Manchester City or Liverpool? The drama of the final-day finishes - in pictures

Manchester City go into the final match of the Premier League as favourites to lift the trophy – and history is on their side when it comes to last-day finishes.

City lead Liverpool by one point and they both have home games – against Aston Villa and Wolves – respectively on Sunday as all 10 remaining games kick off at the same time.

It will mark the ninth time in the Premier League era that the title race has been decided in the last round of fixtures, and on each of the previous eight occasions, the team in first place before kick-off went on to lift the silverware.

Every Premier League leader playing at home to finish the season has won the game, though City went close to blowing their opportunity in 2012 when Roberto Mancini's team had to score twice in stoppage time to defeat QPR 3-2 and beat Manchester United to the title.

Blackburn Rovers players celebrate after winning the Premiership trophy in 1995. Allsport

Blackburn won their only Premier League title despite losing 2-1 on the final day at Liverpool. Manchester United started the day two points behind in second place but could only draw 1-1 at West Ham.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and Eric Cantona with the FA Cup and Premiership trophy in 1996. Allsport

Alex Ferguson's Manchester United bounced back to win the title the following year, this time having no problems on a final-day fight with Kevin Keegan's Newcastle. United had a two-point lead and won 3-0 at Middlesbrough while Toon, who led the table by 12 points in February, drew 1-1 with Tottenham.

Another title for Manchester United, who needed to come from behind to beat Tottenham 2-1 at home and hold off Arsenal by a point. Arsenal did their job by beating Aston Villa 1-0 and were given