West Ham relegate Wolves and keep Tottenham in trouble with draw at Crystal Palace

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Wolves have been relegated from the Premier League after an eight-year stay in the top flight.Their fate was sealed by West Ham‘s goalless draw at Crystal Palace on Monday night.Wolves have been relegated to the Championship after West Ham’s draw with PalaceGettyThe result leaves Rob Edwards’ side 16 points from safety with just five matches of the season remaining.They could be joined in the Championship by Burnley, who will be relegated if they lose to Manchester City on Wednesday, live and exclusively on talkSPORT.It could prove to be a crucial result for the Hammers, though, in their own fight for survival.West Ham have now lost just one of their last five Premier League matches following the stalemate at Selhurst Park.The result leaves Nuno Espirito Santo’s men two points above the bottom three in 17th.Meanwhile, it is also a blow to Tottenham Hotspur’s hopes of escaping from the drop zone.Spurs had cut the gap to their London rivals on Saturday despite being denied by a stoppage time equaliser against Brighton.However, the Hammers have now restored the two-point gap between them and Spurs.Wins for Leeds United and Nottingham Forest at the weekend mean they are now eight and five points above Spurs, respectively.Tottenham visit already-relegated Wolves on Saturday, whilst West Ham are at home to Everton on the same day.The Hammers have re-established their two-point advantage over SpursGettySpurs have not been relegated from the top-flight for 49 years, having secured an immediate return after their last demotion in 1977.As for the Hammers, they have spent 20 of the last 21 seasons in the Premier League, with their current stay extending back 14 years.Wolves relegatedMonday’s result means Wolves will play Championship football for the first time since 2018 next season.Following their promotion as champions seven years ago, the club have achieved three top half finishes in the Premier League.As well as back-to-back seventh place finishes in their first two seasons following promotion, Wolves also reached the quarter-finals of the Europa League in 2020.However, they have not qualified for Europe since, instead finishing in the bottom half in four of the last five campaigns.Wolves’ eight-year stay in the Premier League is over after a forgettable campaignGettyThis season saw the club fail to win a match until January 3 as they finally beat West Ham on matchday 20.It followed a run of just three points in 19 matches during the first half of the campaign.In doing so, Wolves broke the record for the most consecutive games without a victory at the start of a Premier League season.Edwards replaced Vitor Pereira in the dugout in November, and despite improved performances, the former Wales international has won just three of his 22 league matches in charge.