Well, with Crystal Palace about where they've been every season since rejoining the Premier League (except for one anomaly when they finished at the bottom of the Top 10), for me the interesting story is West Ham United, as I noted in a previous post, who could get into the Europa Cup by finishing fifth. The update is that they did what they had to do against Burnley, winning 2-1. Next up is the critical Everton game.
Highlights of WHU-Burnley:
WHU has lucked into a last-four-game schedule that is favorable. If you look at the current standings, they play Everton (9), Brighton and Hove Albion (14), West Brom (19), and Southampton (15). The problem is, the chasers -- Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool -- have pretty cushy last-4 schedules too. However, Liverpool now has to play a make-up game with Man U., due to the postponement of the Man U. game. Everything is so packed at the end of the season I don't know if they've found a date for that yet. And Spurs finish with Leicester City on the last day of the season, and LC is pretty good this year, and could get into the Champions League. So that's not a pushover.
I don't think Liverpool will lose another game other than Man U., but since that's a game in hand it's not as critical. So WHU has a four point lead and can lose 3, i,e., one game to keep ahead of Liverpool. If Tottenham wins all four, WHU can't lose any.
Nail-biter, baby.
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