@Bache Tehroon I am no lawyer and dont know about EPL, but I was watching an expert talk about LA LIGA, in Spain the rule of the league somewhere says, the team with most amount of points once EVERY TEAM in the league has played 38 games is crowned champion, something along those lines, so they were saying, if even "1" team does NOT play the final game, league winner can not be announced. which is why (in Spain at least) the cup is given once ALL teams played 38 games, EVEN if mathematically its impossible to catch the first team.