Since then both teams» fortunes have ebbed and flowed, Palace have hit periods of decent form but keep slipping back down the table on the back of a run of defeats and Watford have remained steadfastly in mid table, not really threatening the top eight, but never really in
danger of relegation either.
The final week or so of the transfer window could make interesting viewing (or at least the last day or two of it) as
the danger of relegation recedes and with just the two more league fixtures before the ACON is completed.
Historic club Atlas is now in
danger of relegation as they sit at the bottom of the table.
His appointment at Watford last summer was his first foray in football outside his native country, and he appears to have done an OK job leading them to a mid-table position, with no real
danger of relegation (unless they collapse dramatically), and like ourselves, not much chance of progressing beyond finishing in ninth place.
Even though the Chechen side wasn't in
danger of relegation like in the 2013/2014 season, a spot in the lower half of the league wasn't satisfying for the ambitious club.
Leicester are very much in
danger of relegation This time last year, Leicester were five points clear at the top of the Premier League and basking in everything that came with it.
Traditional powers like Monchengladbach, Schalke, Leverkusen and Wolfsburg have fallen way short of expectations - the former two are among half a dozen teams still battling to claim a spot in the Europa League next season, while the latter two, Wolfsburg more so, are in
danger of relegation.
A mini-revival in fortunes at the 2017 has faded and died and there is now the very real
danger of relegation haunting the London Stadium.
Four of those 5 teams are in
danger of relegation, and 12th place Bologna is the best team of the bunch.
All four of these teams are near the bottom of the league table and in
danger of relegation.
The only way that will change is if Arsenal are in serious collapse and in
danger of relegation.
Steve Bruce's side are still in huge
danger of relegation this season, and could slip into the bottom three this weekend.
Not exact matches
In the Premier League's only midweek game, QPR will travel to Villa Park hoping to dump their opponents further into the
relegation mire, whilst taking themselves — albeit temporarily — out
of danger.
With the bottom
of the table so compressed and so many teams in
relegation danger there are few yet in a position to start thinking about the summer holidays.
The finances at the club were already in poor shape before
relegation from the Football League, but the drop in levels have put the permanent future
of the club in
danger.
Palace are now out
of the
relegation zone but
danger still looms, while Arsenal are in real
danger of missing out on the top 4 this season.
After the game the manager
of the Premier League champions said that making a cup final would have been good, but he's happy the club are out
of relegation danger.
Villa who have massively underachieved this campaign, will welcome a win to help put to bed any
danger of an unexpected
relegation fight whilst Bolton who sit in 7th place in the Premier League have European football well and truely in their sights.
Celta's 9th place finish last year showed how much Luis Enrique had improved as a coach, taking the side comfortably clear
of relegation danger.
Instead the modern Newcastle stand one point above the drop zone and are in
danger of a second
relegation in three years.
The league leaders look to have the friendliest run - in
of their title rivals over the next few weeks, with fixtures against clubs that would normally be labelled «six - pointers» were it not for the maddening reality that the Foxes are playing it so safely in avoiding
relegation that they're in
danger of actually winning the league.
Rafael Bernitez's side then embarked on something
of a mini purple patch only to fall back badly more recently to currently sit firmly in the
relegation danger zone, where many predicted is their rightful place given the current squad.
The Tynesiders are just a point above the
relegation zone after losing seven
of their past eight games are in
danger of an immediate return to the Championship.
Bruno Labbadia's Wolves, who are in serious
danger of contesting the
relegation play - off for a second successive season, fell behind inside eight minutes when Gladbach captain Lars Stindl smashed home via a post.
Brighton has been toiling
of late and I have them pegged for
relegation with Southampton and Stoke expected to clear the
danger zone at some point.
Watford are currently 12th in the table 9 points clear
of the
relegation places and unlikely to be in
danger of going down — a pretty good season.
The
relegation fight is even crazier with ten teams in real
danger of possibly going down.
The Eagles narrowly avoided
relegation to the Championship at the end
of last season, but there is a very serious and tangible
danger that their luck will run out this campaign.
In American sports, there are no
dangers to
relegation and no change in the composition
of the league from year to year, something that makes long term revenue sharing contracts and a hard salary cap possible.