded to a Premier League team.

Currently, that will spell to Carabao Cup winners Newcastle, but that could alteration if Eddie Howe's broadside suffice for nan Champions League aliases nan Europa League.

As Newcastle presently beryllium wrong nan apical 4 that looks likely.

There is realistic script wherever finishing ninth aliases 10th successful nan Premier League could gain you a spot successful nan Conference League.

This could happen, but it is highly improbable.

It would require Arsenal to triumph nan Champions League, Manchester United aliases Tottenham to triumph nan Europa League and Chelsea to assistance nan Conference League trophy, and each 3 winners to decorativeness extracurricular nan apical six.

Arsenal are 2nd successful nan Premier League and highly improbable to decorativeness extracurricular nan apical five.