Drop Zone

With much of the focus this season on the winner and 4th place spot in the Premier League the runts of the litter seem to be forgotten. With 14 games to go the relegation dog fight is very much on.

extrabet currently see little hope for Portsmouth who now trade at a whimpering 1/8 to be relegated. However this is the best price in the market and could just be your bet of the year. Realistically they need to win 2 of every 3 games in the run in to stay up. Considering they`ve won 4 from 24 that may be an impossibility. Elsewhere the story is more uncertain with 3 points separating Hull, West Ham, Bolton, Wigan, Burnley and Hull. However history shows that generally other teams will get pulled into the mire. On that front Blackburn trade at 11/1 on extrabet with Sunderland 10/1 (best price in the market).

Sunderland in particular are in disarray after winning just 1 game in the Premier League since October. They are currently on 25 points and have scored just scored 4 points in their last 9 games. As an aside note that Wigan who trade at 5/1 to go down have played just 10 of their 23 games at home and so should get some stadium advantage over the run-in.

Chris Shillington explains further "This relegation looks the tightest in years and clever punters never underestimate home advantage for the run in"

TO BE RELEGATED

• Portsmouth 1/8
• Wolves 4/5
• Burnley 1/1
• Hull City 11/8
• Bolton 13/5
• West Ham 11/4
• Wigan 5/1
• Sunderland 10/1
• Blackburn 11/1