Comparing the fixture difficulty of the PL’s seven relegation contenders

The Premier League relegation battle is still wide open with just under half of the season remaining – but who is destined for Championship football next season?

The bottom three are currently Burnley, Watford and Newcastle, but with Burnley’s games in hand, Watford’s appointment of Roy Hodgson and Newcastle’s newly found riches… it’s hard to predict who is safe and who isn’t.

We’ve taken a look at the fixtures of the seven most likely relegation contenders to see who has the toughest run of games.

Brentford’s remaining fixtures: Manchester City (A) (1st), Crystal Palace (H) (13th), Arsenal (A) (6th), Newcastle (H) (18th), Norwich (A) (17th), Burnley (H) (20th), Leicester City (A) (10th), Chelsea (A) (3rd), West Ham (H) (5th), Watford (A) (19th), Tottenham (H) (7th), Manchester United (A) (4th), Southampton (H) (12th), Everton (A) (16th), Leeds United (H) (15th).

Thomas Frank’s side currently occupies 14th place in the table and face an average position of 11.05 in their remaining matches, which is statistically the easiest run of the bottom seven.

Their final three games against Southampton, Everton and Leeds could be key to their survival.

Brentford are bouncing!

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Leeds’ remaining fixtures: Aston Villa (A) (11th), Everton (A) (16th), Manchester United (H) (4th), Tottenham (H) (7th), Leicester (A) (10th), Norwich (H) (17th), Wolves (A) (8th), Southampton (H) (12th), Watford (A) (19th), Chelsea (H) (3rd), Crystal Palace (A) (13th), Manchester City (H) (1st), Arsenal (A) (6th), Brighton (H) (9th), Brentford