Leeds United have bagged a fresh double boost in the club’s quest to guarantee Premier League survival - leading to changes in the supercomputer’s new predicted final Premier League table and points.
Daniel Farke’s Whites moved nine points clear of third-bottom Tottenham Hotspur with Friday night’s 3-1 win at home to Burnley but also seven points clear of fourth-bottom West Ham and four points ahead of fifth-bottom Nottingham Forest.
Leeds were given the opportunity to kick further clear by virtue of playing first as the sides still battling to avoid the drop approached their final four games of the campaign.
After United’s hugely important win against the Clarets, West Ham were next to play on Saturday afternoon with a 3pm kick-off at highflying Brentford.
The Hammers lined up having lost just one of their last six Premier League games but an impressive Brentford side sealed a 3-0 success which lifted them into sixth place and left the Irons in danger of dropping into the relegation zone.
As far as Leeds are concerned, the Whites stay seven points ahead of the Hammers but with both teams now having just three games left each, the Irons also hosting title-chasing Arsenal in their next match.
West Ham remain just two points ahead of third-bottom Tottenham Hotspur but Spurs can now move out of the drop zone and above the Irons with a win from their game in hand at Aston Villa on Sunday night. Fifth-bottom Forest then visit Chelsea on Bank Holiday Monday.
West Ham’s defeat provided another undoubted boost for Leeds but also for Spurs and Forest and the supercomputer from the team at stats experts Opta has now produced its new predicted final table and points after Saturday’s results.
Here is the full new rundown in reverse order.