The picture has altered in Leeds United’s battle for Premier League survival , leading to a tight new Whites call in Opta’s fresh predicted final Premier League table and points.
Leeds approached Saturday afternoon’s visit of title-favourites Arsenal sat fifth-bottom, six points clear of third-bottom West Ham and also one point ahead of fourth-bottom Nottingham Forest.
Leeds, though, opened the door for both Forest and third-bottom West Ham to close in as they suffered a 4-0 defeat to Arsenal for just a second league loss in the club’s last 11 games.
West Ham then looked to be heading for a massive boost in Saturday evening’s clash at Chelsea in which they led 2-0 at the interval, only for the Blues to pull off a second-half comeback and ultimately seal a 3-2 victory.
It was something of a let-off for Leeds and the same again the following day as Forest ultimately took just a point through a 1-1 draw at home to Crystal Palace.
Nevertheless, Forest have now joined Daniel Farke’s Whites in sitting on 26 points, only trailing them on goals scored.
Looking down the table, Leeds and Forest are both six points ahead of West Ham.
Looking up it, there is a three point gap to 14th-placed Tottenham Hotspur and 15th-placed Crystal Palace, Spurs bagging an unlikely looking a point from Sunday’s 2-2 draw at home to Manchester City who led 2-0 at the break.
With just the Monday night game between Sunderland and Burnley left from Game Week 24, data experts Opta have now produced their new predicted final table and points which features a Whites change from the current table and tight call.
Here, in reverse order, is the full new rundown from top to bottom.
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