Premier League Relegation Odds: It's two from four as day of drama beckons

Premier League / Joe Dyer / 19 May 2009 / Leave a Comment

From [1.04] Middlesbrough to [9.6] Sunderland a quartet of teams could end the Premier League's final day in the Championship.

We are all set for betting drama in the Premier League this Sunday when the final four relegation battlers attempt to beat the drop.

With one game to go Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Hull and Sunderland could all find themselves playing Championship football next year.

At a back price of just [1.04] to go down (and [1.05] to lay), the odds suggest Boro are goners but a win at West Ham could be enough to lift them to safety. Nearly £8,000 has been traded at [1.01] so an early goal for Gareth Southgate's strugglers could have a few punters sweating.

Once title contenders, Newcastle are in real danger of dropping out of the top flight. The Geordie outfit sit in 18th place and have a visit to Aston Villa from which to earn the points that will guarantee safety and trade at [1.7] to go down.

Hull have been in atrocious form since the turn of the year and now stand just a solitary point above Newcastle. Their fate is in their hands but the visit of Manchester United does not inspire confidence. The Tigers are [2.84] to return to the Championship after a single Premier League season.

Sunderland could have saved their fans the agony of a last day relegation but a 3-1 Monday night defeat at Portsmouth has left the Black Cats with a chance of going down. At [9.6] they are the outsiders of the four, but stranger things have happened on the final day and Ricky Sbragia's men face third-placed Chelsea at the Stadium of Light.