Premier League Relegation Betting, Odds & Predictions – March 2018 Updates

West Brom
West Brom © GEPA pictures

Heading into the March international break it is a good time to take stock of the state of play in the Premier League relegation betting at bet365. Teams will get a break now, a good chance for some of their players to get a rest ahead of the final run-in. There are going to be some tense times ahead for those in the relegation mix, which still number plenty. Just four points separate 18th placed Southampton and 13th placed Newcastle going into the international break. There should be plenty of tension and drama down the line.

Premier League relegation betting odds*

West Brom 1/125, Stoke 4/11, Huddersfield 11/8, Southampton 15/8, West Ham 5/2, Swansea 5/1, Crystal Palace 13/2, bar 16/1* (betting odds taken on March 18th, 2018 at 9:42 p.m.)

West Brom

The Baggies are ten points adrift of safety now and looking pretty much down and out. They have created a seven-match losing streak for themselves and with just three wins all season, it’s hard to see them putting together a remarkable run of wins to see themselves safe. It’s not going to happen and they just fell apart again last weekend in a loss at Bournemouth. With games against Man Utd, Liverpool and Spurs still to come, there are few opportunities left for them to get safe.
Burnley (h), Swansea’s (h), Man Utd (a), Liverpool (h), Newcastle (a), Spurs (h), Crystal Palace (a)

Stoke

After back to back wins in the league, the Potters are on a seven-match winless streak of form in the Premier League now and just can’t seem to do enough to get themselves out of the drop zone. There has been a lack of output from them, having failed to score in six of their last eleven league outings. They have looked tougher since Paul Lambert took over, but still, the wins are happening for them, and their lack of away form is a massive concern. The most troubling thing for them really is that they didn’t take advantage of a good run of easier fixtures from mid-January through to the beginning of March. What situation are they going to be in ahead of their last two fixtures against Palace and Swansea?
Arsenal (a), Spurs (h), West Ham (a), Burnley (h), Liverpool (a), Crystal Palace (h), Swansea (a)

Southampton

With Mark Hughes coming in and landing the Saints a win at the first time of asking, taking out Wigan in the FA Cup, there will be a renewed belief that the Saints can get themselves out of their mess. They go into the break third from bottom and with just the one win since the end of November. They have only lost two since early January though so they have battled pretty well, and Hughes can get them fired up enough to potentially see them safe. You will probably see a lot more effort coming from them. They probably have the best chance of the bottom three of actually surviving and are 2/5 odds at bet365 to stay up* (betting odds taken on March 18th, 2018 at 9:42 p.m.).
West Ham (arsenal (vs), Chelsea (h), Leister (a), Bournemouth (h), Everton (a), Man City (h)

West Ham

The Hammers are tanking pretty badly having lost four of their last five and each of their last three. Their defence has been an absolute shambles as well, shipping eleven goals in their last three games. While the four goals they shipped against Liverpool is excusable, the fact that they have conceded three against Brighton and Burnley, as well as four against Swansea in their last five games, should have alarm bells ringing very loudly indeed. The Irons are slumping badly and their first game back after the break against Southampton is going to be massive for them. if they don’t get anything out of that and their game against Stoke, they could be in huge trouble.
Southampton (h), Chelsea (a), Stoke (h), Arsenal (a), Man City (h), Leicester (a), Everton (h)
 

 

Crystal Palace

The Eagles got themselves a huge three points with an away win at Huddersfield before the international break. That was the boost they need after a tough run of games. The Eagles were on a seven-match winless streak of form (D2 L5) before that win and that should give them tremendous confidence coming down the final straight as well. Aside from a game against Liverpool when they get back after their break, it isn’t a bad fixture list ahead of them to the end of the season. They could have enough to stay up and their last two games against Stoke and West Brom could see them facing already relegated sides by then.
Liverpool (h), Bournemouth (a), Brighton (h), Watford (a), leicester (h), Stoke (a), West Brom (a)

Huddersfield

Following their loss against Crystal Palace just before the international break, the Terriers received plenty of backing to be one of the sides to tumbling to relegation this season. They are winless in three with just the one point picked up in that sequence and when they come back from the break, they have to hit the ground running because they have a really tough run in. There is going to be little chance for them inside their last four games of the season to pick up salvation points, so earning as much as they can over their next three games is going to crucial for them. They could be in big danger going forward.
Newcastle (a), Brighton (a), Watford (h), Chelsea (a), Everton (h), Man City (a), Arsenal (h)

Premier League Relegation Predictions

West Brom are obviously going to be playing in the Championship next season, but who is likely to go down with them? Huddersfield would get our nod because they have pretty much just run out of easy games and the two important ones as soon as they get back are both on the road (at Newcastle and Brighton). Stoke just don’t look as if they have the output at the end of the day to get themselves safe and it could be a tight tussle between them and West Ham to stay up.

Of the two we would lean towards Stoke going down. Their two tough games back against Spurs and Arsenal could just knock the wind out of them. A relegation treble of Stoke/West Brom/Huddersfield is at 5/2 odds with bet365* (betting odds taken on March 18th, 2018 at 9:42 p.m.).