Newcastle United were regarded as one of the three firm favourites by the bookies to be relegated only last month before a six-match unbeaten run has changed the whole mood on Tyneside.
As United now sit four points clear of the relegation places they have drifted away from the list of sides that the majority of bookmakers believe will go down.
They feel that Norwich, Watford and Burnley are the certs to be relegated while Brentford have indeed been pulled into the scrap along with spluttering Leeds.
