Arsenal champions, Manchester United back, three down: the 2025-26 Premier League in full
Arsenal's first Premier League title since the 2003-04 Invincibles was wrapped up before Sunday, but the final-day matrix kept everything else alive until the simultaneous 4pm kick-offs ran their course. Pep Guardiola's farewell at the Etihad, Aston Villa's lift of European silver four days earlier in Istanbul, and West Ham's relegation despite a 3-0 home win all settled inside the same set of 10 kick-offs.
The title race in numbers
Arsenal end the season on 85 points from 26 wins, seven draws and five defeats, with a +44 goal difference. Manchester City finish second on 78 points and 23 wins, holding the No. 2 slot but trailing the Emirates by some margin from late winter onwards. The seven-point gap looks tighter on paper than it ever felt across April and May.
Manchester United back among Europe's elite
Manchester United on 71 points take third under Michael Carrick, returning the club to the Champions League after a long absence. Kobbie Mainoo's 77th-minute winner against Liverpool on 3 May, in a 3-2 home victory, was the moment the top-four conversation closed.
Villa and Liverpool seal four and five
Aston Villa needed only to avoid defeat at the Etihad on the final day to lock fourth, and Watkins's brace put the seal on a 2-1 win. Emery's side double-qualified for the Champions League with Wednesday's 3-0 win over Freiburg at the Beşiktaş Stadium. Liverpool's 1-1 home draw with Brentford holds fifth on 60 points, sending Arne Slot's side into the Champions League despite a campaign that fell apart after a five-match opening winning streak and never fully recovered.
Europa goes to Bournemouth and Sunderland
England's two Europa League slots go to sixth-placed Bournemouth on 57 points and seventh-placed Sunderland on 54. Bournemouth, Andoni Iraola's last side before he leaves this summer, chased a six-goal swing on the final day but stayed where they were. Sunderland's first Premier League campaign since 2016-17 ends with a European campaign nobody predicted last August.
The three who go down
Wolves were confirmed first on 20 April, ending an eight-year Premier League stay after a 3-0 defeat at Leeds two days earlier. Burnley followed 48 hours later, losing 1-0 at home to Manchester City to drop straight back to the Championship after one season up. West Ham completed the trio on Sunday, with their 3-0 home win over Leeds rendered academic by Tottenham's 1-0 victory over Everton at the same hour.
What summer brings
Enzo Maresca takes over at City after Pep's ten years in the dugout. Bournemouth replace Iraola. Wolves and Burnley plan rebuilds in the second tier. The Champions League final lands at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest on 30 May, with PSG defending and Arsenal aiming to win it for the first time, two decades on from their only previous final.
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