Leeds United’s unbeaten run is over amid a big Nottingham Forest boost - and the bookies have now made a very strong Whites call in their new predicted final Premier League table.
Daniel Farke’s fifth-bottom Whites went into Wednesday night’s clash at Newcastle United on a seven-game unbeaten run and presented with a chance to kick 11 points clear of the dropzone.
That new opportunity presented itself after a crushing 2-1 defeat for third-bottom West Ham United in Tuesday night’s sole Premier League game at home to fourth-bottom Nottingham Forest who consequently closed to within a point of the Whites.
In an absolute thriller, Leeds then led three times in Wednesday night’s clash at Newcastle only to concede a 91st-minute penalty which Bruno Guimaraes converted to draw the Magpies level at 3-3.
That was a big enough blow in itself but it got even worse for Leeds as old nemesis Harvey Barnes struck a 102nd-minute winner to seal an incredible 4-3 win for Eddie Howe’s Magpies.
For Leeds, the defeat was a bitter pill to swallow and the bookies have now had their say on where they think the club will finish versus the likes of West Ham, Forest and Bournemouth - the latter of whom kicked four points clear of Leeds with a last-gasp 3-2 win at home to Tottenham Hotspur - themselves only five points higher than the Whites.
1. 1st: Arsenal
Title odds: 1-7 (all the way in from 4-11 and now as short as 1-8 with some firms). | John Walton/PA Wire
