The most consequential game on the final day of the Premier League season sees Chelsea travel to Nottingham Forest with a place in the Champions League on the line. Chelsea sit just one point and two places above Nottingham Forest coming into the final game of the season, the race for a top five finish is as tight as its been in recent seasons with Newcastle, Aston Villa, Chelsea and Nottingham Forest fighting for the remaining two Champions League spots.

BTTS landed in the initial meeting between these sides which ended in a 1-1 draw. Forest have had a slightly rocky end to the campaign having won just one of their last five Premier League matches, seeing BTTS in each of their last three games against Crystal Palace, Leicester and West Ham. With so much on the line for both sides, every goal should massively impact the gamestate - neither side is likely to go out with a whimper in what has been the most competitive battle for the Champions League spots in recent memory. 

Chelsea have shown improvement in their defensive numbers this season, conceding 20 goals fewer than they did last campaign with just one game left to play. Enzo Maresca’s side have struggled on the road this season with the majority of their impressive performances this term coming at Stamford Bridge. They’ve conceded 25 goals across their 28 away games this season but have managed to score 28 themselves.

Bournemouth’s loss against Manchester City last time out means that the Cherries will have to wait another campaign before embarking on their first ever European adventure. Andoni Iraola’s side have had an excellent season and can still finish as high as ninth on the final day with all three points here and other results going their way. 

Bournemouth have won seven of their 18 home games in the Premier League this season. This isn’t the most standout record in the division but looks promising when considering Leicester’s shocking record on the road this season. Only Southampton (6) have picked up fewer points on the road in the English top flight this term than the Foxes (10) who have only registered two wins across their 18 trips away from the King Power Stadium. 

Leicester actually ran out 1-0 winners in the initial meeting between these sides back in October when Leicester were under the tutelage of Steve Cooper. So much has changed since that game and Bournemouth were unlucky not to at least get a point from that game seeing as they generated an xG of 2.16 and carved out five big chances.

The initial meeting between these sides produced eight goals as Brentford ran out 5-3 winners in one of their usual hectic games at the Gtech Stadium which have become commonplace this season. 

Brentford have seen BTTS in three of their last five games in the Premier League, including in their most recent outing against Fulham. Wolves also saw BTTS in their most recent fixture against Crystal Palace, Vitor Pereria’s side don’t have much material left to fight for in a footballing sense but could slip down to 17th in the table without a positive result here which would be damaging in terms of prize money. 

Wolves have seen 57 goals across their 18 home games this season (3.16 per game) while Brentford have seen 46 goals across their 18 away games this campaign (2.55 per game). The initial meeting between the sides suggests that this game will throw up chances at both ends with neither defence being solid this season. The lack of jeopardy for both sides should also create quite an open game with the principle aim to entertain rather than win. 

Only three points will fully secure Newcastle’s place in the Champions League next season and they look on track to compete at Europe’s top table under Eddie Howe for the second time in the last three seasons. Newcastle were dealt a slight blow to their Champions League hopes with a 1-0 loss against Arsenal last time out but are strong favourites to get back to winning ways against an Everton side that already had their showpiece event in waving goodbye to Goodison Park last week. 

Newcastle have won 12 of their 18 games at St James’ Park this season, only Manchester City (13) and Liverpool (14) have won more games at home than Eddie Howe’s side this season. They’ve been an effective attacking threat in particular with the Magpies scoring 40 goals across their 18 home games, a record once again only marginally bettered by Liverpool (41) and Manchester City (43).

Newcastle boast a pretty strong record at St James’ Park against Everton in recent seasons with the Toffees failing to win any of their last four visits to the North East of England, losing three of these games. Everton don’t really have anything to play for, they’ll finish 13th regardless of the score on the final day while Newcastle have the opportunity to cap off what has been a historic campaign.