Following on from two MASSIVE victories
against relegation candidates Reading and QPR, Villa now find themselves seventeenth!
Jurgen Klopp's men will need to take their recent Tottenham and Arsenal form into the remaining games and try to banish the recent defeats
against relegation candidates Hull City, Leicester City and Swansea City.
I mean, sure, Arsenal could reel off a couple wins
against relegation candidates Stoke and Southampton and look good doing so, but that doesn't mean they are in any way prepared to compete with the top half of the table, which is what we all want.
Our only win on the road so far was
against relegation candidates Everton, while Burnly's form indicates they will be a completely different kettle of fish.
Lukaku scores
against relegation candidates, and does NOT run.
But there is current form in our favour, with Stoke's only win in the last 9 games was
against relegation candidates Hull City, and they have nothing left to play for.
Both seasons run at the same time, so you'll sometimes see a domestic game where the starters all rest
against a relegation candidate, then gear up for a showdown against another elite team in EuroLeague / EuroCup.
AS Roma 1 - 1 Delfino Pescara 1936 highlights: Capital side, AS Roma still have to battle hard in getting any potential European football for next season after they only grabbed a point from their latest Serie A fixture
against relegation candidate, Pescara.
Not exact matches
Yesterday was as inept a performance as we have seen all season; right down there with the capitulations
against the other fellow
relegation candidates such as Newcastle and Brighton.
I am confident Arsenal will end Crystal Palace's run by taking three points at Selhurst Park
against a side I still feel are overrated and
relegation candidates under Roy Hodgson.
The Ivorian defender spoke about his memories of his debut and the performance he put in during the match, also speaking about the work that was put in
against Manchester City the weekend before last, seeing the side come from two goals down at half - time to equalise through a Paul Pogba brace, then win the match with a strike from Chris Smalling, putting the celebrations on hold for the noisy neighbours, then talking about the disappointing defeat to
relegation candidates West Bromwich Albion at the Theatre of Dreams on Sunday.
Importantly, Blackburn have picked up wins over other
relegation candidates Wolves and QPR in recent matches and another win and getting revenge for a 2 - 1 defeat
against Bolton earlier in the season.
As of late, they have drawn
against two potential
relegation candidates in the RFPL.
Thanks to the record - breaking TV deals now pumping cash into the English topflight, clubs have never enjoyed a greater financial advantage
against their continental rivals, with even the smaller clubs and
relegation candidates now capable of beating foreign title - challengers and some Champions League regulars to transfer targets.
The Babazorros look like strong
candidates for
relegation this season, but they usually make things tough at home and will put up a fight
against Barça on Saturday.