Three key questions for USMNT in March: Center forwards, mids, vibes

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25 March 2023

Three key questions for USMNT in March: Center forwards, mids, vibes

The Premier League relegation scrap needs some serious paring down, as a remarkably-high nine teams sit within four points of 20th place on the 2022-23 Premier League table.

That means we’re set, at least for now, for more relegation six-pointers than at any time in recent memory — many of them, you’ll see below, will involve Bournemouth — and the odds are in favor of a relatively surprising team heading down to the Championship.

As for now Everton, Leeds, and Saints are the form teams in the fight, while Leicester and Crystal Palace sure could use a win.

Will the Premier League’s current bottom three of Bournemouth, West Ham and Southampton still be there when the season ends?

Below you’ll see the latest standings, the fixtures for the teams still in danger of dropping into the second tier, relegation odds, and our prediction for who will collect how many points.

As the table below shows, after at least 26 matches of a PL season this is the tightest it has ever been between 12th place and 20th place.

Just four points separates almost half of the Premier League.

Premier League table, current form (March 19, 2023)

Remaining fixtures for relegation scrappers

Wolves: Forest (A), Chelsea (H), Brentford (H), Leicester (A), Palace (H), Brighton (A), Villa (H), Man Utd (A), Everton (H), Arsenal (A)

Crystal Palace: Leicester (H), Leeds (A), Southampton (A), Everton (H), Wolves (A), West Ham (H), Spurs (A), Bournemouth (H), Fulham (A), Forest (H)

Leicester City: Palace (A), Villa (H), Bournemouth (H), Man City (A), Wolves (H), Leeds (A), Everton (H), Fulham (A), Liverpool (H), Newcastle (A), West Ham (H)

West Ham: Southampton (H), Newcastle (H), Fulham (A), Arsenal (H), Bournemouth (A), Liverpool (H), Palace (A), Man Utd (H), Brentford (A), Leeds (H), Leicester (A)

Nottingham Forest: Wolves (H), Leeds (A), Villa (A), Man Utd (H), Liverpool (A), Brighton (H), Brentford (A), Southampton (H), Chelsea (A), Arsenal (H), Palace (A)

Leeds: Arsenal (A), Forest (H), Palace (H), Liverpool (H), Fulham (A), Leicester (H), Bournemouth (A), Man City (A), Newcastle (H), West Ham (A), Spurs (H)

Everton: Spurs (H), Man Utd (A), Fulham (H), Palace (A), Newcastle (H), Leicester (A), Brighton (A), Man City (H), Wolves (A), Bournemouth (H)

Southampton: West Ham (A), Man City (H), Palace (H), Arsenal (A), Bournemouth (H), Newcastle (A), Forest (A), Fulham (H), Brighton (A), Liverpool (H)

Bournemouth: Fulham (H), Brighton (H), Leicester (A), Spurs (A), West Ham (H), Southampton (A), Leeds (H), Chelsea (H), Palace (A), Man Utd (H), Everton (A)

Key fixtures that will decide the Premier League relegation scrap

Saturday, March 18: Wolves 2-4 Leeds – RECAP/HIGHLIGHTSSaturday, April 1: AFC Bournemouth vs Fulham — 10am ETSaturday, April 1: Crystal Palace vs Leicester — 10am ETSaturday, April 1: Nottingham Forest vs Wolves — 10am ETSunday, April 2: West Ham vs Southampton — 9am ETTuesday, April 4: Leeds vs Nottingham Forest — 2:45pm ETSaturday, April 8: Leicester vs AFC Bournemouth — 10am ETSaturday, April 8: Leeds vs Crystal Palace — 12:30pm ETSaturday, April 15: Southampton vs Crystal Palace — 10am ETSaturday, April 22: Crystal Palace vs Everton — 10am ETSaturday, April 22: Leicester vs Wolves — 10am ETSunday, April 23: AFC Bournemouth vs West Ham — 9am ETTuesday, April 25: Wolves vs Crystal Palace — 2:30pm ETTuesday, April 25: Leeds vs Leicester — 2:45pm ETThursday, April 27: Southampton vs AFC Bournemouth — 2:45pm ETSaturday, April 29: Crystal Palace vs West Ham — 7:30am ETSunday, April 30: AFC Bournemouth vs Leeds — 9am ETMonday, May 1: Leicester vs Everton — 3pm ETSaturday, May 6: Nottingham Forest vs Southampton — Time TBDSaturday, May 13: Crystal Palace vs Bournemouth — Time TBDSaturday, May 20: West Ham vs Leeds — Time TBDSunday, May 28: Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest — Time TBDSunday, May 28: Everton vs AFC Bournemouth — Time TBD

Sunday, May 28: Leicester vs West Ham — Time TBD

Premier League title odds (As of March 24, 2023)

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Crystal Palace: +450West Ham: +400Leicester City: +350Wolves: +300Leeds: +275Everton: +160Nottingham Forest: +100Bournemouth: -200

Southampton: -225