Five matches make up Sunday's Premier League action and BBC Sport will bring you every kick.
Everton v Southampton (12:00) - listen on BBC Radio 5 Live
West Ham v Nottingham Forest (14:15)
Brentford v Fulham - listen on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2
Leicester v Ipswich
Arsenal v Newcastle (16:30) - listen on BBC Radio 5 Live
Kick-off times 15:00 BST unless stated
This is a big game with second place up for grabs, and it is a bit of a grudge match too.
Newcastle have beaten Arsenal three times already this season and their meetings have been quite spiky since the Magpies grabbed a controversial win over Mikel Arteta's side in 2023.
Arsenal will be absolutely desperate to put one over them this time, but I can see this turning into a real battle and I would not be surprised if it ends up in a draw.
That is a better result for the Gunners, because a point would all but guarantee them a Champions League place - their goal difference is much better than the other teams in that race - even if their fans will want more.
Sutton's prediction: 1-1
Katie Stafford
BBC Sport journalist
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has been speaking to the media before Sunday's Premier League game against Newcastle (kick-off 16:30 BST).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
A decision will be made on Saturday as to whether Kai Havertz can be involved in Sunday's game but "he has done certain parts of the sessions in the past two days."
On potentially having him back for the final two games of the season, despite being predicted to be out: "Amazing! It's a credit to him and the medical staff and they've been pushing. He looks in great shape and you see the transformation on him which is really impressive."
Declan Rice, Leonardo Trossard, Gabriel Martinelli and Jurrien Timber will also be assessed tomorrow before a decision is made on their availability.
He said "it has been a phenomenal effort from all of them [the players] under the circumstances" this season and he is looking forward to the final home game of the season.
He hopes "to wrap up Champions League qualification" and "say thank you to all of our ers" who have been there week-in week-out.
On needing a strong performance against Newcastle: "We're going to need a big one because of how thin the margins are [Newcastle] and how clinical we have to be in front of them to score the goals."
In response to whether he has any regrets for this season: "I will give you my word that we have tried our very best. I love the incredible things that this team has done, again, in the circumstances that we have played in."
He said William Saliba, who is set to make his 100th appearance for the club, "an amazing centre-back" and "there is still so much more to come from him."
On whether his and the club's summer plans are aligned: "On what we have to do, yes. And what we can do, I don't know. I think sometimes from the plan that we had and actually what we were able to execute, we've never been able to replicate it exactly. This is football, it happens I think to every football club."
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Image source, Getty ImagesThe race for Champions League football is heating up with only four spots up for grabs. Only confirmed team in Europe's premier competition for next season are the champions Liverpool.
Arsenal have been chasing the champions all season long but a deep run in Europe has seen them take their eye of the ball domestically. Meanwhile, Manchester City and Newcastle United closed the gap on the North London club and are within striking distance.
Clubs like Chelsea, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest all very much still in the race but one team will miss out. Let's have a look at which clubs can decide their faith this weekend -
Arsenal will clinch a Champions League spot if they beat Newcastle on Sunday.
A draw will also be enough unless Chelsea and Aston Villa both win on Friday, and Manchester City avoid defeat on Tuesday. But because the Gunners' goal difference is significantly better than the sides below them, a draw will realistically ensure a top-five spot, regardless of results elsewhere.
If they lose, Arsenal will qualify for Europe's elite competition should Villa fail to win or if both Chelsea and Nottingham Forest fail to win. This takes into that Forest host Chelsea on the final day and both sides cannot catch the Gunners.
Because of Arsenal's goal difference, the only scenario in which they could retain a realistic chance of missing out on Champions League qualification would be if they lose and both Chelsea and Villa win.
A win will guarantee Newcastle a Champions League place UNLESS Chelsea and Aston Villa both win and Manchester City avoid defeat. But because of their goal difference advantage over Villa, a win will realistically ensure a top-five spot for Eddie Howe's side, regardless of results elsewhere.
A draw will be good enough if:
- Aston Villa lose (as Forest play Chelsea on the final day and both sides wouldn't be able to overtake the Magpies)
- Chelsea lose and Nottingham Forest fail to win
Should Newcastle and Villa both draw, Eddie Howe's side would be realistically assured of Champions League qualification because of their goal difference. The same applies if the Magpies lose, Villa also lose and either Forest or Chelsea fail to win.
Manchester City will qualify for the Champions League if they defeat Bournemouth and Villa fail to win, OR City claim victory and both Chelsea and Nottingham Forest fail to win.
Because of City's goal difference, a point against the Cherries will realistically be enough if Chelsea or Forest fail to win and Aston Villa lose.
