The Premier League relegation battle is intensifying.
Despite Friday’s impressive home win against Aston Villa, cellar boys Wolves remain relegated, with two spots to be decided.
The rest of the bottom six teams all lost at the weekend, so the Premier League matches in midweek will be another crucial round.
Second-bottom Burnley are eight points clear of safety, while West Ham occupy the final relegation spot in 18th place and are two points away from safety with 10 games remaining.
But Nottingham Forest, Tottenham and Leeds are all looking over their shoulders nervously.
Sky Sports is tracking the battle for survival as five teams battle to avoid the final two relegation spots…
Break-in
Other than the Wolves, the rest of the bottom six teams all have 10 games left.
The fixture list favors Spurs and Leeds based on their opponents’ league position, with Forest, West Ham and Burnley all having more difficult games remaining.
When is the six pointer?
There will be some important clashes between the relegation rivals over the final three months of the season, with Leeds facing four of the bottom six sides in their final six games, including a final day trip to West Ham.
Here are six points that could be key to deciding the relegation battle.
22nd March: Tottenham vs Nottingham Forest, live on Sky Sports 11th April: West Ham vs Wolves 18th April: Leeds vs Wolves, Forest vs Burnley 25th April: Wolves vs Tottenham 2nd May: Leeds vs Burnley 9th May: Tottenham vs Leeds 24th May: Burnley vs Wolves, West Ham vs Leeds
Prediction of supercomputer demotion…
Wolves were the only team to win at the weekend, with the rest of the bottom five teams losing.
Following these results, the Opta supercomputer still ranks the Hammers (69.4 per cent) as relegation candidates alongside Burnley (98.1 per cent) and Wolves (100 per cent).
Opta puts Forest’s chances of elimination at 25%, Spurs at just 5% and Leeds at just 2.1%.
How many points might I need?
In each of the past nine Premier League seasons, only teams who finished with 36 points or more avoided relegation.
Last season, 26 points would have been enough to keep them in the league, as the bottom three teams who performed very poorly – Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton – quickly returned to the Championship.
Spurs exploited this trio’s weaknesses to focus on winning the Europa League, but ended up in a dismal 17th place with 38 points, 13 points behind Leicester in 18th place.
But Tottenham do not have that luxury this season as they face the real possibility of being relegated to English football’s second tier for the first time since 1977.
The 40-point mark could very well be in the spotlight, as the teams in the relegation battle are much stronger than last season.
When the Premier League was a 20-team system, only three teams were relegated with more than 40 points: Sunderland (1996/97), Bolton (1997/98) and West Ham (2002/03), with the latter holding the record for the most relegated teams with 42 points.
15th place: Leeds
Leeds have lost two of their last seven league games and sit in 15th place, six points behind the bottom three.
However, Daniel Farke’s side have only won one away game in the league, against Wolves in September, adding further importance to the game at Elland Road, where they have lost just four times this season (6-4).
16th place: Tottenham
“It would be the shock of the century. It would be absolutely mind-boggling to think they could disappear from this league, but I don’t think that will happen.”
Even if Gary Neville was confident his Premier League regulars would not be relegated, Spurs’ form suggests otherwise, with them sitting four points adrift in 16th place.
Igor Tudor’s side have a club record of 10 games without a win in the Premier League, but are still without a win in 2026 and are battling a devastating absentee crisis.
17th place: Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest are 17th in the table, two points behind Spurs, and are without a win in five league games.
Like Spurs’ new manager Tudor, Forest’s Vitor Pereira has not made the impact the club had hoped for, losing two of his first two league games.
18th place: West Ham
West Ham looked hopeless at the start of the year, until a big win over rivals Tottenham sealed their bid for relegation.
The Hammers have only lost twice since their win in north London, giving them hope of avoiding relegation for the first time since 2011.
19th place: Burnley
Burnley look likely to return to the Championship soon.
Scott Parker’s side are in danger of eight points, having won just one of their last 19 league games.
20th place: Wolves
A 19-game winless start to the Premier League season effectively sealed Wolves’ fate.
Old Gold are 14 points from safety and will need a miracle to stay in the top flight for a ninth consecutive season.
