Relegation in a sentence

With ninth-placed Clyde taking all three points against FC Edinburgh on Saturday, Peterhead – who are bottom and in the automatic relegation place – now trail their relegation rivals by five points with only three fixture remaining.

You must remember that he was brought into the team to help survive relegation and the way things are going it doesn’t seem like he will win (help the club survive relegation).

It was a welcome win for them as they struggle to avoid relegation battles and therefore, facing each other again offers one of them the chance to step further away from the relegation zone.

Chapungu are just four points above the relegation zone with 39 points thus are not out of the woods yet, as they are only four points above Chiefs, who occupy the last relegation slot.

A 2-0 defeat at Barnsley saw the U’s slump to 20th in the table, and above the relegation zone on goal difference alone.

Aaronsen, who scored one goal in 40 appearances in all competitions for Leeds, is the third player who featured for them in the Premier League last season to have departed on a season-long loan following relegation.

Across their last eight away league matches, they've won just two with no wins coming in their last four despite being up against relegation-threatened opposition - wins you'd expect a side challenging for the top four to be able to put away.

Adam Shergold talks you through the relegation battle.

A dramatic game ultimately ended all square and the point was enough to lift Sam Allardyce's side above remain in the relegation zone with two matches left to play but have reduced the gap to safety to just one point - for now, at least.

After taking the reigns in 2015 with the club in danger of relegation, Samuels steered the team to safety and by his departure in 2019, he had turned town into a steady top six side.

Airbus, whose relegation straight back down to Cymru North was confirmed last weekend, host Aberystwyth Town tonight while Haverfordwest go to Pontypridd in tomorrow’s other bottom-six encounter.

Although he struggled to win over Everton supporters at first, he has become a versatile and dependable figure during recent seasons of struggle and fighting relegation.

And Leeds will have to hope their summer rebuild is more akin to Burnley's last summer than Norwich or Watford, who both failed to even make the play-offs after their relegation.

Andros Townsend found the net against his old side in the first-half and that goal was enough to give the Hatters a huge win in their fight against relegation.

And with Forest down to 10 men after Danilo went off injured, substitute Dasilva secured a 2-1 win to send relegation-threatened Forest spinning to a seventh straight away defeat.

A point each left Manchester United third in the league on 50 points, 16 behind leaders Arsenal, while Southampton stayed bottom on 22, two points off safety in a packed fight against relegation to the Championship.

Augsburg coach Enrico Maassen said his side, who are just one place above the relegation playoff spot, could take positives from the “annoying” result.

A win would see either side break their winless streak and move away from the relegation zone.

Birmingham were two points off the Premier League relegation zone while the Gunners were in a what looked a two-horse title race with Manchester United, and were emphatic bookies’ favourites.

Bournemouth have successfully staved off the threat of relegation quite impressively in recent weeks and have beaten the likes of Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur in the not-too-distant past.