Chelsea can't mathematically clinch a top-five spot before the final day – but if they win and both Villa and Forest lose, their superior goal difference would make it all but certain. Should Chelsea win, Villa lose and Forest draw, the Londoners would have to lose their last game (against Forest) by at least four goals to be caught.
Note - Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest currently occupy sixth and seventh in the Premier League table and will need results to go their way even if they win the remainder of their matches.
Lazio will pay Arsenal a fee worth 9m euros (£7.57m) to sign 25-year-old Portuguese left-back Nuno Tavares on a loan deal with an obligation to buy. (Fabrizio Romano), external
Arsenal's search for a striker is focused on either 21-year-old RB Leipzig goalscorer Benjamin Sesko or 26-year-old Sporting forward Viktor Gyokeres. (Independent), external
Image source, Getty ImagesIn addition to Premier League manager and player of the season, the shortlist for young player has also been announced.
Chelsea's Cole Palmer is in the running to win the award for the second year in a row.
The 23-year-old forward has 15 goals and eight assists in 35 appearances.
Liverpool's Ryan Gravenberch and Liam Delap, who has scored 12 of Ipswich's 35 goals, are also on the eight-player shortlist.
The other nominees are Anthony Elanga (Nottingham Forest), Dean Huijsen (Bournemouth), Joao Pedro (Brighton), Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa), and William Saliba (Arsenal).
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The Premier League have announced the nominations for Premier League player of the season award.
After winning the league title, Liverpool have three representatives with Mohamed Salah, captain Virgil van Dijk and Ryan Gravenberch.
Forward Salah has scored 28 goals and provided 18 assists, and is just one goal or assist away from matching the all-time record for most goal involvements in a single campaign.
Nottingham Forest have two nominees in Morgan Gibbs-White, who has netted six goals, made eight assists and created 50 chances, and Chris Wood, who has enjoyed the best season of his career in scoring 20 goals.
Arsenal, who had been Liverpool's closest challenges for much of the season, are represented by Declan Rice, after the midfielder reached double figures for combined goals (three) and assists (seven).
Newcastle United have one player on the list with Alexander Isak, who is nominated for the second season running after scoring 23 times - the second-most goals in the 2024-25 Premier League campaign.
Bryan Mbeumo becomes the first Brentford nominee for the award having reached 25 direct goal involvements - the third-most in the Premier League - thanks to 18 goals and seven assists.
Image source, Getty ImagesArsenal may have the most red cards in the Premier League this season, but I do look at some of the scenarios and question whether they were all sending-offs.
You look back earlier on in the season to Declan Rice's second yellow and ask was it really a second yellow? Should they have been two yellow cards? I would say no. Then you look at the Gabriel Martinelli's where some would argue it was the same phase of play, but it was two phases because there was a throw-in and then a free-kick. You think back to a William Saliba one on the halfway-line and he got sent off. Even with Myles Lewis-Skelly, you think of these tactical fouls that you can often get away with in the game.
I do feel sorry for Arsenal in a way because of the red cards they have received. I have heard Mikel Arteta's comments recently when he mentioned that some of the rules had changed mid-way through the season, whether that is actually the case I don't know, or whether it was him just throwing something out there. But I do think it is quite harsh that they have received as many reds as they when you look back at the incidents and break them down.
Arteta will not be as frustrated with the red cards from the players' reactions, but more so the inconsistency of refereeing. He will not be too disappointed in his players for those moments but more disappointed in the referee or officiating of the cards.
The issue for Arteta is that they have probably proved costly because those players end up being suspended and they are big players that they have then maybe ended up dropping points they might not have done had they been available.
Fara Williams was speaking to BBC Sport's Nicola Pearson
Image source, Getty ImagesWilliam Saliba could make his 100th Premier League appearance in this match. If he plays and Arsenal win, it would equal the most victories for a Gunners player in their first 100 games in the competition (68 by Lauren and Sol Campbell).
Nizaar Kinsella
BBC Sport football news reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesBBC Sport's football news reporter Nizaar Kinsella has been answering your questions on the transfer window.
Luke, Somerset: What have been the reasons for Raheem Sterling's massive fall off? He has gone from being one of the best players in the Premier League to a player that doesn't seem to fit in any team he goes to. What transfer could help rejuvenate his career - similar to Marcus Rashford at Aston Villa?
Nizaar: I think Sterling and Rashford is a good comparison. Both players are among the best paid in the Premier League, with Sterling the highest-paid player on Chelsea's books on his £300,000-a-week wage.
