Sunderland, Hull City, Leicester City, Swansea City, Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough all look to be in a relegation battle.
Paul Merson has told the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast, which was broadcast on February 15th on TalkSPORT, that he believes Sunderland, Hull City and Leicester City will all be relegated from the Premier League this season.
There appear to be seven teams battling against the drop this term, and Sunderland, Hull and Leicester are all embroiled in the relegation fight.
Sunderland currently sit at the bottom of the table, while Hull are also in the relegation zone.
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Leicester, on the other hand, do currently sit clear of the drop zone – but Merson believes Palace, who currently occupy 19th spot, will catch them.
“Sunderland, Hull and Leicester,” Merson predicted, when asked who’d go down from the Premier League this season.
Leicester are in a dire form currently, and they are a shadow of the side which won the league last term.
The Foxes look totally bereft of confidence, and Merson believes that Sam Allardyce will turn things around at Palace – who have been similarly out of sorts.
“I just think that Leicester are on the glass mountain. The only reason I can give them [Crystal Palace] is because Sam Allardyce is there,” the former Arsenal midfielder added.
Of the teams currently in the bottom three it is Hull who are in the best form.
The Tigers have been excellent since Marco Silva took charge, and have given themselves a chance of getting out of trouble, after previously being written off.
There are no Premier League matches this weekend, due to the FA Cup fifth round taking place.
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