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Title rivals now all playing catch-up with Leicester

Title rivals now all playing catch-up with Leicester

Unlike Premier League title favourites Leicester have an advantage over their title rivals and not just in points either. The Foxes are currently two points ahead of Tottenham in second and five points clear of third place Arsenal.

Leicester could extend that advantage with a home win against West Brom on Tuesday night, but both Tottenham and Arsenal do not play until Wednesday. The pressure will then be on the north London pair to win their games.

Tottenham face a trip to the Boleyn Ground to face London rivals West Ham, who are unbeaten in 11 games at home in the top-flight. Arsenal faces a home game with relegation-threatened Swansea, who have suffered just one defeat in four visits to the Emirates Stadium in the Premier League.

The Welsh side may be lacking confidence and low on morale after a weekend defeat at Tottenham, but Arsenal will also still be reeling from being beaten 3-2 by a makeshift Manchester United team at Old Trafford.

It is very much advantage Leicester whatever way you look at it at the moment. The Foxes have the point’s advantage, the momentum and also super Jamie Vardy. The side from the Midlands will also know that with the other rivals playing on Wednesday night the pressure will be on their rivals.

Leicester only sneaked a 1-0 win last time out against Norwich with a last-gasp Leonardo Ulloa goal. However, it is that sort of victory that wins league titles. It would be hard to back against the Foxes picking-up another victory on Tuesday night against the Baggies.

Premier League
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Arsenal 83 36 26 5 5 60
2
Manchester City 82 35 25 7 3 54
3
Liverpool 75 35 22 9 4 41
4
Aston Villa 67 35 20 7 8 21
5
Tottenham 60 34 18 6 10 13
6
Newcastle United 56 35 17 5 13 22
7
Manchester United 54 34 16 6 12 1
8
Chelsea 51 34 14 9 11 6
9
West Ham 49 35 13 10 12 -9
10
Bournemouth 48 36 13 9 14 -11
11
Wolverhampton 46 36 13 7 16 -11
12
Fulham 44 36 12 8 16 -4
13
Brighton 44 34 11 11 12 -5
14
Crystal Palace 40 35 10 10 15 -12
15
Everton 37 36 12 9 15 -11
16
Brentford 36 36 9 9 18 -8
17
Nottingham Forest 29 36 8 9 19 -18
18
Luton Town 26 36 6 8 22 -29
19
Burnley 24 36 5 9 22 -35
20
Sheffield United 16 36 3 7 26 -65

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