Premier League Table: Latest 2015 EPL Standings and Predictions for Matchday 38

The 2014-15 Premier League campaign has come and gone all too quickly, and the final weekend of the season now sits just days away, with another summer of frantic waiting coming along with it.

However, before that dreaded part of the calendar announces itself, fans will cling to Matchday 38 for all it's worth, some supporters coming into the closing week with higher prospects than others.    

Who will outgun whom in the hunt for European football? Can Hull City perform a last-minute turnaround and avoid dropping down to the Championship? Can champions Chelsea finish on a high note?

The last batch of fixtures is set to answer that and so much more, and we predict some of those outcomes ahead along with a full look at the standings coming into Week 38.

Position	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chelsea	37	25	9	3	70	31	+39	84
2	Manchester City	37	23	7	7	81	38	+43	76
3	Arsenal	36	21	8	7	67	35	+32	71
4	Manchester United	37	20	9	8	62	37	+25	69
5	Liverpool	37	18	8	11	51	42	+9	62
6	Tottenham	37	18	7	12	57	53	+4	61
7	Southampton	37	18	6	13	54	31	+23	60
8	Swansea	37	16	8	13	46	48	-2	56
9	Stoke	37	14	9	14	42	44	-2	51
10	Everton	37	12	11	14	48	49	-1	47
11	West Ham	37	12	11	14	44	45	-1	47
12	Crystal Palace	37	12	9	16	46	51	-5	45
13	West Bromwich Albion	37	11	11	15	37	47	-10	44
14	Leicester	37	10	8	19	41	54	-13	38
15	Aston Villa	37	10	8	19	31	56	-25	38
16	Sunderland	36	7	16	13	30	50	-20	37
17	Newcastle United	37	9	9	19	38	63	-25	36
18	Hull	37	8	10	19	33	51	-18	34
19	Burnley	37	6	12	19	27	53	-26	30
20	Queens Park Rangers	37	8	6	23	41	68	-27	30

Date	Time	Home	Prediction	Away
Sunday, May 24	3 p.m. BST/10 a.m. ET	Arsenal	3-0	West Brom
Sunday, May 24	3 p.m. BST/10 a.m. ET	Aston Villa	2-0	Burnley
Sunday, May 24	3 p.m. BST/10 a.m. ET	Chelsea	4-1	Sunderland
Sunday, May 24	3 p.m. BST/10 a.m. ET	Crystal Palace	2-1	Swansea City
Sunday, May 24	3 p.m. BST/10 a.m. ET	Everton	2-2	Tottenham Hotspur
Sunday, May 24	3 p.m. BST/10 a.m. ET	Hull City	1-3	Manchester United
Sunday, May 24	3 p.m. BST/10 a.m. ET	Leicester City	2-1	QPR
Sunday, May 24	3 p.m. BST/10 a.m. ET	Manchester City	3-2	Southampton
Sunday, May 24	3 p.m. BST/10 a.m. ET	Newcastle United	1-1	West Ham United
Sunday, May 24	3 p.m. BST/10 a.m. ET	Stoke City	1-1	Liverpool

Liverpool Lurch to Collect Fifth-Place Finish

After the second-place finish of last season, hopes on Merseyside were so high that Liverpool would be capable of an assault on the title this term, but reality hasn't been so kind to Brendan Rodgers and his troops.

Travelling to the Britannia Stadium on the final day of the season isn't a fate many top-flight sides would wish for, especially for Liverpool, who have won just one of their six Premier League trips to face Stoke City.

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With just a point separating Liverpool, fifth, from Tottenham Hotspur in sixth, the Reds need to end with a flourish if they're to seal a place in next term's Europa League, but defeat could see them finish as low as seventh.

Some see Europe's second-tier competition as doing more harm than good for a club that feels it should be in the Champions League, but the Liverpool Echo's Kristian Walsh notes a sixth-place finish could mean an extremely busy summer:

That's because sixth would only be enough for a place in the competition's third qualifying round, an extra workload the club would undoubtedly rather go without as they prepare for 2015-16.

Encouragingly for Rodgers, that one Britannia victory did come in the club's most recent trip to Stoke—a 5-3 win in January 2014—but Mark Hughes' side nevertheless make for a daunting host against which to end a campaign.

Date	Home	Score	Away
January 12, 2014	Stoke City	3-5	Liverpool
December 26, 2012	Stoke City	3-1	Liverpool
September 10, 2011	Stoke City	1-0	Liverpool
November 13, 2010	Stoke City	2-0	Liverpool
January 16, 2010	Stoke City	1-1	Liverpool
January 10, 2009	Stoke City	0-0	Liverpool

What's more, Spurs and Southampton face tough trips of their own to Everton and Manchester respectively, and it may be only too plausible that none of the three travelling teams win on the final day.

The Toffees have lost just three of the last 10 games across all competitions, and Manchester City showed during a hard-fought 2-1 win over Swansea City that they remain a power to be reckoned with.

It's slightly fortunate for the Reds that a draw against the Potters could be enough to steal fifth. It's not the finish they were seeking nine months ago, but it's the best they can hope for after such a long and arduous season of immense change.

No Change In Race Against Relegation 

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Burnley and Queens Park Rangers have already sealed their places as two of the three relegated parties this season, with Hull City currently sitting in 18th and two points from safety coming into Week 38.

As Sky Sports attests, not only would the Tigers need to win their first-ever Premier League fixture in the month of May to secure survival, but they'd have to do so against Manchester United:

The KC Stadium hosts the Red Devils on Sunday, knowing even three points may not be enough, with Hull needing Newcastle United to lose to West Ham United and Sunderland to lose at Chelsea.

Stoke forward Jonathan Walters told Match of the Day he doesn't think a Manchester United win is as assured as some might suppose, however, taking heed of Hull's home threat:

All things considered, though, it doesn't look good for Steve Bruce's men. Red Devils boss Louis van Gaal will be hopeful of signing off his first season at Old Trafford with style, and Hull's record of three losses on the bounce makes for poor reading.

Whether it comes by small margin or large, it seems only too likely Hull City will suffer defeat at the hands of United and confirm their demise, regardless of how Sunderland and Newcastle United fare.