{"id":552432,"date":"2026-04-26T23:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T23:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/552432\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T23:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T23:58:12","slug":"how-many-points-do-man-utd-need-to-guarantee-champions-league-qualification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/552432\/","title":{"rendered":"How many points do Man Utd need to guarantee Champions League qualification?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/man-utd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd<\/a> are currently level on points with Liverpool and Aston Villa in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/premier-league\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a> table, but crucially have played a game fewer than their direct rivals for a Champions League spot.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, the incentive for Michael Carrick\u2019s side is victory would leave them on the brink of sealing a return to the Champions League before facing Liverpool in what will almost be a shootout for third.<\/p>\n<p>When factoring in Man United play three of their remaining five Premier League matches at home and a clear freshness in comparison to their rivals, it would take an almighty collapse to not finish in the top five.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United\u2019s remaining Premier League fixtures<\/p>\n<p>Nottingham Forest (H), May 17<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BrunoFernandes18042026.jpeg\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2077\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sc-eqUAAy kRUyJB\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bruno Fernandes has helped put Manchester United on the brink of Champions League qualification<\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>How many points to Manchester United need to guarantee Champions League qualification?<\/p>\n<p>Man United\u2019s maximum points total is 73 but they are not required to win all their remaining matches to qualify for next season\u2019s Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, 63 points would make sure of a top-five finish as Brighton &#8211; currently in sixth &#8211; can only reach 62 points if they win their last four matches which includes Man Utd at home on the final day of the season.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, United need five more points from a possible 15 available to be back at Europe\u2019s top table and that works out to be one win and two draws from their remaining matches.<\/p>\n<p>This means Man United have the security blanket of knowing they can afford to lose twice and still achieve their target of Champions League football.<\/p>\n<p>There is a scenario where Man Utd beat Brentford and qualify for the Champions League before facing Liverpool, but Brighton and Bournemouth would have to drop points against Newcastle and Crystal Palace respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Man Utd are currently level on points with Liverpool and Aston Villa in the Premier League table, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,3913,1577,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-552432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-man-united","tag-man-utd","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552432","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=552432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}