Jamie Carragher believes Leeds United’s spectacular latest away report will come to an finish once they journey to face Bournemouth on Wednesday – however the pundit is adamant that the Whites have greater than sufficient to safe survival, whereas a Sky Sports colleague has defined why the relegation pressure is prone to be “too much” for Tottenham Hotspur.
Leeds United are in an excellent place proper now. Daniel Farke’s aspect are via to their first FA Cup semi-final since 1987, the place they face Chelsea at Wembley on Sunday, whereas successive Premier League wins over Manchester United and Wolves imply they’ve an eight-point buffer between themselves and the relegation zone.
With simply 5 video games of the Premier League season remaining, Opta offers Leeds only a 0.4% probability of struggling relegation.
However, whereas Farke continues to insist Leeds can not afford to relaxation simple in what the German has referred to as a “relentless season”, each Carragher and Dean Ashton imagine the Whites have greater than sufficient about them to stay within the prime flight.
Indeed, whereas Carragher thinks Leeds’ eight-game unbeaten run on their travels shall be given an intensive take a look at by Bournemouth on Wednesday, he’s adamant the Whites are destined to complete with a formidable tally this season.
“Bournemouth away is a tough game, Burnley at home is a game you would expect almost every team in the division to win,” Carragher mentioned on Sky Sports.
“Look, it’s attention-grabbing if you have a look at Tottenham away.
“I just think for Tottenham, that’s a game that nothing else can happen but that they [Spurs] win that game no matter what.”
Carragher additionally expects Leeds to return up trumps in opposition to Brighton at Elland Road, however reckons they may lose on the final day of the season in opposition to West Ham on the London Stadium.
As a consequence, the pundit thinks Farke’s aspect will end the marketing campaign with a formidable points tally of 45.
Pundit claims Leeds pressure on Tottenham shall be too a lot
Stood alongside him within the Sky Sports studios, fellow pundit Dean Ashton – on the panel to evaluate West Ham’s probabilities of survival after the Hammers dug out a battling 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace – believes the resurgence of Leeds and his former aspect may show too nice for Spurs.
No workforce has ever been relegated in Premier League historical past having accrued 39 points, as Leeds have, by matchday 33.
Assessing their probabilities and the predicament Tottenham discover themselves in, Ashton mentioned:
Leeds have it. All these groups down there need to be Leeds. They have proven all of them up, actually. I believe 39 points shall be sufficient to maintain you up,” Ashton mentioned.
“I believe Leeds’ win over Wolves on Saturday shall be sufficient to maintain them up now.
“I might be proved wrong, but I think it’s such a tough task, with so few games left, for Tottenham to gather that amount of points when there is that much pressure.”
A draw for Leeds at Bournemouth will take the Whites as much as the magical 40-point mark, whereas a win will see them obtain the 10-win goal Farke set his gamers at the beginning of the season.
For Spurs, they merely should win at Wolves this weekend simply to remain in contact, and the worry for Roberto De Zerbi’s aspect is that the West Yorkshire aspect shall be out of attain by the point they meet on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Monday, 11 May.
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