Going into the final weekend of the season in La Liga, Bundesliga and Ligue 1, and the penultimate weekend in Serie A, we look at the potential gains and losses.
All four league titles are accounted for, but with Champions League, Europa League and relegation spots left to fill, it will be a dramatic few days across the continent…
LA LIGA
All told, the results of eight of the 10 matches have big implications. Atletico Madrid still need to secure third and direct qualification for the Champions League, taking on a Granada side who, like Deportivo La Coruna, are currently out of the relegation zone but not safe. Valencia (away at Almeria) and Sevilla (away at Malaga) are fighting for the fourth Champions League spot. Valencia hold a one-point advantage over Sevilla, who could yet earn that place by beating Dnipro in the Europa League final. Valencia can even finish third with a win if Atletico lose. Valencia hold a one-point advantage over Sevilla in the race for fourth
Villarreal have sixth secured, but seventh place will earn a Europa League berth this season if Barcelona win the Copa del Rey. Bilbao (at home to Villarreal) are two points ahead of Malaga (at home to Sevilla) in that seventh spot. At the bottom, Cordoba are already relegated, but four teams are fighting to avoid joining them. Granada (at home to Atletico) and Deportivo (away at Barcelona) will stay up with wins. Eibar (at home to Cordoba) and Almeria (at home to Valencia) are currently in the relegation zone and need wins and hope Granada and Deportivo lose However, Almeria are waiting for a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on a penalty of three points for the late payment to Aalborg for the transfer of Michael Jakobsen in 2012. (All matches between 3.30pm and 7.30pm on Sunday – Barcelona v Deportivo (5.30pm) and Real Madrid v Getafe (7.30pm) live on Sky Sports 5 HD) BUNDESLIGA Bayern are champions, while Wolfsburg, Borussia Monchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen make up the Champions League spots. Schalke have fifth spot secured, meaning Europa League football next term, and Augsburg will secure sixth place with a point at Monchengladbach. Jurgen Klopp will appear as manager at Dortmund for the last time at home on Saturday Jurgen Klopp will appear as manager at Dortmund for the last time at home on Saturday Jurgen Klopp can celebrate his penultimate match in charge of Dortmund by earning an unprecedented Europa League spot if they beat Werder Bremen. The last time these two sides met, Dortmund were 16th and Bremen were bottom, but reglardless of Augsburg’s result, Dortmund would qualify for the Europa League by beating Bremen by virtue of their German Cup final place against Wolfsburg, who have already qualified for the Champions League. It gets complicated down the bottom… No team has been relegated yet, with last-place Paderborn (31 points), Hamburg (32), Stuttgart (33), Hannover (34), Freiburg (34) and Hertha Berlin (35) all in danger on the final day. The last two are relegated automatically, while the side finishing third from bottom enters a two-legged playoff against the third-best finisher from the second division. Paderborn v Stuttgart, Hamburg v Schalke, Hannover v Freiburg and Hoffenheim v Hertha are the fixtures to look out for. (All kick-offs at 2.30pm on Saturday) LIGUE 1 It’s PSG’s title, and Lyon have secured the automatic Champions League spot in second, but the third and final spot is up for grabs. Monaco, who are at Lorient, hold a two-point lead over Marseille and Saint-Etienne in the race for third Monaco, who are at Lorient, hold a two-point lead over Marseille and Saint-Etienne in the race for third Monaco, who are at Lorient, hold a two-point lead over Marseille and Saint-Etienne, who have home games against Bastia and Guingamp respectively. Two of these three teams will have to settle for the Europa League third qualifying round. It will be a quiet day at the bottom, with Evian, Metz and Lens’ relegation all confirmed. (All kick-offs 8pm on Saturday) SERIE A Juventus have the title wrapped up, but with only two rounds remaining in Serie A, the Rome derby will likely determine which side gains direct entry to the lucrative Champions League. Third place will go through the qualifying play-off. Roma are in second, one point ahead of Lazio, and are at home against Palermo on the final day after facing their Rome rivals on Monday. Lazio finish at Napoli, who are four points behind Roma and also still in the running for second. Roma face rivals Lazio on Monday night in the Rome derby Roma face rivals Lazio on Monday night in the Rome derby Fourth and fifth qualify for the Europa League, and currently it’s Napoli in fourth with 63 points, Fiorentina next with 58, Genoa with 56, Sampdoria with 54, Inter Milan with 52 and Torino with 51. Cagliari, Cesena and Parma have already been mathematically relegated.
