Spurs have Bolton, West Ham, Stoke, West Brom, Blackpool, and Birmingham at home. For arguments sake, let's say that's 18 points. Their lone difficult home game left is Arsenal (which is their game in hand, so let's not assume they will just get 3 points and be 2 behind us now). Let's call that a draw, and would be 19 out of 22 points. Seems like a lot, but they haven't lost at home in the league since August.
Away, they have Sunderland, Wolves, Wigan, Blackpool, Chelsea, Liverpool. None of those are easy games, but to play it safe, let's assume they beat Wolves, Wigan, and Blackpool, draw Sunderland, and lose to Chelsea and Liverpool. That's 10 out of 18 possible.
29 out of a possible 40 points, would give them 70 points through 37 games.
and us, we've got West Brom, Fulham, Wigan, Stoke, Sunderland, and West Ham home. Those are all very, very winnable. That's 18 points.
away, we've got United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Everton, Blackburn - almost a who's who of tough away fixtures. I'd say we'll probably lose the two I've labelled first, should be able to get two draws against both Scousers, and should handle Blackburn in late April. That's 5 out of 15 away points. 23 points left for us, and we're currently at 46.
Of course, for both squads I left out April 16. By my rudimentary calculations and predictions, without that match, I have Spurs at 70 points and us at 69.
There will be surprises to both us and Spurs that will make this post irrelevant, but the end of the season looks like it will mirror last year.
