Leeds United are on 26 points so far in the Premier League, and despite the disappointing January window, Daniel Farke remains confident of survival.
Up next for Leeds is a massive game at the bottom end of the Premier League table. We host Nottingham Forest this Friday to lay down a serious marker in the survival fight.
A win would put Leeds nine clear of the relegation zone ahead of West Ham’s trip to Burnley, which would cement Daniel Farke’s faith in our survival credentials even further.
Daniel Farke previews Leeds United v Nottingham Forest with confident survival claim
The deadline day closing with no new striker signing left fans understandably feeling the doom and gloom of the situation.
However, Farke was keen to relax the mood with a reminder of Leeds’ strong opportunity to stay in the division. Typically, the German doesn’t often delve into specific predictions, but has often spoke about average points totals required for promotion and now survival.
“Emotions are important, our supporters don’t need any calming down,” Farke said, per the YEP. “They care so much that they can judge themselves. I have so much love for my players and our supporters, I’m so motivated to give them what they deserve, which is a club who earns the right to play in the Premier League.
“This group was capable to get 26 points from 24 games, capable to progress in the FA Cup, I don’t feel like we’ve got weaker in the window so I’m confident we can achieve our goals. We need one point average, so we need 12 points to have this average, three wins and three draws, six positive results from 14 games. The last 12 games we’ve played, 10 positive results. I would back my players to get six positive results. I want all 14 to be positive but confident we are capable to win enough to stay in this league.”
How can Leeds United get to Daniel Farke’s magic Premier League survival total?
Farke has maintained consistently that one point per game will be enough for survival more often than not. This season looks likely to be a much higher total than recent seasons, meaning Leeds ought to get closer (or higher) to that tally to ensure our safety.
So, as he states here, that’s 12 more points on top of our current 26 to steer clear of the bottom three.
With 14 games remaining, that’s an entirely doable objective irrespective of the deadline day disappointment. The reason being the home games we’ve got remaining:
Matchweek Opponent Current league position PL away table position Opposition’s away PPG total
25 Nottingham Forest 17th 10th 1.17
28 Manchester City 2nd 5th 1.50
29 Sunderland 8th 17th 0.83
31 Brentford 7th 11th 1.00
33 Wolves 20th 20th 0.25
35 Burnley 19th 19th 0.42
37 Brighton 13th 14th 0.83
Looking at that, you surely hold a lot of confidence that Leeds can get at least three wins in our remaining home games to reach that total.
Four of our remaining Elland Road opposition are on less than a point-per-game on their travels. Get them into a raucous stadium and we have a massive chance to do the business.
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