ESPN reports that David Moyes is predicting a wide open
relegation race this season.
Not exact matches
The
race for League titles, European places and to avoid
relegation is all hotting up, so we look at the players who have started this
season in sensational form.
As we head into the latter stages of the Premier League
season with a title
race yet to be completely decided, and a
relegation battle ready to go right down to the wire, managers will be calling upon the fittest players in their respective squads to help them achieve their particular goal.
Perhaps the real lesson of this
season's
relegation race so far is not one of squad investment or work ethic but something slightly more diffuse.
Racing Santander were one of the many clubs involved in last
season's
relegation scrap and with barely any squad strengthening carried out this summer, this one should be a comfortable 3 - 0 victory at home for Valencia.
The Canaries were desperate to earn their second victory over United this
season in their
race to avoid
relegation from the Premier League.
The Royals had made a stuttering start to life in the top - flight (they would succumb to
relegation at the end of the
season) but under the lights at their home patch, their players flew out of blocks against their opponents,
racing into a 4 - 0 lead after 35 minutes.
You know, one of the teams they're trying to finish ahead of in the
race to avoid
relegation this
season.
Just when you thought the La Liga title
race couldn't get any more predictable and one - sided, the football gods throw us a much - needed curveball in the form of this
season's over-achievers Levante — a side very much expected to face another
relegation battle this
season have had a miraculous turnaround in fortunes and after an impressive start, quite unbelievably sit in the lofty heights of 3rd place in the La Liga table after already claiming scalps off football powerhouses Real Madrid, Malaga and Villareal so far this campaign.
At the midpoint of the
season just 7 points separate 10th from the
relegation zone and the title
race looks set to be one of the tightest battles in years after a week in which top spot changed hands three times, so many teams could be looking to spend big to achieve their goals.