Liverpool poised for Premier League coronation Leicester Ipswich for relegation

LONDON – Liverpool could seal the English Premier League on April 20 should the runaway leaders condemn Leicester City to relegation and Arsenal suffer a Champions League hangover by losing at Ipswich Town.

Victory for the Gunners at Portman Road could also see Ipswich mathematically relegated should West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers win.

Unlike the battles for the league title and to avoid the drop, which are more or less decided, the race for a place in next season’s Champions League is set to go down to the wire.

Just five points separate Newcastle United in third from seventh-placed Aston Villa ahead of their clash at Villa Park.

Here is a look at the major talking points ahead of this weekend’s action.

1. Liverpool’s Super Sunday?

Thirteen points clear at the top of the table with six games to go, it is only a question of when not if Liverpool will move level with Manchester United on a record 20 English top-flight titles.

Two more wins will finish the job for Arne Slot’s men and they could not ask for more obliging fixtures as a trip to beleaguered Leicester is followed by struggling Tottenham Hotspur’s trip to Anfield.

However, the title race may not even go beyond Easter Sunday should Ipswich inflict Arsenal’s first league defeat since February.

The focus of attention for Mikel Arteta’s men has been switched to Champions League glory after an emphatic 5-1 aggregate win over holders Real Madrid in the quarter-finals.

2. Three up, three down concern

Southampton’s return to the Championship at the first time of asking was confirmed in record time with seven games remaining.

Leicester and Ipswich have not fared much better to spark concerns over the growing chasm between the Premier League and the second tier.

For the second consecutive