The Top Four trophy. It used to be something Arsene Wenger would stick on his CV (and how we mocked...not now, Arsenal fans, eh?) as he failed to keep pace with whoever was romping to the Premier League title that season.
The race for a Champions League place is often more interesting than who is going to lift the title, and this year is no different.
With Manchester City out of sight, even despite Leeds United’s heroics, attention turns to who will qualify for Europe’s premier competition next season.
Manchester United look comfortable in second, but below them it is a bun fight. Defending Premier League champions Liverpool have ground to make up on those above them but showed their fighting spirit last weekend with a last-gasp winner against Aston Villa.
Elsewhere, Leicester City look like they could blow up as they did last season, Chelsea came back from a 5-2 hammering by relegation strugglers West Brom to qualify for this season’s Champions League semi-final, while dark horses West Ham under the Moyessiah are definitely in the frame.
Then there are outside bets like Spurs (cough...no chance...cough) and Everton.
At the bottom end, who will go down? Newcastle United gave themselves a fighting chance by beating Burnley, who still aren’t out of danger. Can Fulham and West Brom haul themselves out of the bottom three?
Data analysts FiveThirtyEight have taken a look at the remaining fixtures and predicted the final placings:
13. Southampton - 44 points
The league season has petered out for the Saints after topping the table in November. All the focus is on the FA Cup semi-final with Leicester City. Current points tally: 36. Photo: CLIVE BRUNSKILL
14. Crystal Palace - 43 points
A comfortable finish predicted for Palace, who are preparing for a big summer with Roy Hodgson and a number of first-team players out of contract. Current points tally: 38. Photo: IAN WALTON
15. Brighton and Hove Albion - 43 points
A bizarre season for Brighton so far but the most important thing for them is they’re being predicted to retain their Premier League status. Current points tally: 33. Photo: JOHN WALTON
16. Burnley - 40 points
Sean Dyche’s side are tipped to get to the magic 40 points - which should be more than enough to survive in the Premier League this season. Current points tally: 33. Photo: PETER POWELL