Man United could be set for their WORST ever Premier League finish

While everyone's attention is understandably focused on the Premier League title race, another intriguing battle is unfolding slightly lower on the table.

Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool are all but guaranteed a Champions League spot, with Aston Villa and Tottenham currently vying for what should be the fourth and final berth.

That leaves four teams - Newcastle, Manchester United, West Ham and Chelsea - battling out for the remaining two European spots over the final month of the season.

However, due to the expansion of the Champions League, the Premier League could receive an additional spot in European football's elite competition.

That would mean the teams finishing sixth and seventh on the table will go in the Europa League, with the team coming eight taking part in the Europa Conference League next season.

Here, Mail Sport examines the run-in for the remaining European spots.

After a difficult winter, spring has breathed a new lease of life into Newcastle's season.

Despite their ongoing injury crisis, the Magpies have won three of their last four Premier League fixtures and are sixth in the table, with a Europa League spot firmly in their grasp.

Eddie Howe's men are in control of their destiny, but face a potentially difficult run-in with four of their remaining six games away from home beginning with a trip to Selhurst Park a week tomorrow.

After hosting bottom-dwellers Sheffield United, Newcastle also travel to Turf Moor with Burnley mired in a relegation battle, but Brentford should be safe by the time the Magpies visit the Gtech Community Stadium on the final day of the season.

A trip to Old Trafford in what could effectively be a Europa League decider against Manchester United comes just four days after