Leeds United’s hopes of staying in the Premier League could be massively boosted this week with results against Man Utd and Wolves.
Leeds are three points clear of the relegation zone coming into tonight’s clash with Man Utd at Old Trafford. While many fans won’t be optimistic tonight, there’s an opportunity for Leeds to clear even further space to the bottom three by avoiding defeat.
Daniel Farke’s side will remain 15th tonight if we avoid losing by more than one goal. A point or three and survival confidence rockets upward.
Match of the Day pundit Pat Nevin makes confident Leeds United survival claim
While Leeds are still yet to play in this gameweek, there were mixed results elsewhere at the bottom. West Ham kickstarted the weekend with an emphatic 4-0 home win over Wolves, laying down the gauntlet to Nottingham Forest and Spurs on Sunday.
Forest fought back from a goal down to draw with Aston Villa, now level with Leeds on 33 points. Elsewhere, Spurs were handed a damning defeat in Roberto De Zerbi’s first game in charge, losing 1-0 at Sunderland.
It leaves Leeds three clear of the bottom three as a result. Match of the Day’s Pat Nevin discussed the relegation battle, in which he feels confident of Leeds’ chances of staying in the league.
“I’ve been to see Leeds and thought they’re not a team that’s going down,” Nevin said. “I’ve been to West Ham recently, and they don’t look like a team going down. And I’ve been to see Forest, and they don’t look like a team going down.
“I am going to be quite silent about Tottenham because, since the turn of the year, that is what they have looked like. I’m not saying they’re going down, but De Zerbi has got some job to do.”
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With home games looming against Wolves and Burnley, those potential six points could likely be enough on their own to keep us up.
That would take us to 39 points without even considering other results going our way. And, that is a total that you’d think Spurs would find hard to match.
Of course, we can’t just assume those wins will come. We have to make sure we get the job done in our remaining games, including tonight at Old Trafford.
The neutral opinion is worth considering, though. Very few are expecting us to go down, and that’s with bias and Leeds-based pessimism completely removed.
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