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The picture has changed at the bottom of the Premier League table - so how do the bookies now view Leeds United’s survival prospects?
Leeds began the weekend with an eight-point cushion back to the relegation zone but the gap has been slashed to five points after a huge boost for third-bottom West Ham.
Despite last weekend’s 2-1 win at Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham began Game Week 23 sat third-bottom, five points behind fourth-bottom Nottingham Forest and eight points adrift of fifth-bottom Leeds.
The Hammers, though, were presented with a chance to make ground by virtue of playing first in Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off at home to Sunderland and took full advantage in recording a 3-1 success.
The victory took the Irons just two points behind Forest and now within five points of Leeds who visit Everton on Monday night. Forest, meanwhile, visit Brentford on Sunday afternoon in a 2pm kick-off.
In Saturday’s 3pm kick-offs, bottom-of-the-table Wolves suffered another defeat via a 2-0 reverse at Manchester City whilst a late Harry Wilson strike gave Fulham a 2-1 victory at home to Brighton.
Tottenham Hotspur also looked set for another defeat as they trailed 2-1 at second-bottom Burnley but a late Cristian Romero strike snatched a 2-2 draw.
Nevertheless, the result is another blow for Spurs who sit 14th and only three points ahead of Daniel Farke’s Whites who also have a game in hand.
Tottenham dropped below Bournemouth who moved up to 13th with a last-gasp 3-2 win at home to Liverpool in Saturday’s teatime kick-off.
The picture has changed - and so too have the bookies’ relegation odds. Here, via a predicted final table based on those odds, is the full new rundown from bottom to top, using title odds for teams expected to finish in the top half.