Southampton, Stoke and West Brom seem set for relegation from Premier League: From stolen taxis in Barcelona to strikers without a goal in two years, why these stalwarts face the drop

Daily Mail | April 17, 2018

So long, Southampton. Sayonara, Stoke. Auf wiedersehen, West Brom. This season, three Premier League fixtures look like they are going to exit the top flight.

Few would have tipped any of them for the drop at the start of the season. A sudden exit like this does not happen too often, not least for three clubs in one go.

This will be the first time since the 2011-12 season that all three newly-promoted sides have beaten the drop. That campaign, Swansea, Norwich and QPR stayed up.

Southampton look as though they will be exiting the Premier League this campaign

Premier League stalwarts Stoke also look likely to drop down into the Championship

West Brom have had a diabolical season and are expected to join them in the second tier

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	33	28	3	2	68	87
2	Manchester United	33	22	5	6	37	71
3	Liverpool	34	20	10	4	43	70
4	Tottenham Hotspur	33	20	7	6	35	67
5	Chelsea	33	18	6	9	24	60
6	Arsenal	33	16	6	11	17	54
7	Burnley	33	14	10	9	4	52
8	Leicester City	33	11	10	12	2	43
9	Everton	34	11	9	14	-15	42
10	Newcastle United	33	11	8	14	-7	41
11	Bournemouth	34	9	11	14	-15	38
12	Watford	34	10	7	17	-18	37
13	Brighton and Hove Albion	33	8	11	14	-15	35
14	West Ham United	33	8	11	14	-18	35
15	Huddersfield Town	34	9	8	17	-27	35
16	Crystal Palace	34	8	10	16	-18	34
17	Swansea City	33	8	9	16	-19	33
18	Southampton	33	5	13	15	-20	28
19	Stoke City	34	6	10	18	-33	28
20	West Bromwich Albion	34	4	12	18	-25	24

Southampton were viewed as the model club only a season or two ago but are dropping out of the top flight for the first time since arriving in 2012-13.