Premier League relegation battle: Spurs and West Ham wins mean Leeds and Nottingham Forest still have work to do

It is as you were in the relegation battle as West Ham and Tottenham matched Nottingham Forest’s victory on Friday evening with all three relegation-threatened sides desperate to avoid joining Burnley and Wolves in the Championship next season.

Their victories have even dragged Leeds back into the mix, already on 40 points. But it took late winners for West Ham and Tottenham on a Saturday packed with late drama. Spurs were four points adrift at one stage - and then out of the drop zone completely!

They finish it where they started - two points behind their London rivals but with renewed belief thanks to Joao Palhinha's 82nd-minute winner over Wolves at Molineux. Spurs have their very first Premier League win of 2026 and first under Roberto De Zerbi.

For Nuno, the pain of Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall's 88th minute equaliser that cancelled out Tomas Soucek's opener turned to joy when Callum Wilson pulled the three points out of the bag with the winner in stoppage-time. The Hammers rank sixth since mid-January.

"Nobody is making it easy. It's going to be a big fight, I think, until the end. But the good thing is that we don't give up. We're still on it. The momentum, especially here at the London Stadium, I think it's a huge factor in the Premier League."

"I hope this result can change something in our head, in our mentality, and for the other result. It's really very tough to win a game for us, if we put our head on the other teams, it becomes too tough for me.

"They have to be positive, they have to feel full confidence, because they are good, and not to see the other results. For example, West Ham. And we have to move on and prepare for the next games. Now the first game is at Villa Park, and that's it."