When could Wolves be relegated?

By Jonty Colman

Wolverhampton Wanderers could be relegated as early as 16 March from the Premier League following a forgettable campaign.

Rob Edwards' side are currently bottom of the table having picked up just 10 points from 28 matches, leaving them 17 points from safety and having played a match more than every other team in the bottom six.

Wolves can only reach a maximum of 40 points this season and that would require the Molineux men winning each of their final 10 matches.

Given Wolves have only won once in the top-flight this campaign, that would appear highly unlikely.

Wolves' next three league games see them face back-to-back home matches against Aston Villa and Liverpool before a trip to Brentford.

Should Wolves lose all three of those games against sides vying for European football next term, the maximum points they can achieve is 31.

Theoretically, Wolves would therefore be relegated if Leeds pick up one more point, Tottenham earn three more and Nottingham Forest gain five.

Should that happen Wolves would be relegated with seven matches remaining and break the Premier League record for the earliest a team has been relegated.

If Wolves do avoid relegation before next month's trip to Brentford, they could still be relegated a week later without playing.

But with Forest facing tricky away trips to Brighton and Manchester City and a home fixture against Fulham, that might not happen.

If Wolves do maintain their current 17-point gap to 17th-placed Nottingham Forest during that spell, Wolves would not be relegated until facing Leeds on 18 April.

What is the earliest a team has been relegated?

Derby County currently hold the unfortunate record after Paul Jewell's side were relegated on 29 March 2008.

It was a season to forget for the Rams after recording the lowest points tally ever seen in the league (11).

Derby scored just 20 goals that campaign and conceded 89, winning just one game.

Last season Southampton suffered the earliest Premier League relegation in terms of the number of games played. Ivan Juric's side went down with seven games left to play and finished on a meagre 12 points.

These are the records Wolves are looking to avoid:

Derby County (2007-08): 29 March

Huddersfield Town (2018-19): 30 March

Fulham (2018-19): 2 April

Leicester City (2001-02): 6 April

Southampton (2024-25): 6 April

Portsmouth (2009-10): 10 April

Sunderland (2002-03): 12 April

Leicester City (1994-95): 13 April

Ipswich Town (1994-95): 14 April

Sunderland (2005-06): 14 April

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