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Joshua Hobbs

Leeds United and Everton told why Burnley hold relegation advantage

After defeating Watford earlier in April, Leeds United looked like they had almost as a good as secured their Premier League status. That seemed all the more likely after Burnley lost to Norwich a day later.

However, Burnley sacked Sean Dyche and have incredibly picked up seven points in their three games in hand over the Whites, dragging Everton into the bottom three and moving to within three points of the Whites, with a significantly healthier goal difference. As such, the relegation battle is not over for Leeds and they have five difficult fixtures during which they must pick up enough points to stay ahead of at least one of Everton and Burnley.

According to Gabriel Agbonlahor, Burnley will pick up enough points to escape danger, so Jesse Marsch's side will have to ensure they are not the ones who the Clarets will stay up in expense of. Agbonlahor argued that the Burnley players would be fighting to maintain their Premier League wages and that their experience of previous relegation battles would work in their favour.

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