Which team battling Premier League relegation has the toughest run-in?

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Planet Football
21st February 2018

A total of 11 teams are still nervously looking over their shoulders in the Premier League – but who out of the likes of West Ham, Newcastle United and Stoke City has the toughest run-in to the season?

This term’s relegation battle is likely to go down to the wire with every team up to 10th-place Bournemouth all fighting to beat the drop.

We’ve compared the remaining 11 fixtures for every club to see which teams have the toughest run-in and who, on paper at least, looks to have the easiest remaining games.

Bournemouth

Remaining fixtures (current league position): Newcastle (13), Leicester (8), Tottenham (5), West Brom (20), Watford (11), Crystal Palace (15), Liverpool (3), Manchester United (2), Southampton (18), Swansea (16), Burnley (7)

Points required: 9

Average league position of remaining opponents: 10.7

Watford

Remaining fixtures: Everton (9), West Brom (20), Arsenal (6), Liverpool (3), Bournemouth (10), Burnley (7), Huddersfield (17), Crystal Palace (15), Tottenham (5), Newcastle (13), Manchester United (2)

Points required: 10

Average league position of remaining opponents: 9.7

West Ham

Remaining fixtures: Liverpool (3), Swansea (16), Burnley (7), Southampton (18), Chelsea (4), Stoke (19), Arsenal (6), Manchester City (1), Leicester (8), Everton (9), Manchester United (2)

Points required: 10

Average league position of remaining opponents: 8.5

Newcastle United

Remaining fixtures: Bournemouth (10), Liverpool (3), Southampton (18), Tottenham (5), Huddersfield (17), Leicester (8), Arsenal (6), Everton (9), West Brom (20), Watford (11), Chelsea (4)

Points required: 12

Average league position of remaining opponents: 10.1

Brighton

Remaining fixtures: Swansea (16), Arsenal (6), Everton (9), Leicester (8), Huddersfield (17), Crystal Palace (15), Tottenham (5), Burnley (7), Manchester United (2), Liverpool (3), Manchester City (1)

Points required: 12

Average league position of remaining opponents: 8.1

Crystal Palace

Remaining fixtures: Tottenham (5), Manchester United (2), Chelsea (4), Huddersfield (17), Liverpool (3), Bournemouth (10), Brighton (14), Watford (11), Leicester (8), Stoke (19), West Brom (20)

Points required: 13

Average league position of remaining opponents: 10.2

Swansea City

Remaining fixtures: Brighton (14), West Ham (12), Huddersfield (17), Manchester United (2), West Brom (20), Everton (9), Manchester City (1), Chelsea (4), Bournemouth (10), Stoke (19)

Points required: 13

Average league position of remaining opponents: 9.8

Huddersfield Town

Remaining fixtures: West Brom (20), Tottenham (5), Swansea (16), Crystal Palace (15), Newcastle (13), Brighton (14), Watford (11), Chelsea (4), Everton (9), Manchester City (1), Arsenal (6)

Points required: 13

Average league position of remaining opponents: 10.4

Southampton

Remaining fixtures: Burnley (7), Stoke (19), Newcastle (13), West Ham (12), Arsenal (6), Chelsea (4), Leicester (8), Bournemouth (10), Everton (9), Manchester City (1), Swansea (16)

Points required: 14

Average league position of remaining opponents: 9.5

Stoke City

Remaining fixtures: Leicester (8), Southampton (18), Manchester City (1), Everton (9), Arsenal (6), Tottenham (5), West Ham (12), Burnley (7), Liverpool (3), Crystal Palace (15), Swansea (16)

Points required: 15

Average league position of remaining opponents: 9.1

West Brom

Remaining fixtures: Huddersfield (17), Watford (11), Leicester (8), Bournemouth (10), Burnley (7), Swansea (16), Manchester United (2), Liverpool (3), Newcastle (13), Tottenham (5), Crystal Palace (15)

Points required: 20

Average league position of remaining opponents: 9.7