It is hard enough to predict results in the Premier League anyway, but at this stage of the season it is even more difficult.
Looking at each club’s remaining games now doesn’t really help in deciding what might happen, because some of the teams they face may have different priorities, or nothing to play for full-stop.
Chelsea’s game against Liverpool on 4 May is a good example of that. Liverpool can clinch the Premier League title next weekend, when they play Tottenham, and we don’t know what their attitude will be like after that.
You can’t blame Arne Slot’s side if they go to Stamford Bridge after they have just become champions and they are not quite at it, but if that’s the case then it definitely helps Chelsea’s cause.
Further down the line, a similar situation could benefit Newcastle, who face Arsenal in their penultimate game when the Gunners might have a Champions League final to look forward to.
It’s the same for anyone who plays Manchester United and Tottenham before the end of the season too, because the Europa League is their priority now.
Even with that in mind, though, I still look at Chelsea’s fixtures as being among the toughest, just because they have got to travel to two of their rivals, Newcastle and Forest, as part of their run-in.
That’s why it was a huge result for them to turn things around against Fulham, particularly because there seems to be some unrest among their fans and issues with some of their key players.
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