Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and Nottingham Forest are locked in a fierce relegation battle right now, with Spurs in particular likely to be unhappy with the latest Crystal Palace decision.
Tottenham lie two and three points behind West Ham United and Nottingham Forest respectively heading into the weekend's fixtures, knowing they need to beat Brighton and Hove Albion in north London on Saturday evening to have any chance of moving out of the bottom three.
To do so, new boss Roberto De Zerbi will need to lead them to their first three points in the Premier League since they beat Crystal Palace 1-0 at Selhurst Park on December 28.
Unbeaten in four matches, Forest host 19th-placed Burnley at the City Ground, while Nuno Espirito Santo's West Ham side travel to Palace on Monday night.
The Eagles have 42 points and look set for a mid-to-lower table finish now, with full focus on winning the Europa Conference League after they reached the semi-finals by beating Fiorentina over two legs.
Tottenham Will be Furious After Palace Decision
Despite losing 2-1 on Thursday night against Fiorentina, Palace advanced to a Europa Conference League semi-final against Shakhtar Donetsk 4-2 on aggregate, with manager Oliver Glasner confirming post-match that the players would be allowed to go out in Florence after the match to celebrate reaching the last four of the competition.
Footage has since emerged of them doing exactly that, which won't be looked on positively by those connected to Tottenham.
Spurs only have themselves to blame for where they find themselves in the Premier League table, but they will also want the opponents their relegation rivals face during the run-in to be in the best possible condition and have the right mindset.
With Palace celebrating late on Thursday and with a focus on winning in Europe, West Ham will surely sense a big opportunity to take all three points back to the London Stadium on Monday night, which could have big consequences for Tottenham in the relegation fight.
Who Has the Best Run-In?
None of them look particularly easy on paper, but you'd probably argue Tottenham's is the most favourable, if they had any sort of form behind them.
Spurs follow up this weekend's clash against Brighton with away games against rock-bottom Wolves and top-four chasing Aston Villa, before home games with Leeds and Everton are sandwiched by a trip to Chelsea.
While Wolves are bottom, they have been in decent form in recent weeks and may have the incentive of trying to take Spurs down into the Championship with them.
Forest also have the distraction of a two-legged Europa League semi-final tie with Aston Villa to deal with, alongside games against Sunderland, Chelsea, Newcastle, Manchester United and Bournemouth.
Lastly, after their trip to Selhurst Park, West Ham host Arsenal, Everton and then Leeds on the final day, with trips to Brentford and Newcastle mixed in.