Of course his exit from Chelsea on loan to Arsenal last summer was a big story, especially after he played in pre-season under Enzo Maresca. Sterling was supposed to be Chelsea's marquee g for Thomas Tuchel, but several managers later he is being bombed out.
I don't actually think Sterling played too badly for Tuchel, Graham Potter or Mauricio Pochettino, but he is a victim of circumstance.
He risked rotting in Chelsea's 'bomb squad' late last summer, before being given the chance to go to Arsenal. Unfortunately, he hasn't played well there but it can't have helped that he has effectively been used as an emergency back-up by Mikel Arteta, with the club never likely to sign him permanently.
He looks likely for another loan spell somewhere next summer, in my opinion, given clubs won't want to pay his full wage.
It's also worth noting that Sterling has rejected the chance to move to Saudi Arabia in the past.
Premier League clubs, including Arsenal and Manchester City, are circling 24-year-old Real Madrid forward Rodrygo, amid reports of the Brazilian falling out with club staff. (AS - in Spanish), external
Barcelona are keen to rival Arsenal in moving for 24-year-old Espanyol goalkeeper Joan Garcia. (AS - in Spanish), external
Image source, Getty ImagesFor the players and fans, Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi getting this injury in a situation where the offside flag should have been raised is so frustrating.
The frustration is when it is clear and obvious. Officials have been overseeing games for many years and they would always flag whether they were right or wrong.
Now technology has come into it, they are very reliant on VAR to make the right decision, the factual decision, about an offside. But, I think when an offside is so clear and obvious, it should be the duty of the assistant referee to put their flag up and stop play from the off.
When it is marginal, I understand we are a bit more hesitant when there are really fine margins, and we have seen those fine margins when goals have been given and it is a toenail to keep them on-side. I would understand it from that point of view, but it was on the halfway-line where the offside happened on Sunday, only for play to be allowed to continue.
It has been a matter of time. It has been a time bomb waiting to go off for somebody to get seriously injured. Awoniyi is the one that has got that injury - that horrific injury - because of it. Some will say it is only the first time it has happened in the duration of this rule, but it should never happen. That is how players will be looking at it, how fans and managers will be looking at it and saying 'it should never happen'. We should not wait for something to happen to reassess rules like this.
I don't like the ruling of it - it is on the halfway-line, it is clear and obviously offside, everybody in the stadium could probably see it. It should be for the assistant referee to make the decision. There are small margins in the box, I understand why they are a bit hesitant, but in open play, if somebody is sprinting, you could cause hamstring, quad, and all types of muscle injuries.
I am totally against this rule of waiting to put up the flag and I think most players and managers are as well. It's disappointing. I think it's a rule that nobody likes, and I'm sure in the summer off the back of this injury, one that will probably be reassessed.
Fara Williams was speaking to BBC Sport's Nicola Pearson
Alex Howell
BBC Sport football news reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesBBC Sport's football news reporter Alex Howell has been answering your questions on the transfer window.
Paul, Dublin: I hope we don't leave ourselves with such a small squad again. Even when most of the squad was fit, Mikel Arteta was slow to rotate. There's no point in having squad players who just fill out the bench on matchdays.
Alex: Arteta has done a great job at Arsenal but one criticism is that he does not rotate his squad that well, and as you say it is not the biggest. Arteta would say that injuries have robbed him of the opportunity to rotate, but look at the Gunners' win over PSV in the Champions League. Going into the second leg, the Gunners were 7-1 up and he started Declan Rice. And then, when Arsenal were 9-3 up aggregate, he brought on Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Martinelli.
Oleksandr Zinchenko is an example of this. Yes, he started that second leg in midfield, but when he arrived at the club from Manchester City, he was a key part of the squad, but since the emergence of Myles Lewis-Skelly and the g of Riccardo Calafiori he has barely played. He can play in midfield but Arteta likes to play and keep the rhythm of his key players.
The Arsenal boss has probably learned from this season's injury crisis and will say that if he has more players in his squad who are at a level he thinks is good enough, he can use more of them.
Read more of Tuesday's transfer Q&A with BBC Sport's football experts
Josh Lobley
BBC Sport Journalist
Image source, Getty ImagesOver the past few weeks, some of you have shared your disappointment in Arsenal's ability to make money through player sales.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's transfer to Liverpool in 2017, reportedly about £35m, still remains the club's record sale - a figure beaten by almost every other Premier League side.
In the past 10 seasons, the other 'big six' teams have received more for a player 22 times between them.
