Tottenham are staring the prospect of relegation in the face as they sit just one point outside the drop zone with eight Premier League games remaining. But if the reverse fixtures of these final matches are anything to go by, they will survive.

Spurs have endured a dismal season which began under Thomas Frank, with Igor Tudor hired to fight the fire in February. But he has been unable to steady the ship completely, although a 1-1 draw against Liverpool last time out domestically snapped a six-game losing streak.

They face Nottingham Forest on Sunday afternoon in a must-win relegation six-pointer. But the last time these two sides met, it was Forest who came away the resounding 3-0 victors.

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If history were to repeat itself, then Tottenham would plunge even closer to the drop, but how would the final league table look if each remaining game mirrored its reverse? football.london takes a look.

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If we take it that both bottom-placed Wolves and second-bottom Burnley are too far gone to survive this season, then it looks likely that four teams are currently battling to avoid filling the final relegation spot.

Leeds United, Tottenham, Forest and West Ham all look in contention to go down, but if we take the reverse fixtures and theorise their results are repeated, Spurs stay up. While they did lose 3-0 to Forest last time out, their subsequent opponents, Sunderland, held them to a 1-1 draw in January.

Then, they face Brighton and in this scenario would earn another point, having drawn 2-2 in September last year. Next up is Wolves, who again shared the points with Tottenham last time out in a 1-1 draw. Aston Villa will be next and things continue to look relatively bleak in our script as they lost 2-1 to Unai Emery's side in October.

However, things then pick up. Spurs beat Leeds 2-1 the last time these two teams met and so a vital three points could be earned here. Chelsea are next up and this was a 1-0 loss in the reverse fixture, but they end the season against Everton, whom they beat 3-0 back in October.

This would mean Tottenham end the campaign on 39 points and if we take into account the other relegation-threatened teams' reverse fixtures, they'd survive the theoretical drop.

In this exercise of guesswork, Leeds would pick up wins against Wolves and West Ham and take points from draws versus Brentford, Manchester United and Bournemouth. This would leave them clear of the drop on 41 points.

Forest would not fare as well, picking up the win against Spurs but then only drawing with Burnley and Manchester United, meaning they'd finish on 34 points. Yet they would ultimately survive as hypothesised, with West Ham being relegated to the Championship.

The Hammers also pick up four more points, with a win against Newcastle and a draw against Everton. This would see them end up with 33 points and go down by the solitary point, though of course all of these teams can alter their destiny should they overturn the results of these reverse fixtures.