Wolverhampton v Everton, 12:45
Blackburn v Birmingham, 15:00
Bolton v West Ham, 15:00
Chelsea v Wigan, 15:00
Man Utd v Fulham, 15:00
Sunderland v West Brom, 15:00
Tottenham v Stoke, 15:00
Never easy to call it with absolute certainty, particularly this season.
But you'd expect Chelsea to see off Wigan and Arsenal must be favourites v Blackpool.
Of the others, Wolves/Everton could go either way. Ditto Bolton/West Ham. A win for both the 'W' teams -nailed on relegation certs a few weeks back- in those games would not be particularly unusual. Nor would a win (or at least a draw) for WBA.
Blackburn or B-lose also stand a decent chance of being in a much better position come 5pm on Saturday. It's a six pointer for them, but a lose/lose for us. A win for either opens up a 3 point margin and would push them quite a bit higher in the league, a timely boost to morale at this stage of the campaign. Even a draw (probably the preferred result) gives two of the sides around us an extra point.
So yes, we face the very real prospect of being in the bottom 3 by the time we kick off on Sunday. If we are, it's how we stand up to the pressure. We'll be seen as the next big club on the slide, the 'crisis' club and so on. And there will be plenty of reactions similar to the Everton fans last week, people almost willing us to go down.