Arsenal have made decent money from selling academy graduates, including Emile Smith Rowe and Eddie Nketiah, but their struggles lie in making returns on players who have cost massive fees. Alexandre Lacazette, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Nicolas Pepe were signed for a combined total of more than £170m and all ended up leaving north London on free transfers.
More players could leave the club for nothing this summer, with Kieran Tierney's departure already confirmed and midfield duo Thomas Partey and Jorginho currently set to become free agents in June.
However, there is hope in the track record of recently appointed sporting director Andrea Berta.
While he was at Atletico Madrid, striker Antoine Griezmann was signed from Real Sociedad for £24.8m in 2014 and five years later was sold to Barcelona for £103m. Atletico then bought him back in 2021 for just £16.5m.
Future Ballon d'Or winner Rodri was signed for £16.5m in 2018 and sold to Manchester City the following year for £62.5m, while Slovenian goalkeeper Jan Oblak signed from Benfica in 2014 for just £13m.
Can Berta have similar transfer success with Arsenal?
Only time will tell.
It is not just our gossip column that is lasering in on Arsenal's hunt for a new striker.
The back pages of the Daily Express, the Mirror and the Star all lead on the matter, specifically that the Gunners are pushing to sign Sporting and Sweden forward Viktor Gyokeres.
The 26-year-old has been in sensational goalscoring form since moving to Portugal from Coventry in 2023 and has been linked with several Premier League clubs as a result.
Arsenal and Liverpool are vying to sign Bournemouth's 20-year-old Spain centre-back Dean Huijsen, who is also being tracked by Real Madrid. (Sky , external)
Huijsen dreams of ing Real Madrid, but the Premier League's top two, along with Chelsea are prepared to trigger the defender's £50m release clause to get the deal done this month. (Fabrizio Romano, external)
Meanwhile, Arsenal want to sign Sporting Lisbon's 26-year-old Sweden forward Viktor Gyokeres, who has an agreement with the Portuguese side that he can leave if another club agrees to pay about £60m. (Mirror, external)
As well as Gyokeres, Arsenal are also interested in RB Leipzig's Slovenia forward Benjamin Sesko, 21. (Sky Sports, external)
Want more transfer stories? Read Wednesday's full gossip column
Alex Howell
BBC Sport football news reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesArsenal have an important game against Newcastle on Sunday as they look to secure their place in the Champions League next season.
Mikel Merino is going to be suspended following his red card in the 2-2 draw with Liverpool on Sunday, while Declan Rice is also a doubt after missing the match at Anfield with a hamstring issue.
Leandro Trossard also had to be withdrawn with a knock and it could mean that Mikel Arteta will have to be creative in a match that the Gunners need a result.
It is a familiar feeling for Arteta, whose side have been plagued with injuries. Alongside Merino and Rice, the Arsenal manager will be without Gabriel Jesus, Kai Havertz, Gabriel and Takehiro Tomiyasu.
Jurrien Timber did not play on Sunday against Liverpool and was not fit enough to come off the bench, leaving another question mark for Arteta.
The Arsenal backline still has options despite the injuries but in midfield is where the issues start.
With both Rice and Merino unlikely to feature, that leaves one of Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ethan Nwaneri or Myles Lewis-Skelly as alternative options.
Jack Henry-Francis has been on the bench in recent weeks but it is very unlikely that Arteta puts him in against one of the Premier League's most dominant midfields.
Lewis-Skelly's natural position is in the centre of midfield and he could shift into that position with Riccardo Calafiori coming in at left-back.
Gabriel Martinelli caused issues for Liverpool when he shifted centrally and scored in the draw on Sunday.
Arteta highlighted how his pace causes defences problems and he could be used there if Nwaneri or Raheem Sterling come into the attack, in the event that Trossard is not fit enough to be included in the starting line-up.
Alex Howell
BBC Sport football news reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesBBC Sport's football news reporter Alex Howell has been answering your questions on the transfer window.
Guy, Nottingham: As an Arsenal fan, I understand the need for a proper striker, but I'm not sure spending £150m on Alexander Isak is the best use of our money. Do you think we would be getting a Benjamin Sesko or Jonathan David for a cheaper price and then strengthening other positions like left wing or attacking midfield, or splashing the cash on one complete game-changer like Isak?
Alex: That problem is exactly why Arsenal have hired Andrea Berta. There is no doubt that Isak would take Arsenal up a level. He's proven that he is a top-level forward, and his goal record this season shows that again.
g him is very difficult and is made even harder if Newcastle get into the Champions League.
Sesko has been monitored for a while, is younger and would fit the Arsenal profile.
