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Welcome to the Premier League relegation scrap, Sam Allardyce. Your first mission? Ah…
Leeds’ third manager of the season has joined with just four matches remaining, and this most unexpected of stints begins with arguably the toughest task in world football right now – away at Manchester City.
The Premier League title favourites host Leeds on Saturday, with Allardyce’s new side then hosting third-placed Newcastle the following Saturday.
In what is an unpredictable set of final games, Leeds then head to West Ham on 21 May and welcome Tottenham to Elland Road on the last day of the season, 28 May.
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Points are necessary. How many exactly are required to stay up remains to be seen, but currently 17th in the table their destiny is in their own hands.
The same can be said of Leicester and even Nottingham Forest below them, however, given it is just goal difference separating the three sides, who are one point above Everton and six clear of bottom-club Southampton. As it stands, then, Everton must outperform those above them, with four teams likely fighting to avoid two relegation spots.
Here’s how the run-in of Leeds’ rivals compares to Team Allardyce…
Current position: 16th
A hat-trick of Monday games for Leicester fall before a final-day match that has must-win written all over it. The Foxes will surely need to take points before the last game against the Hammers, with Fulham away perhaps their best bet.
Current position: 18th
Monday’s match at home to Southampton presents Nottingham Forest with a huge opportunity to potentially move out of the relegation zone. The heartbreak of dropping all three points against Brentford may well play on their mind, but this run-in presents some chances – ones they must take.
Current position: 19th
Before Bournemouth, a run of three games where Everton could easily collect zero points, and while a mighty upset is possible at home to Manchester City – they beat Arsenal there in Sean Dyche’s first game in charge – it is away to Brighton and/or Wolves where they must go and get a result.
Current position: 20th
We’re into great-escape territory now for Southampton, who are six points adrift of safety. The writing would appear to be on the wall, and defeat at Forest would all-but relegate them. With seven points the minimum requirement, realistically, the Saints are doomed.
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Leeds’ third manager of the season has joined with just four matches remaining, and this most unexpected of stints begins with arguably the toughest task in world football right now – away at Manchester City.
The Premier League title favourites host Leeds on Saturday, with Allardyce’s new side then hosting third-placed Newcastle the following Saturday.
In what is an unpredictable set of final games, Leeds then head to West Ham on 21 May and welcome Tottenham to Elland Road on the last day of the season, 28 May.
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Points are necessary. How many exactly are required to stay up remains to be seen, but currently 17th in the table their destiny is in their own hands.
The same can be said of Leicester and even Nottingham Forest below them, however, given it is just goal difference separating the three sides, who are one point above Everton and six clear of bottom-club Southampton. As it stands, then, Everton must outperform those above them, with four teams likely fighting to avoid two relegation spots.
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Here’s how the run-in of Leeds’ rivals compares to Team Allardyce…
Leicester
Current position: 16th
- 8 May: Fulham (a)
- 15 May: Liverpool (h)
- 22 May: Newcastle (a)
- 28 May: West Ham (h)
A hat-trick of Monday games for Leicester fall before a final-day match that has must-win written all over it. The Foxes will surely need to take points before the last game against the Hammers, with Fulham away perhaps their best bet.
Nottingham Forest
Current position: 18th
- 8 May: Southampton (h)
- 13 May: Chelsea (a)
- 20 May: Arsenal (h)
- 28 May: Crystal Palace (a)
Monday’s match at home to Southampton presents Nottingham Forest with a huge opportunity to potentially move out of the relegation zone. The heartbreak of dropping all three points against Brentford may well play on their mind, but this run-in presents some chances – ones they must take.
Everton
Current position: 19th
- 8 May: Brighton (a)
- 14 May: Man City (h)
- 20 May: Wolves (a)
- 28 May: Bournemouth (h)
Before Bournemouth, a run of three games where Everton could easily collect zero points, and while a mighty upset is possible at home to Manchester City – they beat Arsenal there in Sean Dyche’s first game in charge – it is away to Brighton and/or Wolves where they must go and get a result.
Southampton
Current position: 20th
- 8 May: Nottingham Forest (a)
- 13 May: Fulham (h)
- 21 May: Brighton (a)
- 28 May: Liverpool (h)
We’re into great-escape territory now for Southampton, who are six points adrift of safety. The writing would appear to be on the wall, and defeat at Forest would all-but relegate them. With seven points the minimum requirement, realistically, the Saints are doomed.
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