Premier League Relegation Odds: Four Teams Battle For Survival

The Premier League returns this week after the FA Cup fourth-round ties last weekend.

While Liverpool and Arsenal battle it out for the title, the battle at the bottom to stay in the league looks set to go to the final day of the season.

Football betting sites will continue to update their Premier League relegation odds until the final table has been confirmed on Sunday, May 25.

Southampton Boost Survival Hopes

Before the last round of Premier League games, Southampton looked doomed to be relegated. 

They were rooted to the bottom of the table with just six points to show from their 23 games. 

Russell Martin paid the price for a dismal start to the season and was replaced by Ivan Juric, who began his tenure with six successive league defeats.

There was no immediate sign of a 'new manager bounce' in terms of results, but a spirited performance at Manchester United showed there was hope.

Saints led 1-0 with eight minutes to play and were denied a valuable point by two injury-time goals from Amad Diallo to complete his hat-trick.

Paul Onuachu's late winner gave Southampton their first away win and their second league win of the campaign.

It sent the squad into their free weekend full of confidence ahead of back-to-back home games with Bournemouth and Brighton.

However, the gap between them and safety is 10 points and they are the odds-on favourites to be relegated.

McKenna Keen To Keep Ipswich Up

Kieran McKenna has worked wonders at Portman Road thanks to successive promotions from League One to the top flight. 

If he can keep the Tractor Boys up, then that might just surpass his achievements over the last two campaigns. 

Of the four teams battling it out to avoid relegation, Ipswich have lost the least games. Town are also the only team in the bottom six to have stuck with their manager.

Town have lost 14 of their 24 league fixtures, one fewer than Wolves and Leicester and five fewer than Southampton.

However, if they lose their place in the Premier League, they might rue their most recent defeat, which was that defeat at home to Saints. 

A 4-1 FA Cup win at Coventry will have lifted morale ahead of their trip to Aston Villa this weekend, before their next home game against Tottenham the following weekend. 

Foxes Focus Now On Survival

Leicester's controversial FA Cup exit to Manchester United means they can now focus on staying in the Premier League.

Harry Maguire's injury-time winner was allowed to stand even though the defender was offside when he connected with Bruno Fernandes' free-kick from the left.

Unfortunately for Leicester, VAR doesn't come into play in this competition until the next round. 

Foxes boss Ruud van Nistelrooy was furious afterwards, and he will hope his side can take their frustrations out on Arsenal at the King Power Stadium on Saturday. 

Leicester are second favourites on betting apps to return to the Championship after just one season away.

Precarious Position For Pereira's Wolves 

If the season were to end after 24 games, Wolves would be safe. 

However, there are another 14 games to play and Wolves manager Vitor Pereira will hope that the three sides currently in the relegation zone, don't go on a winning run.

Ideally, he would like to control his club's own destiny by picking up enough points to pull away from the drop zone. 

Pereira replaced Gary O'Neil on December 19 and provided an immediate change of fortune by taking six points from his first two games at Leicester and at home to Manchester United. 

Trips to Liverpool and Bournemouth could be tricky before they welcome Fulham to Molineux on February 25.

Other teams in the market to be relegated include Everton (25/1), West Ham (33/1) and Tottenham (66/1). 

Manchester City are 16/1 to be relegated, a possible sanction if they are found guilty in their 115 charges against the Premier League's financial rules.