With most clubs having sealed their faith in recent weeks there are plenty of Premier League fixtures this weekend that will have no impact on a teams' European/relegation prospects.
Your Leicesters vs Bournemouths, or Southamptons vs Stokes really have little appeal for the neutral viewer, and even some of the fans.
But the game between Manchester United and Crystal Palace may have a lot more on the line than it seems.
With United destined for sixth and Palace floating in mid-table, and Mourinho last week announcing that he will be making tons of changes for the game, you would be forgiven for thinking that this match was one that just isn’t worth keeping an eye on.
But for Palace, the financial gain between finishing 11th as opposed to 17th could be worth as much as £11.4m.
After their trashing of Hull last week, Allardyce’s men sit 13th which puts them in a position to make £15.2m in prize money, not a bad reward.
However, if they manage to pull off a win, which is very realistic given United’s slack attitude to the game, they could jump to 11th which would command £19m.
Mourinho, "If we make the final then the players who will be selected will not play against Crystal Palace on the Sunday."
— Chris Winterburn (@cmwinterburn) May 3, 2017
On the flipside, if they were to lose they could potentially drop right down to 17th place which would drop their prize money right down to £7.6m if other results don’t go their way.
This means there could be a £11.4 difference between Palace’s best and worst case scenarios this Sunday.
