Mark Smith

Tue 1 March 2022 13:15, UK

Leeds United are now third favourites to be relegated from the Premier League this season, according to Five Thirty-Eight.

Their Super Computer has predicted that the Whites have a 35% chance of dropping to the Championship next season.

Only Norwich and Watford have bigger chances, with the two promoted sides backed to join Leeds on the slide.

This is not good.

Leeds have now played more games than those around them, and don’t have a big enough gap in case they win those games.

Burnley have had an up-turn in form in recent weeks, with Newcastle also winning games since the January window.

The Whites have done the opposite along with Everton, although it was the Toffees who got one over on us weeks ago.

Change.

Marsch coming in may have come at the right time, but some would argue that Marcelo Bielsa should have had the chance to turn it around.

Games against Liverpool, Spurs and Manchester United won’t keep us in this division, but the upcoming fixtures certainly will.

With Leicester, Aston Villa, Norwich over the next couple of weeks, the start of March is going to be huge for everyone at the club.

Two wins in those three could change everything, and hopefully, this new manager boost can provide us with exactly that.

Something has to change and whether this change in system can help us bring an unpredictability we haven’t had for years – time will tell.

In other Leeds United news, Jeff Stelling has shared what he has been told about the injury blow to Patrick Bamford over the past week