Leeds and rivals’ run-ins ranked as Crystal Palace face toughest finish | OneFootball

Leeds United and their relegation rivals have had their remaining fixtures ranked by difficulty, with Crystal Palace facing the toughest run-in based on opponents’ average league position.

According to yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk, the calculation orders the schedules from hardest to easiest. Palace top the difficulty list, Nottingham Forest and Burnley are joint second-hardest, Tottenham follow, West Ham have the third easiest, and Wolves the second easiest.

Leeds have seven matches left in the fight to stay up in the Premier League. Daniel Farke’s side have gone four games without scoring, although two finished 0-0, and they are four points clear of the drop after 31 rounds.

United sit four points above 18th-placed West Ham, three clear of 17th-placed Tottenham and one ahead of 16th-placed Nottingham Forest. There is a six-point gap to 14th-placed Palace, who trail Newcastle United and Bournemouth by three, both on 42.

Those two already look safe, a view that might also apply to Palace on 39. At the bottom, bookmakers consider Wolves and Burnley virtually down, with Burnley nine behind West Ham and Wolves 12 adrift.

Even so, with seven teams still in the mix if Palace are included, the run-in could yet prove decisive across the relegation battle.

Source: yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk