How Southampton could be relegated on Sunday

Southampton’s relegation from the Premier League might be selected Sunday, and in that case, it might set a document. Right here, we clarify how.

What’s relegation?

The groups who end the season within the backside three locations of the Premier League desk – 18th, nineteenth and twentieth – drop all the way down to the Championship, the second tier of English soccer.

These groups are changed within the Premier League for the next season by three promoted golf equipment – the perimeters who end first and second within the Championship, plus the winners of that division’s end-of-season playoffs.

How may Southampton go down this weekend?

Southampton are twentieth within the desk and, with eight matches remaining, they’ve 24 factors to play for.

Saints have 22 fewer factors than the group in Seventeenth place, Wolverhampton Wanderers, who gained 2-1 at one other relegation-threatened group, Ipswich City, on Saturday.

Which means Southampton have to keep away from defeat away to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. If they’re overwhelmed by Spurs, they are going to be relegated, as they might be 22 factors behind Seventeenth place with solely 21 factors to play for. 

If not this weekend, when may it occur?

Southampton can be relegated as soon as the factors hole between themselves and the Seventeenth-placed group turns into greater than the variety of factors which can be nonetheless out there to them.

If Southampton draw at Spurs, they are going to be 21 factors behind Seventeenth place with a most of 21 factors to play for.

So, if that had been to occur, something however a win of their subsequent match, towards Aston Villa on Saturday 12 April, would relegate them. That is no matter what Wolves obtain at residence to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday 13 April.

Might Southampton really keep up?

It could appear extremely unlikely however sure, Southampton may nonetheless accumulate extra factors this season than three groups. Whereas they solely have 10 factors at current, their most doable tally is 34, which is greater than Wolves (32pts), Ipswich (20) and Leicester Metropolis (17) at the moment have. They may even end above Spurs (34), however for that to occur Spurs would want to lose each match, with Southampton profitable each match and overturning a goal-difference swing of 60.

Would possibly Southampton have the bottom factors whole in Premier League historical past?

Southampton may set two undesirable information.

If their destiny is sealed this weekend in Matchweek 31, they might turn out to be the primary Premier League group to be relegated with as many as seven matches nonetheless to play.

Ipswich and Derby County at the moment collectively maintain the document, after having their relegation confirmed with six fixtures left in 1994/95 and 2007/08 respectively.

Southampton are additionally attempting to keep away from having the lowest-ever factors tally in a Premier League season.

The 2007/08 Derby group completed with 11 factors – one level greater than Saints have now.

Juric is absolutely conscious of that, telling the media earlier than Wednesday’s residence match towards Crystal Palace: “I don’t want it to be that we are the worst team in the history of Premier League.”

Main 1-0 towards Palace, Saints had been poised to eradicate that chance till Matheus Franca equalised in stoppage time. The 1-1 draw left them needing one other two factors to beat Derby’s whole, with eight matches left during which to gather them.

Relegation battle – remaining matches

As per Southampton’s scenario, if Ipswich or Leicester fall extra factors behind the Seventeenth-placed group than there are factors nonetheless out there, they might even be relegated.

Remaining Premier League fixtures