{"id":903506,"date":"2026-04-18T21:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T21:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/903506\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T21:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T21:34:14","slug":"can-leeds-united-feel-safe-from-relegation-after-back-to-back-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/903506\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Leeds United feel safe from relegation after back-to-back wins?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After back-to-back wins and four league games unbeaten, Farke&#8217;s men are the team in form, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tottenham<\/a> have not won a league game in 2026 and only two since 26 October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/leeds-united\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds<\/a> also appear to have, on paper, the most favourable remaining fixtures with a home match against a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/burnley\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burnley<\/a> team who may already have had relegation confirmed before travelling to Elland Road on 1 May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Trips to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tottenham<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/west-ham-united\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Ham<\/a>, on the final day of the season, follow and given the buffer they have to their relegation rivals, avoiding defeat would likely represent a win for the Whites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">By contrast, after facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/burnley\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burnley<\/a>, at least four of Forest&#8217;s last five games will be against teams in the mix to qualify for Europe with away games at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chelsea<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-united\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> looking particularly tricky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is a similar story for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/west-ham-united\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Ham<\/a> with the compact nature of the league &#8211; just seven points separate sixth and 14th &#8211; meaning pretty much every team still has something to play for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Hammers might actually be hoping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/leeds-united\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds<\/a> are one of the few whose thoughts have turned to the beach if Nuno Espirito Santo&#8217;s side are still in danger of going down come the final day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Spurs may have no better chance of breaking their duck in 2026 than next weekend&#8217;s game at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/wolverhampton-wanderers\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wolves<\/a>, whose own relegation could be confirmed on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The home match against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/leeds-united\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds<\/a> on 11 May is another they would view as an opportunity &#8211; but then every game falls into the must-win category for Roberto de Zerbi&#8217;s side at the moment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/burnley\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burnley<\/a> must essentially win all six of their remaining fixtures &#8211; including games against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-city\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester City<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arsenal<\/a> &#8211; to have any chance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/wolverhampton-wanderers\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wolves<\/a>? Well, they require a 100% end to the season, both Spurs and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/west-ham-united\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Ham<\/a> to lose every game and a 20-goal swing on goal difference. Simple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After back-to-back wins and four league games unbeaten, Farke&#8217;s men are the team in form, while Tottenham have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":903507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-903506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}