Relegation battle reaching boiling point

The Premier League returns this weekend because the season’s finish attracts ever nearer. We preview three of the weekend’s fixtures under.

Nottingham Forest v Arsenal – Saturday 17:30

Nottingham Forest boosted their survival possibilities but once more as they picked up one other essential level in a 2-2 draw away to Chelsea final Saturday. Steve Cooper’s aspect face one more robust check as they face an Arsenal aspect who’ve discovered themselves in a title combat for almost all of the season. Nonetheless, Forest’s house type has been their saving grace this season with 27 of their 34 factors coming on the Metropolis floor, and at 4/1 they are going to be hoping so as to add one other three to that whole on Saturday.

Arsenal have faltered of their title race with Manchester Metropolis in latest weeks and the dream seems to be all however over for Mikel Arteta’s aspect. The Gunners have gained simply two of their final 5 and failure to win this weekend would verify Manchester Metropolis as this 12 months’s champions. Arsenal confirmed no mercy within the reverse fixture, placing 5 previous their opponents at The Emirates, and at 11/20 they want all three factors to maintain the title race open, no less than for another day.

At 7/2 a draw is useful to neither aspect with Forest needing to drag away from different relegation scrappers to safe their place within the league subsequent season. A draw would finish Arsenal’s title hopes and see them accept second place this season.

Taiwo Awoniyi has been on the forefront of Forest’s relegation combat and with 4 objectives in his final two video games the Nigerian striker is 9/5 to search out the again of the web. Martin Odegaard has been Arsenal’s standout performer and is 21/10 so as to add to his spectacular tally of 15 this season.

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West Ham v Leeds – Sunday 13:30

West Ham have all however secured their security within the Premier League with solely a sequence of freak outcomes and scorelines in a position to relegate them. Regardless of having only one win of their final 5 league video games David Moyes’ aspect are 11/8 favourites, however they might have their focus elsewhere with the prospect of a Europa Convention League last on the horizon.

Leeds’ focus might be absolutely set on their combat for survival, with their possibilities rising slimmer because the weeks go. Selecting up a degree towards Newcastle final week would usually appear to be a constructive consequence, however Leeds want wins. Sam Allardyce’s aspect are 15/8 underdogs however will need to depart the London Stadium with nothing apart from three factors on Sunday afternoon.

Leeds need to take something they will get at this stage however at 5/2 a second attract a row would definitely not go far of their combat for survival. Leeds’ video games thus far this season have seen extra objectives than some other aspect exterior the highest two and Over 3.5 Whole Match Targets seems an intriguing punt at 7/4.

Manchester Metropolis v Chelsea – Sunday 16:00

A recreation that in earlier years might have been a title decider is now billed because the Champions elect getting down to demolish a struggling, dysfunctional mid-table aspect.

Manchester Metropolis have been a lower above the remaining this season, easing away from Arsenal within the latter levels of the title race with 12 wins of their final 13 league video games. Pep Guardiola’s aspect are unsurprisingly the odds-on favourites for this fixture at 2/9. An additional motivation for Metropolis is that with this being their last house recreation of the season it’s their solely probability to carry the trophy in entrance of their house followers, and three factors would see them try this.

Chelsea followers might be blissful to see the season drawing to an in depth however might be much less blissful to see Manchester Metropolis subsequent on the fixture listing. At 11/1 Chelsea are freed from any expectation and their followers will hope that the gamers can placed on a show with no stress on their shoulders, all be it for what can be merely a consolatory victory in what has been one in every of their worst seasons in latest reminiscence.

With factors not which means something for Chelsea at this stage within the season a draw at 11/2 can be pretty underwhelming for them, while Metropolis followers can be left gutted with that consequence as they fail to carry the title on the Etihad.

The imperious Erling Haaland is but once more favorite to attain at 2/5, with Chelsea’s high scorer Kai Havertz the 9/2 favorite to search out the again of the web for the Blues.

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