{"id":538777,"date":"2026-04-19T03:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T03:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/538777\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T03:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T03:28:11","slug":"man-uniteds-final-five-league-fixtures-compared-to-top-five-rivals-after-victory-over-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/538777\/","title":{"rendered":"Man United’s final five league fixtures compared to top-five rivals after victory over Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester United remain in pole position to qualify for next season’s Champions League following their seismic win away to Chelsea<\/p>\n

22:00, 18 Apr 2026Updated 22:00, 18 Apr 2026<\/p>\n

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Manchester United picked up a huge three points against Chelsea thanks to a Matheus Cunha strike(Image: (Photo by Ash Donelon\/Manchester United via Getty Images))<\/p>\n

Manchester United have taken a huge step towards securing Champions League football after beating top-five rivals Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. It was a superb display from United, given their defensive absentees, and their favourable upcoming games compared to rivals suggest a spot in the Champions League is all but confirmed.<\/p>\n

There is still a job to do, but achieving that certainly got easier when Cunha opened the scoring in west London<\/a> with a smart first-time finish from Bruno Fernandes’ low cross just before half-time. The Blues had their chances to equalise in the second 45, with Senne Lammens’ crossbar struck twice, but they could not find a way through.<\/p>\n

10 points now separate the two teams, with United needing a victory against Brentford in their next game to guarantee a top-five finish if Chelsea do not beat Brighton on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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With all of that being said, the Manchester Evening News has taken a look at United’s next Premier League<\/a> fixtures in comparison to their Champions League<\/a> qualification rivals.<\/p>\n

Man United’s final five league fixtures<\/p>\n

Brentford (H) – Monday, April 27<\/p>\n

Liverpool<\/a> (H) – Sunday, May 3<\/p>\n

Sunderland (A) – Saturday, May 9<\/p>\n

Nottingham Forest (H) – TBC<\/p>\n

Brighton (A) – Sunday, May 24<\/p>\n

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Aston Villa’s final six league fixtures<\/p>\n

Sunderland (H) – Sunday, April 19<\/p>\n

Fulham (A) – Saturday, April 25<\/p>\n

Tottenham (H) – Saturday, May 2<\/p>\n

Burnley (A) – Saturday, May 9<\/p>\n

Liverpool (H) – TBC<\/p>\n

Man City (A) – Sunday, May 24<\/p>\n

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Chelsea’s final five league fixtures<\/p>\n

Brighton (A) – Tuesday, April 21<\/p>\n

Nottingham Forest (H) – Monday, May 4<\/p>\n

Liverpool (A) – Saturday, May 9<\/p>\n

Tottenham (H) – TBC<\/p>\n

Sunderland (A) – Sunday, May 24<\/p>\n

\"Matheus<\/p>\n

Matheus Cunha scored Manchester United’s winner against Chelsea<\/p>\n

Liverpool’s final six league fixtures<\/p>\n

Everton (A) – Sunday, April 19<\/p>\n

Crystal Palace (H) – Saturday, April 25<\/p>\n

Manchester United<\/a> (A) – Sunday, May 3<\/p>\n

Chelsea<\/a> (H) – Saturday, May 9<\/p>\n

Aston Villa (A) – TBC<\/p>\n

Brentford (H) – Sunday, May 24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United remain in pole position to qualify for next season’s Champions League following their seismic win away…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2501,398,59,134,1441,2949,221,101,397,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-538777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-aston-villa-fc","tag-chelsea-fc","tag-gb","tag-liverpool-fc","tag-manchester-united-fc","tag-manchester-united-fixtures","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-uefa-champions-league","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}