With three matches remaining, Tottenham occupy 17th on 37 points, a single point clear of 18th-placed West Ham on 36. Spurs have turned a corner in recent weeks, recording two wins on the spin, but there is no margin for error under former Brighton & Hove Albion and Marseille boss Roberto De Zerbi.<\/p>\n
The tight finish intensifies on gameweek 36. West Ham take the field first on Sunday before Tottenham play on Monday night, leaving the Lilywhites to react to the earlier result and whatever pressure it creates.<\/p>\n
Tottenham (17th, 37 points)
\nLeeds (H) – May 11, 8 p.m. BST \/ 3 p.m. ET
\nChelsea (A) – May 19, 8.15 p.m. BST \/ 3.15 p.m. ET
\nEverton (H) – May 24, 4 p.m. BST \/ 11 a.m. ET<\/p>\n
West Ham (18th, 36 points)
\nArsenal (H) – May 10, 4.30 p.m. BST \/ 11.30 a.m. ET
\nNewcastle (A) – May 17, 5.30 p.m. BST \/ 12.30 p.m. ET
\nLeeds (H) – May 24, 4 p.m. BST \/ 11 a.m. ET<\/p>\n
Tottenham supporters are reminded of past seasons when they have backed Arsenal to disrupt title races, and there is a clear incentive for Spurs fans to support the Gunners on Sunday. A victory for Mikel Arteta\u2019s side would significantly ease Spurs\u2019 task ahead of a home match with Leeds that could arrive against a side with little left to play for.<\/p>\n
For West Ham, a positive result on Sunday could have wider consequences. A result for West Ham could hand Manchester City the title, despite their slip-up at Everton, which in turn would make Tottenham’s pursuit of safety considerably more difficult.<\/p>\n
Spurs then travel to Stamford Bridge in midweek after Chelsea\u2019s FA Cup final with Manchester City, a fixture that will bring memories of the \u201cBattle of the Bridge,\u201d when Chelsea recovered from 2\u20130 down to earn the point that sealed the title for Leicester City a decade ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Spurs sit one point above West Ham with three games left; fixtures and timing could decide survival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13701,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1660,172,1464],"tags":[1162],"class_list":["post-13702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gameweek-36","category-epl","category-tottenham","tag-analytics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}