Just a few weeks ago, many believed that it would be a four-horse race for survival between Norwich City, Watford, Burnley and Newcastle United.
However, both Burnley and Newcastle have enjoyed a recent upturn in results and have dragged themselves up the table, whilst Leeds United, Everton and Brentford have all been sucked into danger.
The business end of the season is nigh and because of postponements earlier in the season, games are coming thick-and-fast for a lot of sides and the picture at the top and bottom of the table could be altered greatly in the next few weeks.
Here, we take a look at how the supercomputer, courtesy of FiveThirtyEight, predicts the 2021/22 Premier League table will look like and whether or not Eddie Howe’s side will have done enough to drag themselves out of relegation danger:
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17. Brentford: 37 points (-20GD)
The Bees have taken just one point from their last eight games and suffered defeat to relegation rivals Newcastle United at the weekend. If there weren’t worries about relegation beforehand, then this result will have certainly put those fears to the forefront of supporters' minds. Brentford have been given a 24% chance of returning to the Championship. Photo: Marc Atkins
18. Leeds United: 36 points (-37GD)
Jesse Marsch has a huge job on his hands to turn Leeds United’s fortunes around. His first job will be to fix a leaky defence that conceded 20 league goals in February. The supercomputer gives them a 35% chance of dropping into the Championship. Photo: Laurence Griffiths
19. Watford: 30 points (-32GD)
Watford have started to pick up points recently, however, the supercomputer believes this will all be in vain and have given the Hornets an 81% chance of relegation. Photo: Paul Harding
20. Norwich City: 27 points (-50GD)
The Canaries have been tipped for relegation all season and as we enter March, the supercomputer is still tipping them for a return straight back to England’s second tier. They have been given a 93% chance of relegation. Photo: GLYN KIRK