English Premier League Relegation Race Still On
- By A.J. Ryder on May 7, 2012 16:30 GMT
We're set for the crunch final weekend of the English Premier League and it's set to be an extremely eventful day. While Manchester City play host to QPR, Manchester United are away to Sunderland and Sir Alex Ferguson's men will be banking on QPR putting up a big performance and causing city to drop points.
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QPR are still not mathematically safe and if Bolton can pull off a victory away to Stoke, the R's will see themselves drop through the trapdoor to the Championship – surely a disaster for the club's management.
The bookmakers are firmly behind QPR however, and they trade at a relatively lengthy 5/2 to be relegated. Their fate is in their own hands and, even though they face a very testing fixture, you still want to be depending on your own players as opposed to results going your way elsewhere.
Blackburn are effectively relegated and they need all kinds of help if they want any chance of staying up. They are 1/200 to be relegated and therefore it looks like we've got a three-way race for that final relegation spot.
Wigan have been able to pull off their usual late-season escape and they are trading at a very lengthy 22/1 to go down to the Championship. Bolton are priced out at 1/4 for the drop and they know they must win their final game while seeing QPR lose out to Manchester City.
It's interesting to see the league winners trophy so intertwined with the relegation race – it definitely adds an element of spice to the proceedings.
Arsenal remain odds-on at 4/9 to finish third while Spurs trade at 7/4 and Newcastle at a lengthy 20/1 price tag.