{"id":982127,"date":"2026-05-24T16:16:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T16:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/982127\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T16:16:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T16:16:06","slug":"what-do-tottenham-and-west-ham-need-to-stay-up-premier-league-relegation-permutations-on-final-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/982127\/","title":{"rendered":"What do Tottenham and West Ham need to stay up? Premier League relegation permutations on final day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iOIawn\">From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iOIawn\">At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iOIawn\">The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"sc-1uza6dc-1 eRQajs\">Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong>Read more<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/premier-league\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a> relegation battle will be decided on the final day with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/tottenham-hotspur\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/west-ham-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Ham United<\/a> battling to avoid the drop.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs had the chance to seal their safety with a game to spare, but were beaten 2-1 by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>One point would, barring a mighty goal difference swing, be enough for Roberto De Zerbi\u2019s side, with both they and their relegation rivals at home on the final day.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham host Everton while West Ham take on Leeds at the London Stadium with a thrilling battle set to go to the wire.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/tottenham-everton-live-scores-results-premier-league-west-ham-leeds-b2982684.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Tottenham v Everton LIVE: Premier League relegation updates including West Ham v Leeds latest<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With Wolves and Burnley both relegated, here are the permutations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tottenham Hotspur<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Position: 17th | Played: 37 | Points: 38 | GD: -10<\/p>\n<p><strong>Remaining fixtures:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One point would surely do for Spurs now, their goal difference 12 better than that of West Ham with a game to go. Everton have little to play for \u2013 though David Moyes may wish to keep his former club up.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2275673594.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"De Zerbi expects the relegation battle to go down to the \u2018last minute\u2019\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/>De Zerbi expects the relegation battle to go down to the \u2018last minute\u2019 (Getty)<\/p>\n<p><strong>West Ham United<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Position: 18th | Played: 37 | Points: 36 | GD: -22<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Remaining fixtures:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4f1283e290371841404fcd9ee204f7f3Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzc4NTI4Nzgy-2.84575308.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"West Ham were dealt a late blow against Arsenal as an equaliser was ruled out\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/>West Ham were dealt a late blow against Arsenal as an equaliser was ruled out (PA Wire)<\/p>\n<p>There is just one game to come for West Ham, though they are, at least, not relegated before they play it. West Ham will have to win against Leeds to have any hope; if Spurs take a point, it will require a goal difference swing that is surely beyond Nuno Espirito Santo\u2019s side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":982128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,251751,31481,47671,393,162,262053,4884,44888,1860,251752,48279,77777,47681,273184,2249,20074,10031,93,260579,16,15],"class_list":["post-982127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-leeds","tag-britain","tag-club-soccer","tag-coach","tag-color-image","tag-england","tag-english-premier-league","tag-facial-expression","tag-great-britain","tag-horizontal","tag-leeds","tag-leeds-united-f-c","tag-london-england","tag-manager","tag-match-sport","tag-new-tottenham-hotspur-stadium","tag-photography","tag-roberto-de-zerbi","tag-soccer","tag-sport","tag-tottenham-hotspur-f-c","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116630454762461060","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982127","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=982127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/982128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=982127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=982127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=982127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}