Title-race, top-five chase and relegation battle heats up on huge weekend
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It's a bumper weekend of Premier League football on Sky Sports with SEVEN games live as the run-in begins. Sunday 12th April 4:00pm Kick off 4:30pm If not, City - eager to build on their hammering of Liverpool in the Cup - have the capability to deal a big blow to Chelsea's top-five ambitions in the Premier League.Adding to the difficulty of the challenge is that Chelsea will be without Fernandez once again as he serves the second of his two-game ban imposed by Rosenior and the club after seemingly discussing a potential move to Real Madrid this summer.
Seven per cent to end Everton's 20-year wait to return to Europe's elite.Those are the chances Opta are currently giving to both teams to secure Champions League football ahead of their match-up on Saturday.They are two outsiders in the race but could sink Chelsea as low as seventh should a winner emerge from their meeting at the Gtech Community Stadium. A spot which now secures Champions League football after English clubs were handed an extra spot in the competition once again.They have seven games remaining to do exactly that but with the race currently neck and neck between the two and Chelsea and Liverpool faltering ahead of them, it could all come down to who walks away with three points this weekend.Patrick RoweDe Zerbi and Spurs in the spotlight And elsewhere in the relegation battle...
Sunday 12th April 1:00pm Kick off 2:00pm The quick play, De Zerbi's presence on the training pitch and seemingly growing relationship with his players are all good but unfortunately for a club the size of Spurs, smiles, fun and games are not the points that they now so desperately need.Spurs find themselves in the bottom three before they even kick a ball on Sunday after West Ham's thrashing of Wolves on Friday night.De Zerbi's ability to galvanise a side will be tested. He's notorious for his perhaps incendiary approach at times; however, the troublesome side of De Zerbi's Maverick will need taming for seven games.It's a fresh slate for De Zerbi against a Sunderland side that have lost three on the bounce at the Stadium of Light after previously going unbeaten at home.