Eddie Gray makes major Leeds United relegation prediction in ‘disaster’ view
Eddie Gray has tipped Leeds United to stay in the Premier League amid their relegation battle with Burnley and Everton.
The Whites sit in 18th in the table, level on points with the Clarets but with a far worse goal difference of -35 in comparison to their -17.
Gray highlighted the importance of Leeds’ Elland Road form, saying that if Jesse Marsch’s side wins their remaining home games they will survive.
“If I look at it with my white hat on, I think they’ll be OK,” he told Mirror Sport.
“But if you look at it from the outside, it’s going to be tough. If they win their two home games coming up, they’ll probably survive. That would give you 40 points and if you went down with that total, that would be a disaster. When you’re in a battle to stay up, the home games are important. We’ve got these two coming up and we’ve got to make the most of them.
He added: The funny thing about it is, the run we’ve been on hasn’t been too bad. It’s just that Burnley have come up with a few results, as they seem to do every year, and Everton have started winning.”
Crucial.
It is now make or break for Leeds United in their three remaining Premier League games.
They face a very tough test against the European champions, Chelsea, but as Everton proved last week – with the right atmosphere at home and a robust team set-up, they are very beatable.
Thomas Tuchel’s side is going through somewhat of a rut of late and Marsch and the players need to sense blood and go for the win at Elland Road.
Then they welcome the Seagulls which is might be the easiest game out of the three. Make no mistake, it won’t be easy with Graham Potter playing some excellent football this campaign as they sit ninth but the Whites simply have to win that game if they want to stay up.
The last day of the season sees Marsch’s side travel to Brentford who have also been very impressive this season.
One big boost for Leeds is the fact they are all but on holiday as they sit rather comfortably in twelfth which should see a fighting for their lives Whites team beat them. With that being said they have been very good at home this term which could cause some issues. It is all to play for.
In other Leeds news, Jamie Carragher, Jamie Redknapp and Micah Richards have shared a massive relegation prediction.