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A run-in to savour as ALL 20 clubs have something to play for

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March 30, 2023

EVERYTHING is set for a dramatic to the Premier League season, with all to play for at both ends of the table.

- Dan Kilpatrick

A run-in to savour as ALL 20 clubs have something to play for

The March internationals always disrupt the club calendar just as the Premier League and the Champions League are nicely ramping up and this year was more frustrating than most because the top flight is reaching such a thrilling end.

Now the focus returns to the Premier League and, with 11 match-rounds to go, all 20 clubs still have something to play for.

Even Chelsea and Aston Villa, seemingly marooned in 10th and 11th place, can approach their final games with optimism.

Villa have quietly been transformed by Unai Emery and are one of the form sides in the League since the turn of the year, while Chelsea have the quality to go on a run if they click under Graham Potter. Both should be cautiously eyeing a European tour rather than their summer holidays.

Below them, there are nine teams in a relegation battle royale, with just four points separating Crystal Palace in 12th from rock-bottom Southampton.

It has never been this tight in the Premier League era, with the seven points between 12th and 20th with 10/11 games left in 2010-11 the next closest.

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