The 2021-22 Premier League season has reached the business end of the campaign and the ‘run-in’ is going to be wild up and down the league.
Focusing on the Premier League relegation battle, there are seven teams scrapping to stay in the Premier League. We know three will go down but it is getting so tight and tense at the bottom of the table.
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Norwich City and Watford look to be fighting an uphill battle, but they’ve shown they can spring surprises. As for Burnley, they will always battle until the very end and this is not their first rodeo as Sean Dyche embraces the challenge.
Everton and Leeds United are both in serious trouble entering the final few months of the season as neither side would have expected to be in a relegation scrap. While Brentford and Newcastle look to have found form at the right time, as the latter looked doomed just a few weeks ago but have won five of their last six to push themselves up the table.
Below we focus on the standings, fixtures and analyze the survival hopes for the teams in the Premier League relegation scrap, and we will update this article each week between now and the end of the season.
Premier League relegation battle – As it stands
14th: Newcastle United – 28 points (26 games played) GD -16
15th: Brentford – 27 points (28 games) GD -15
16th: Leeds United – 23 points (27 games) GD -32
17th: Everton – 22 points (25 games) GD -18
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18th: Burnley – 21 points (26 games) GD -14
19th: Watford – 19 points (27 games) GD -23
20th: Norwich City – 17 points (27 games) GD -42
Norwich City
Dean Smith has gone a good job to give Norwich a fighting chance as they enter the last few months. But now they have to kick on. Games against Leeds, Brighton and Burnley coming up are key, as they have to win all three of those to give themselves a chance. Norwich have shown they can produce surprises and they have to be solid defensively. If they are, Pukki and Sargent can bag goals to give themselves a chance. But look at their remaining schedule. Ouch.
Remaining games: Chelsea (H), Leeds (A), Brighton (A), Burnley (H), Man United (A), Newcastle (H), Aston Villa (A), West Ham (H), Wolves (A), Tottenham (H). Date TBA: Leicester City (A)
Rating their chances of staying up: 10 percent
Watford
Roy Hodgson is doing his best to turn things around at Watford and their attacking options will always give them a chance in games. They have to improve defensively if they’re going to stay in the Premier League. They have a decent run-in, on paper, as they play Leeds, Brentford and Burnley. If they win those three games they have a chance, but anything less and they’re down.
Remaining games: Wolves (A), Southampton (A), Liverpool (A), Leeds (H), Brentford (H), Man City (A), Burnley (H), Crystal Palace (A), Leicester City (H), Chelsea (A). Date TBA: Everton (H)
Rating their chances of staying up: 15 percent
Burnley
Sean Dyche’s Clarets will be scrapping away until the bitter end and they have shown some very promising signs in recent weeks. They play Brentford, Watford, Norwich and Everton, so it feels like their destiny is in their own hands. If Wout Weghorst and Maxwel Cornet stay fit, they have a real chance of pulling off a wonderful escape.
Remaining games: Brentford (A), Man City (H), Norwich City (A), West Ham (A), Wolves (H), Watford (A), Aston Villa (H), Tottenham (A), Newcastle (H). Date TBA: Aston Villa (A), Everton (H), Southampton (H)
Rating their chances of staying up: 20 percent
Everton
Frank Lampard’s Toffees are sinking towards the bottom three. Fast. After a run of four defeats from his first give games in charge, Lampard’s side do not look up for the relegation scrap. They have some quality players but do they have players who are up for the fight to stay in the Premier League? It doesn’t look like it. They have a very tough schedule to finish the season too. Everton have never been relegated from the Premier League…
Remaining games: Wolves (H), Newcastle (H), West Ham (A), Man United (H), Liverpool (A), Chelsea (H), Leicester City (A), Brentford (H), Arsenal (A). Date TBA: Watford (H), Crystal Palace (H), Burnley (A), Leicester (H)
Rating their chances of staying up: 20 percent
Leeds United
American coach Jesse Marsch has a huge job on his hands to not only replace Marcelo Bielsa but keep Leeds up. They are in freefall after six defeats in their last seven and they are leaking so many goals. Marsch will shore things up and make Leeds more pragmatic, but their survival hinges on two players getting fit: Patrick Bamford and Kalvin Phillips. It really is as simple as that. They play three direct rivals on the relegation scrap (Norwich, Watford and Brentford) and they need to win those three games and hope for a few upsets between now and May 22 to stay out of the Premier League relegation zone.
Remaining games: Aston Villa (H), Norwich City (H), Wolves (A), Southampton (H), Watford (A), Chelsea (H), Crystal Palace (A), Man City (H), Arsenal (A), Brighton (H), Brentford (A)
Rating their chances of staying up: 20 percent
Brentford
Christian Eriksen’s addition looks like a masterstroke as the Bees gave themselves some much-needed breathing space with their recent win at Norwich City as Ivan Toney and Bryan Mbeumo were back to their best. Brentford have a fairly favorable run-in too, as they face Burnley, Watford, Everton and Leeds. Three wins from those four will be enough to keep the Premier League debutants in the top-flight for another season.
Remaining games: Burnley (H), Leicester City (A), Chelsea (A), West Ham (H), Watford (A), Tottenham (H), Man United (A), Southampton (H), Everton (A), Leeds (H)
Rating their chances of staying up: 50 percent
Newcastle United
Eddie Howe’s side have been in sensational form as a run of eight games unbeaten and five wins from six has propelled them out of the bottom three and up the Premier League. Given the stellar signings they made in January after their takeover, this was expected. Newcastle should be fine and probably need three wins from their final 12 games to guarantee safety.
Remaining games: Southampton (A), Chelsea (A), Everton (A), Tottenham (A), Wolves (H), Leicester City (H), Norwich City (A), Liverpool (H), Man City (A), Arsenal (H), Burnley (A). Date TBA: Crystal Palace (H)
Rating their chances of staying up: 85 percent
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