The battle for survival is in full swing and now that the
top spot in the league is very much in favor of Manchester City, the attention
of the media, fans and players now turns to the relegation struggle. At the
moment, with consistent results, Wigan Athletic and Aston Villa are in the safe
zone. Villa occupy the 15th place spot and Wigan sit in 16th.
Queens Park Rangers are barely in the safe zone after a hammering at the hands
of Chelsea on Sunday and Bolton were only able to take a point from their
fixture against Sunderland. Both relegation sides are level on 34 points but
the Londoners have the better goal difference. Blackburn cling on for their
lives but after a defeat to Tottenham, despite good performances against some
of the better teams in the league, relegation seems inevitable.