I think Arsenal need an attacking midfield player as well as a forward to supplement their attack.
Laura Kirk-Francis
Fan writer
Image source, Getty ImagesWhen Luis Diaz scored in the 22nd minute on Sunday to put Liverpool 2-0 up, I confess that I turned the TV off and went for a walk. I'm not proud of it, but it has been an already exhausting week for Arsenal fans, having lost at home to Bournemouth last weekend and exited the Champions League on Wednesday nigh Sometimes it's just too tempting to run away from reality.
It seems that exhaustion is a sentiment shared by both fans and players alike. Despite the Gunners' chaotic and vulnerable first half, there were still plenty of 'what if' moments and missed chances that fans have grown all too familiar with this season.
It was therefore a rather pleasant surprise when I turned the TV back on to see how bad the damage was, to be met with a 2-2 scoreline.
This game was perhaps a perfect summation of Arsenal's season. When it's been bad, it's been rotten. Mikel Arteta's fury with his team's first-half performance was perhaps a reflection of months of frustration, as much as just the 45 minutes prior.
And yet, the Gunners clawed their way back to 2-2 with an excellent second half performance. Whatever Arteta said at half-time clearly worked.
We're at the stage of the season where it's obligatory to declare what we have learnt about our team over the past 10 months. For many Arsenal fans, this has been a rollercoaster: the type that makes you feel quite sick and desperate to get off.
But if there's one thing I have learnt, it's that Arsenal might be down, but they'll never be out.
And that is something of which we can be proud.
Find more from Laura Kirk-Francis at the Latte Firm podcast, external
Alex Howell
BBC Sport football news reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesBBC Sport's football news reporter Alex Howell has been answering your questions on the transfer window.
Alex, London: How much truth is there to the rumours Bukayo Saka is now unsettled at Arsenal and where do you think he will go? Madrid? City? Maybe even Newcastle?
Alex Howell: I don't think there is any truth to that. Speaking about his future before the Champions League quarter-final with Real Madrid he said: "I want to win and I want to win wearing this badge so I think it's pretty clear."
The fans love Saka, and he loves being at Arsenal. Of course top level players want to win but I don't feel there's any chance of him leaving.
On the latest episode of BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club, the discussed the type of striker that Arsenal may look to bring in this summer.
"Mikel Arteta spent his first 18 months [at Arsenal] getting rid of egos - he got rid of [Mesut] Ozil, he got rid of [Pierre-Emerick] Aubameyang. He wanted players who would buckle to his system," The Observer's Rory Smith said.
"Quite a lot of strikers out there that have quite big egos. They would be available, but they might be quite tricky to work with.
"Victor Osimhen - I think it would not be an easy deal to do - and he will expect things to be arranged in a certain way for him."
Watch the full episode on BBC iPlayer or listen on BBC Sounds
Image source, Getty ImagesWe asked for your views on Arsenal's Premier League match against Liverpool.
Here are some of your comments:
Sam: For the first time in a while, I think we can be happy about getting a draw. The first half was shambolic - Liverpool were bullying us. But in the second half, the decision to move Gabriel Martinelli to the middle from Mikel Arteta proved key and it was a brilliant fightback against the champions. Without Mikel Merino's red card, there might have even been a chance we went on to win it.
Phill: Is this season still going? Really though, after that Paris St-Germain tie where we gave so much, and on top of the rough season we have had with injuries and cards, that first half was very expected against a Liverpool who have been supreme this season. I liked that Mikel changed things up and focused down Liverpool's left-hand side.
Rachel: After a disastrous first half, we managed to salvage something from the game and save face. Arsenal were just heading into anonymity as seems to be usual at this stage of the season. I'm proud of the way the players picked themselves up and dug in. Let's see if we can hang on for second place.
Ali: Seemed a bit flat first half, probably post midweek. But whatever Arteta said at half-time worked. Same issues in of directness but he's done a fantastic job this season. We just need a few clinical attackers to partner with Bukayo Saka, and a rejuvenated Martin Odegaard.
Lew: First half was so bad from Arsenal - running around like a bunch of headless chickens. William Saliba hasn't been the same since Gabriel got injured and all the Real Madrid rumours. We are missing players and now we have lost two more with Leandro Trossard pulling up and Merino's red card.
Vince: Trossard seldom disappoints and this game showed once more how valuable and underrated he is. He was everywhere and, perhaps with most of Liverpool's defensive attention trained on Odegaard, Trossard had space to dictate play. He single-handedly pulled us level with his energy and if Merino hadn't been sent off, we could have nicked it towards the end. Pity.
