The Premier League can lay claim to featuring arguably the two best managers in the world, in Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp. Man City supremo Guardiola and Liverpool boss Klopp have shared the last five domestic titles, while being involved in four Champions League finals.
Huddersfield take on Nottingham Forest in an intriguing Championship play-off final, with a place in the Premier League at stake. Forest arguably have the better team on paper, but Town are resilient, hang in there in matches and have a happy knack of taking their chances.
Cincinnati will look to continue their impressive recent away form when they travel to Montreal on Sunday. Pat Noonan’s side have won their last three on the road and face an Impact team who have lost their last two MLS fixtures.
Vancouver edged out Kansas City 1-0 on home turf last month but a switch in venue to Children’s Mercy Park could even things up this weekend. Both teams have put in a series of solid performances of late but they still fill the bottom two places in the Western Conference table.
Burnley will stay in the Premier League if beating Newcastle but we reckon a draw at Turf Moor could leave the Clarets sweating on events elsewhere. They would then have to hope that Leeds fail to win at Brentford, as a thrilling relegation battle goes right down to the wire.
Tottenham are now in pole position for the final Champions League place heading into the last game of the season against Norwich. Antonio Conte’s side leapfrogged north London rivals Arsenal with a 1-0 home win over Burnley before the Gunners went down 2-0 at Newcastle.
West Ham will be trying to pip Man Utd to sixth place in the Premier League table when visiting Brighton in the final round of fixtures. Moving up would mean an upgrade from the Europa Conference League to the Europa League, with the Hammers currently two points behind.
Burnley can climb back out of the Premier League relegation zone if picking up a point at Aston Villa but we fear that will be a difficult task. They have drawn at Villa Park for the past two seasons, but the bad news is they were beaten 3-1 at home by Villa earlier this month.
Everton missed a good chance to end their relegation fears when losing to Brentford and now face a tricky test against Crystal Palace. The Eagles are unbeaten in four matches, playing well and still hoping to finish the season in the top half of the Premier League table.
Montreal’s impressive run of results came to an end at Nashville in midweek but they will hope to resume winning ways when hosting Real Salt Lake. The visitors have gone five away games without a victory, picking up only two points and scoring just a couple of goals.
Vancouver continued their resurgence with a win over Dallas in midweek but may find travelling to Charlotte tough on a quick turnaround. CLTFC have generally been strong at home in their inaugural campaign and should benefit from having more time to prepare.
Rangers have already knocked two German clubs out of the Europa League and are rated a value bet to beat Eintracht Frankfurt in the final. Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig both finished well ahead of Frankfurt in the Bundesliga this term, so the Glasgow outfit have little to fear.
Montreal did us a favour when winning at Charlotte as underdogs over the weekend and are now also backed to avoid defeat at Nashville. Wilfried Nancy’s side are unbeaten in their last eight matches and shooting up the MLS table following a poor start to the current campaign.
Liverpool can close to within just one point of Premier League leaders Manchester City if beating Southampton at St Mary’s Stadium. The Reds are still chasing a historic quadruple and victory here would set up a tense final day of the domestic season next weekend.