Is anyone actually good enough to clinch a Champions League spot?

Five teams, one place. The race for the final Champions League spot is hotting up. Manchester City and Liverpool are fighting their own battle at the top while Chelsea look set for a comfortable top-four finish. 

One of the reasons the final spot is up for grabs is because none of the teams in the running is really good enough. Their goals scored and points per game is not at the level of those teams who have finished in fourth, or even fifth, over recent seasons.

Only Wolves' defence is as good as fourth-placed finishers since 2010. Who will snatch that final Champions League spot? James Sharpe and Alex Lavery run the rule over the contenders.

WEST HAM

What season this is for West Ham. David Moyes continues to do a phenomenal job with a club that was fighting for survival on his return.

They are the most prolific in front of goal of all of the rivals, helped by the red-hot recent form of Jarrod Bowen.

However, they benefit from having played more games than the chasing pack and have one of the worst points-per-game records among them.

They are more defensively frail than most Champions League contenders.

MANCHESTER UNITED 

Another Manchester United game, another flat performance and yet more accusations of the players not even trying. United have the worst defensive record of all the top-four contenders yet are still overperforming their expected goal stats.

However, despite the frustrations, they average 1.9 points per game under Ralf Rangnick and 0.8 goals against per game which are good enough historically to make the top four. 

Their attacking numbers, though, are still way off.

ARSENAL 

'Trust the process.' That is what Mikel Arteta always says. And, just maybe, we are starting to see the benefits. Arsenal have the