I agree that Aston Villa will come out of top 4 but in my opinion they can still secure 5th position, West Ham and Newcastle might be eyeing this position but Aston Villa looks better and worthy especially now that Aston Villa is 8 points ahead of these two teams. Indeed, there are many matches left but we can make estimates based on the performance of each team. In addition to the struggle for European League tickets, we also pay attention to the struggle to get out of degradation, Luton is currently a little safer while Everton is there but of course Everton still has a chance,
There are still a lot of matches remaining, I think anything can happen with Aston Villa, if Unai's squad cannot maintain its current position then in the future they will go down and fight for Europa League tickets with other teams.
I'm quite happy that Newcastle won away from home, they have lost several times and I thought this was their 5th defeat but apparently NO, they managed to recover even though it's only now but don't know for the next match.
Luton and Everton will definitely try to escape relegation, YES, as said above, there is still a long way to go, they can still compete to get to the safe zone.
Aston Villa can still maintain their position if they are able to appear impressive and do not give the club below them to take over their position, currently Aston Villa has collected 43 points from 22 matches and Tottenham has 40 points from 21 matches. If Tottenham wins the match in week 22 then he can take over position 4. I think Tottenham definitely won't want to waste that opportunity when Aston Villa lost points today.
Yes, Newcastle always looks impressive when facing Aston Villa, whether playing away or at home, Newcastle always dominates in win over Aston Villa. If you look at performance, Newcastle is actually a strong club but sometimes loses confidence when they start to lose.
I believe Everton can escape the relegation zone even though they are currently in poor condition, but I think Everton will definitely get up soon and improved their performance so they can get out of the relegation zone. However, I still doubt Luton performance, at least Luton can still fight as hard as they can in the remaining match this season.