Battle for Premier League title 11-8 to be settled on final day of the season

Liverpool edged back to the top of the Premier League on Sunday but Manchester City remain 4-9 favourites to retain their crown and Betway offer 11-8 that the title race goes down to the last game of the season.

The firm go 4-7 that it is settled before the last round of fixtures and the Citizens are just 1-12 to return to the summit with a home win over Cardiff on Wednesday.

Pep Guardiola's men are evens with bet365 to be the highest-scoring team in the five midweek Premier League games, with Chelsea, who host Brighton, 4-1 second-favourites and Tottenham, at home to Crystal Palace, 6-1.

• Premier League standings

Huddersfield's relegation was confirmed at the weekend and Betway make the Terriers, who have taken just 14 points from their first 32 league matches, 6-5 not to win any of their last six.

They are 1-9 to finish bottom, 5-6 to finish with 18 or more points and 7-1 to lose all six remaining games.

Fulham are 500-1 with bet365 to avoid relegation and Cardiff (1-5) are expected to be the third team to drop down to the Sky Bet Championship.

Sam Allardyce has been slashed from 50-1 to 8-15 by Paddy Power to be the next permanent West Brom manager. Caretaker boss James Shan, who has won his three games in charge of the Baggies, is next in the betting at 9-4.

Tim Sherwood was Power's early 1-3 favourite to succeed Steve McClaren at QPR but he drifted to 3-1 after support for Gareth Ainsworth and former Brentford and Rangers gaffer Mark Warburton.

Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos has been banned for four matches after his red card in Sunday's 2-1 defeat at Celtic. It was the Colombian's fifth dismissal of the campaign.

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