If 40pts is the cut-off point, we are only seven points from safety.
Saturday's Aston Villa v QPR is probably the pick of the six-pointers; but as far as we are concerned; Wigan v Newcastle is just as important.
We said three weeks ago that we (NU-Mad) expected Reading, QPR and Aston Villa to go down ... and we won't be changing our mind ... for now anyway.
PREMIERSHIP FIXTURES
Saturday 16 March 2013
12:45 Everton v Man City
15:00 Aston Villa v QPR
15:00 Southampton v Liverpool
15:00 Stoke v West Brom
15:00 Swansea v Arsenal
17:30 Man Utd v Reading
Sunday 17 March 2013
13:30 Sunderland v Norwich
15:00 Tottenham v Fulham
16:00 Chelsea v West Ham
16:00 Wigan v Newcastle
13 Newcastle United 33 (-10)
14 Norwich City 33 (-18)
15 Sunderland 30 (-9)
16 Southampton 28 (-12)
17 Aston Villa 27 (-26)
18 Wigan Athletic 24 (-22)
19 Reading 23 (-21)
20 Queens Park R. 23 (-21)
NEWCASTLE
Wigan Athletic (A)
Manchester City (A)
Fulham (H)
Sunderland (H)
WBA (A)
Liverpool (H)
West Ham Utd (A)
QPR (A)
Arsenal (H)
SUNDERLAND
Norwich (H)
Man Utd (H)
Chelsea (A)
Newcastle (A)
Everton (H)
Aston Villa (A)
Stoke (H)
Southampton (H)
Tottenham (A)
SOUTHAMPTON
Liverpool (H)
Chelsea (H)
Reading (A)
West Ham (H)
Swansea (A)
West Brom (H)
Tottenham (A)
Sunderland (A)
Stoke (H)
ASTON VILLA
QPR (H)
Liverpool (H)
Stoke (A)
Fulham (H)
Man Utd (A)
Sunderland (H)
Norwich (A)
Chelsea (H)
Wigan (A)
WIGAN
Man City (A)
Newcastle (H)
Norwich (H)
QPR (A)
Swansea (H)
West Ham (A)
Tottenham (H)
West Brom (A)
Arsenal (A)
Aston Villa (H)
QPR
Aston Villa (A)
Fulham (A)
Wigan Athletic (H)
Everton (A)
Stoke City (H)
Reading (A)
Arsenal (H)
Newcastle Utd (H)
Liverpool (A)
READING
Man Utd (A)
Arsenal (A)
Southampton (H)
Liverpool (H)
Norwich (A)
QPR (H)
Fulham (A)
Man City (H)
West Ham (A)
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