Leeds United have new rivals in their sights - and the bookies’ have made an incredible tight fresh Whites call in their new predicted final Premier League table.
Daniel Farke’s fifth-bottom Whites kicked three points clear of fourth-bottom Nottingham Forest by beating them 3-1 in Friday night’s huge clash under the Elland Road lights which also took Leeds nine points clear of the dropzone.
Third-bottom West Ham, though, then visited second-bottom Burnley on Saturday in their game in hand and recorded a much-needed 2-0 success which cut the gap back to Leeds to six points.
From a Hammers point of view, the win also slashed the gap to Forest to just three points and established a new eight-point gap back to second-bottom Burnley who themselves are seven points ahead of rock bottom Wolves.
The bookies now think Wolves and Burnley are as good as gone but with a belief that the battle to avoid finishing third-bottom also now very much involves Tottenham and Crystal Palace.
Friday night’s win for Leeds took them level on points with both Spurs and Palace and a sliding Tottenham side then suffered yet another defeat in Saturday’s game in hand at Manchester United which ended in a 2-0 loss.
Tottenham, in 14th, are now only ahead of Leeds on goal difference, as is the case with 15th-placed Palace although the Eagles have played a game less and visit Brighton on Sunday afternoon.
Nevertheless, Spurs and Palace have both been sliding down the table and the bookies have now made an incredible Leeds, Spurs, Palace call in their new relegation odds and new predicted final table.
Using those prices and title odds to determine sides expected to finish in the top half, here is how the bookies think the final table will now look.
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
