.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&quality=75&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&trim= "Leeds rise in Opta's new predicted final table and points with safety now assured - Yorkshire Evening Post")
Leeds United are now mathematically safe from relegation with three games left - and data experts Opta are expecting a further Whites rise in their new predicted final Premier League table and points.
Daniel Farke’s Whites went into the weekend sat seven points clear of third-bottom West Ham with just three games left.
With bottom two teams Burnley and Wolves already relegated, it meant defeat for West Ham in Sunday’s hosting of title chasing Arsenal would make Leeds mathematically safe even before Monday night’s clash at fourth-bottom Tottenham Hotspur.
It was anything but straightforward but the Gunners got their win in a classic 1-0 to the Arsenal which also ensured United’s top flight survival and likewise for Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace.
Both teams took draws from their Sunday afternoon fixtures which took both sides above Leeds but with United now having played a game less.
As it stands, Leeds sit fifth-bottom, six points clear of fourth-bottom Tottenham and only behind 15th-placed Forest on goal difference.
The Whites are one point behind Palace and three behind 13th-placed Newcastle United whose Sunday afternoon draw also made them mathematically safe.
Leeds sit on 43 points with three games to go against Spurs, Brighton and West Ham but Opta’s supercomputer fully expects them to add to that tally.
In reverse order, here is the new predicted final table including who they think is going down out in the new two horse horse to avoid finishing third bottom between West Ham and Spurs.
Tottenham are just one point ahead of the Irons ahead of Monday’s visit of Leeds but with three games left as opposed to West Ham’s two.