Will we qualify for the CL?

[SaddVillan]

Points earned over the last 6 games and points ahead or behind us

Liverpool          13   +22
Arsenal               9    +11
Forest               10     +6
Chelsea            10     +2
Man City             8     +1
VILLA                13
Toon                    9      -1
Fulham                9     -3
Brighton            10     -4
Bournemth          2     -6
Palace                13    -8

[VillaTim]

Palace form is pretty good. We need to be wary of them in the semi.

[SaddVillan]

Palace form is pretty good. We need to be wary of them in the semi.

Very true VT.
Their last 6 league games

Everton H               L
Fulham A                W
Villa  H                    W
Ipswich H               W
Southampton A     D
Brighton H             W

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[Dave]

Obviously it won't actually make a difference, but I'd bet anything that the equivalent thread on the Chelsea, Man City and Newcastle fora are all "well obviously Villa are nailed on for one of the places, the form they're in..."

[DrGonzo]

Yes, we f'in will.  Peaking at the perfect moment. 

[ChicagoLion]

It’s interesting how many of the CL candidates have to play each other, so they are all going to take points off each other.

[Toronto Villa]

If I thought or said no before I’m changing to yes. We look so focused and motivated vs Chelsea and Man City. We want it more than their players. Newcastle have the upper hand on 4th as it stands and with Leicester coming up fully expect them to do the business tomorrow. But we might see a Forest late season slip but they have points in the bag. But when it comes to that final spot we can absolutely beat Man City and Chelsea to it who both look devoid of ideas and bizarre to say, lacking in squad depth or motivated players to get to the finish line.

[SaddVillan]

Picking up on  TV's comment re Forest:

Forest's injury free stats returning to the mean?

From The Athletic:

Nottingham Forest will monitor the fitness of Taiwo Awoniyi and Anthony Elanga after both sustained injuries.

Nuno Espirito Santo says the club are awaiting the results of a scan on Awoniyi, who missed Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa, while Elanga had to be withdrawn at half-time in the fixture after picking up a knock.

With Chris Wood recovering from a hip problem he sustained on international duty with New Zealand, Forest are short of options in the final third although they will hope that Wood is fit to face Everton next weekend.

They've been very fortunate thus far.

[paul_e]

Palace form is pretty good. We need to be wary of them in the semi.

The most important part of them being in good form is that they still have to play Man City, Newcastle and Forest. If they can keep up they could do us a lot of favours.

[VillaTim]

C115y looked awful today , Chelsea looked mediocre in the week v Spurs , Forest i think will choke but have just enough in the bag. Newcastle playing ok

[Brazilian Villain]

We're currently 11/2 to make the top 5. That seems decent value compared to Citeh at 1/5 or Chelsea at 4/9.

[Brazilian Villain]

The latest rankings, but tbh I'm not convinced by some of the percentages.

[Villan82]

The latest rankings, but tbh I'm not convinced by some of the percentages.

Would be some big movement there if Newcastle somehow failed to win tonight

[darren woolley]

I really think we can get CL football again we have a nearly fully fit squad and they are looking good I'm so positive every time they go on the pitch.

[Richard]

The latest rankings, but tbh I'm not convinced by some of the percentages.

Man Citys percentage is especially high without Haaland and playing as crap as they did yesterday.