Premier League top five Champions League chances – Bookies react after Sunday’s games | OneFootball

Some interesting odds on Premier League top five for the 2024/25 season where Newcastle United are concerned.

With bookies taking stock after Sunday’s matches, regarding those chasing Champions League places.

Newcastle 2-0 winners over Chelsea, then Forest only drawing 2-2 with Leicester.

That followed Saturday’s narrow 1-0 win for Villa at Bournemouth and Man Coty only drawing 0-0 at Southampton.

The bookies always have a market for finishing Premier League top four but a lot of the major bookies have now also introduced a market on who will finish Premier League top five.

With of course five PL clubs to qualify via their domestic league position for the Champions League.

The bookies and punters reacting to how things now stand in the Premier League table (see below), as well of course, how they are now seeing the underlying strengths of the various teams and squads.

Listed below are the general Premier League odds now (Monday 12 May 2025) available from the various bookies for the 2024/25 season

Firstly though, his is how the Premier League table looks on Monday 12 May 2025:

Bookies odds to finish Premier League top five:

Liverpool – Now guaranteed top five

Arsenal – No offers on the Gunners as seen as sure thing

1/25 Newcastle United

1/14 Man City

4/7 Chelsea

8/5 Villa

5/1 Forest

As you can see the bookies and punters now seeing Newcastle United as a massive odds on (1/25) chance to get top five and Champions League football.

Bookies odds to finish Premier League top four:

Liverpool now guaranteed top four

1/100 Arsenal

1/5 Newcastle United

2/7 Man City

9/4 Chelsea

11/2 Forest

25/1 Villa

Newcastle United now the one most fancied by bookies and punters to finish top four with Liverpool and Arsenal, Man City the next most fancied.

The remaining matches for the Champions League chasing clubs:

Arsenal 68 points GD +33

Newcastle (H), Southampton (A)

Newcastle United 66 points GD +23

Arsenal (A), Everton (H)

Man City 65 points GD +24

Bournemouth (H), Fulham (A)

Chelsea 63 points GD +19

Man U (H), Forest (A)

Villa 63 points GD +7

Spurs (H), Man U (A)

Forest 62 points GD +12

West Ham (A), Chelsea (H)

Newcastle 2 Chelsea 0 – Sunday 11 May 12pm

(Stats via BBC Sport)

Goals:

Newcastle United:

Tonali 2, Bruno 90

Chelsea:

Jackson red card 35

Possession was Newcastle 45% Chelsea 55%

Total shots were Newcastle 15 Chelsea 10

Shots on target were Newcastle 6 Chelsea 3

Corners were Newcastle 2 Chelsea 8

Touches in the box Newcastle 39 Chelsea 22

Newcastle United team v Chelsea:

Pope, Botman (Miley 55), Schar, Burn, Livramento, Gordon (Krafth 65), Tonali, Bruno (Longstaff 94), Barnes, Isak (Wilson 94), Murphy

Subs:

Dubravka, Lascelles, Osula, Neave, Ruddy

(Newcastle 2 Chelsea 0 – Match ratings and comments on all Newcastle United players – Read HERE)

(BBC Sport comments from ‘neutrals’ – Interesting on Newcastle United after Chelsea 2-0…Read HERE)