Leeds United are the new favourites to be relegated from the Premier League following a dramatic couple of days at the bottom end of the table.
On a weekend which saw Norwich’s drop to the Championship confirmed and Watford as good as joining them, Everton breathed new hopes into their survival fight with a Jordan Pickford-inspired 1-0 win over Chelsea.
With Burnley having come back to beat the Hornets the previous day, it left Leeds just two points above the drop zone in 17th having played a game more than the Toffees.
Aston Villa, meanwhile, climbed to the dizzy heights of 13th following their 2-0 win over Norwich and look to have confirmed their top-flight status for another season.
The bookies, who had Everton as odds-on to suffer their first Premier League relegation ahead of the Chelsea game, have now installed Leeds as 5/4 favourites to join Watford and Norwich in the second tier next season.
Leeds travel to an Arsenal outfit desperate to secure Champions League football next up before a home clash with a Chelsea side for whom a top-four finish is still not guaranteed.
A home clash with Brighton and a trip to Brentford look a lot more appealing but with goals hard to come by and a defence that has now been breached 72 times – the most in the division – the signs don’t look good for Jesse Marsch’s side.
Everton are 7/4 for the drop with Planet Sport Bet following on from a win over Chelsea that Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp described as “incredible”.
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