Who can be promoted, relegated and secure European or playoff spot this weekend? – 8th April 2022

In this article, with another busy weekend ahead, we look at who can be promoted, relegated and secure European or playoff spot this weekend?

With the season’s end just around the corner, and many already turning their focus to new campaign, keen punters are checking out the best sports betting sites for a flutter.

This is the first matchweek which sees potential ups and down in professional English football, so here is what could be confirmed…

Premier League

We already know that the top four teams will qualify for the Champions League group stage.

There are also places in the Champions League group stage kept for those who win this season’s Champions League and Europa League, regardless of their domestic league positions.

If English sides win both competitions but finish outside the top four, there can only be a maximum of five English teams in the Champions League, so the fourth-placed team will enter the Europa League.

The Premier League team that finishes in 5th place will qualify for the Europa League group stage, along with the FA Cup winners. If the FA Cup winners have already qualified for the Champions League, that Europa place reverts to the league. Still with us?

Liverpool winning the Carabao Cup final means at worst they will qualify for the Europa Conference League play-off round. However the way it’s going, we know that it looks likely they qualify for Europe by their league position, that Conference League spot will revert to the league.

Manchester City are also assured of playing in Europe as they can finish no lower than sixth, but both of those teams are bound to qualify for the Champions League with both City and Liverpool really the only teams battling from the title.

If Leicester win the Europa Conference League, they will qualify for the Europa League group stage.

Placement of clubs in European competitions is expected to change after UEFA suspended Russian teams from all its competitions following the invasion of Ukraine.

The bottom three teams will be relegated to the Championship, no one can do that this weekend. Though the first team to win promotion from the second tier could be sealed in the next few days.

This weekend’s fixtures:
Newcastle United v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arsenal v Brighton & Hove Albion
Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur
Everton v Manchester United
Southampton v Chelsea
Watford v Leeds United
Brentford v West Ham United
Leicester City v Crystal Palace
Manchester City v Liverpool
Norwich City v Burnley

SEE MORE: Premier League fixtures live on TV this week

These graphics by Experimental361 below down how much the league table can change during the next round of fixtures as follows:

Championship

As usual, the top two teams will be automatically promoted to the Premier League, with the next four getting a playoff place.

League leaders Fulham, who are assured of at least a playoff place, require a maximum of six points from their remaining seven games to clinch promotion – and could do so this weekend if they win against Coventry and Nottingham Forest fall to defeat against Birmingham.

The bottom three teams will be relegated to League One, but nothing will be confirmed this weekend.

This weekend’s fixtures:
Blackburn Rovers v Blackpool
Bristol City v Peterborough United
Middlesbrough v Hull City
Millwall v Barnsley
Nottingham Forest v Birmingham City
Preston North End v Queens Park Rangers
Reading v Cardiff City
Sheffield United v AFC Bournemouth
Swansea City v Derby County
West Bromwich Albion v Stoke City
Fulham v Coventry City
Huddersfield Town v Luton Town

These graphics by Experimental361 below down how much the league table can change during the next round of fixtures as follows:

League One

As we know, the top two teams will be automatically promoted to the Championship, with the next four entering a play-off.

The bottom four teams will be relegated to League Two with bottom club Crewe potentially being on Saturday if they lose away to Doncaster or if other results go against them such as Morecambe and Fleetwood winning.

Crewe looked doomed anyway in the fact that Fleetwood still have to play relegation rivals AFC Wimbledon and Gillingham.

This weekend’s fixtures:
AFC Wimbledon v Milton Keynes Dons
Bolton Wanderers v Sheffield Wednesday
Burton Albion v Plymouth Argyle
Cambridge United v Morecambe
Cheltenham Town v Portsmouth 
Doncaster Rovers v Crewe Alexandra
Fleetwood Town v Accrington Stanley
Gillingham v Wycombe Wanderers
Lincoln City v Wigan Athletic
Oxford United v Sunderland
Rotherham United v Charlton Athletic
Shrewsbury Town v Ipswich Town

These graphics by Experimental361 below down how much the league table can change during the next round of fixtures as follows:

League Two

The top three teams will be automatically promoted to League One, with the next four entering a playoff, no one can go up this weekend however.

The bottom two teams will be relegated to the National League with Scunthorpe set to be relegated on Saturday if they lose against Mansfield and Barrow and Oldham both win.

This weekend’s fixtures:
Carlisle United v Exeter City
Colchester United v Stevenage
Crawley Town v Barrow
Forest Green Rovers v Hartlepool United 
Northampton Town v Bradford City
Port Vale v Oldham Athletic
Rochdale v Walsall
Salford City v Harrogate Town
Scunthorpe United v Mansfield Town
Sutton United v Leyton Orient
Swindon Town v Newport County
Tranmere Rovers v Bristol Rovers

These graphics by Experimental361 below down how much the league table can change during the next round of fixtures as follows: