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Premier League permutations: Hull to drop after Chelsea clinch title?

Alexis Sanchez celebrates opening the scoring for Arsenal
Image: Arsenal have made a late charge for the top four

Arsenal's victory at Southampton on Wednesday looks to have taken the race for European qualification down to the wire.

It's just as tight down the bottom, with Middlesbrough's relegation on Monday leaving Hull and Swansea scrambling to avoid the drop.

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Ahead of a mammoth set of fixtures, we examine the weekend's Premier League permutations...

Race for the title

CHELSEA clinched the Premier League title with a late win at West Brom on Friday.

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West Brom 0-1 Chelsea

Michy Batshuayi's 82nd-minute winner means the Blues are now 10 points clear of second-placed TOTTENHAM, who have three games left to play.

Top-four battle

Arsenal kept up their late charge with a 2-0 win at Southampton on Wednesday and now sit three points behind Manchester City and four off Liverpool, with a game in hand on the Reds.

Olivier Giroud came off the bench to head Arsenal's second at St Mary's
Image: Olivier Giroud came off the bench to head Arsenal's second at St Mary's

But should ARSENAL lose at Stoke on Saturday and MANCHESTER UNITED fail to win at Spurs, then a victory for LIVERPOOL away at West Ham on Sunday would secure a top-four finish for Jurgen Klopp's side.

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Fight for survival

HULL will be relegated alongside Sunderland and Boro if they lose at Crystal Palace on Sunday and SWANSEA beat Sunderland on Saturday.

A draw would secure safety for PALACE, as well as WATFORD and BURNLEY, who would be out of reach of Hull but leave the Tigers on the brink - by virtue of their inferior goal difference - were Swansea to triumph.

Jason Denayer and Alfred N'Diaye in action during the Premier League match at the KCOM Stadium
Image: Hull could join Sunderland in the second tier this weekend

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The Hornets and Clarets can also control their own destiny with a point in their respective fixtures - Watford travel to Everton on Friday while Burnley are in action on Saturday at Bournemouth.

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