Jamie Carragher disagrees with supercomputer's top five prediction as he tips shock outcome in race for Champions League

Jamie Carragher believes that Chelsea volition miss retired connected Champions League shot adjacent season, pursuing a 2-0 decision to chap top-five chasers Newcastle United connected Sunday afternoon.

The already choky contention to unafraid a spot successful European football's premier contention took different crook astatine St James' Park, aft goals from Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes saw Newcastle borderline past the 10-man Blues and ascent up into 3rd place.

The effect leaves Enzo Maresca's men sitting successful the last Champions League spot, connected 63 points, with conscionable 2 games of their topsy-turvy play remaining.

However, Aston Villa are breathing down their necks, aft a captious triumph distant astatine Bournemouth pulled them level connected points with the westbound London side.

Prior to the weekend's result, Opta's supercomputer predicted that Chelsea were much apt to decorativeness successful the apical 5 than Unai Emery's side, arsenic they were tipped to besides borderline retired Nottingham Forest, who went connected to gaffe up astatine location to Leicester.

However, Carragher - who won the Champions League successful 2005 with Liverpool - is not truthful convinced that Chelsea volition marque their mode backmost into Europe's elite.

'Chelsea volition bushed Man United. It's whether they tin bushed Nottingham Forest away. There volition beryllium a large ambiance there,' Carragher told Sky Sports.

'Maybe adjacent if they can't get Champions League football, I deliberation Nottingham Forest, past crippled of the season, the supporters volition beryllium hopeless to accidental astir similar a large convey you for the play that they've had.

'They've got European football, large achievement. I really deliberation it'll beryllium Chelsea and Nottingham Forest who miss out, and Aston Villa get in.'

Maresca's Blues instrumentality connected 16th spot Manchester United successful their last location crippled of the season, this coming Friday.

They past wrapper up the run astatine chap Champions League hopefuls Forest, who person secured European shot for the archetypal clip successful 3 decades.

Villa besides person to play United to adjacent retired the season, portion they besides instrumentality connected the different Europa League finalists, Tottenham.

Chelsea's extremity quality of 19 is acold superior to that of Villa's seven, truthful their destiny is successful their ain hands heading into the last stretch.

However, with Forest conscionable connected constituent beneath the Blues, who person not played successful the Champions League for 2 seasons, Maresca's men could decorativeness the play arsenic debased arsenic seventh if they suffer astatine the City Ground connected the last day.