EPL Results: Updated Premier League Table, Odds After Saturday's Week 35 Scores

The 2015-16 Barclays Premier League season, which has made the extraordinary seem ordinary, has entered the home stretch. 

With Saturday's continuation of Matchday 35, four matches were played out, with the most important result taking place toward the bottom of the table rather than the top. 

First-place Leicester City, with 73 points, and second-place Tottenham Hotspur, who are five points back, don't play until Sunday as the race for the title has come down to those two sides. 

Newcastle United on the other hand began Saturday with 29 points and sat in 19th place, one point behind a Sunderland side who now have two games in hand. 

Here are the results from Saturday's matches and the updated table heading into Sunday:

Team	Result	Team
Manchester City	4-0	Stoke City
Chelsea	4-1	Bournemouth
Liverpool	2-2	Newcastle
Southampton	4-2	Aston Villa

Place	Team	Points	GD	Matches Played
1	Leicester City	73	26	34
2	Tottenham Hotspur	68	39	34
3	Manchester City	64	32	35
4	Arsenal	63	24	34
5	Manchester United	59	112	34
6	West Ham United	56	14	34
7	Liverpool	55	13	34
8	Southampton	54	12	35
9	Chelsea	47	7	34
10	Stoke City	47	-14	35
11	Everton	41	5	34
12	Watford	41	-7	34
13	Bournemouth	41	-19	35
14	Swansea City	40	-11	34
15	West Bromwich Albion	40	-11	34
16	Crystal Palace	39	-9	35
17	Norwich City	31	-25	34
18	Sunderland	30	-18	33
19	Newcastle United	30	-26	35
20	Aston Villa*	16	-44	35

With just a limited number of matches remaining, this is what the odds look like for the teams gunning for the title, courtesy of Oddschecker.com:

Team	Current Place	Odds
Leicester City	1st	4-9
Tottenham Hotspur	2nd	7-4
Manchester City	3rd	500-1
Arsenal	4th	100-1

Liverpool 2, Newcastle 2

Newcastle, managed by former Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez, needed something in Saturday's match at Anfield in order to keep pace with Sunderland, who still have five games left to play. 

It looked like they would have no such luck after Liverpool took the lead in the second minute through a brilliant turn and left-footed finish by Daniel Sturridge.

Adam Lallana doubled that lead in the 30th minute with a beautiful curling left-footed effort with defenders bearing down on him from the edge of the box.

But in the second half, Papiss Cisse began to turn the tide with a towering header to halve Newcastle's deficit. Eighteen minutes later, Jack Colback completed the comeback when Liverpool became undone by another Magpie cross.

It's just a point, but it keeps the belief alive that Newcastle can indeed survive the drop this season. Norwich City are just one point ahead in the safety of 17th place, though they also have a game in hand. 

Two of Newcastle's last three games are winnable, too, as they come against 16th-placed Crystal Palace and an Aston Villa side that has already been relegated. If Newcastle can gain six points from their last three games, then they'll have a very good shot at staying up. 

Manchester City 4, Stoke City 0

It was a parade of goals at the Etihad Stadium as Manchester City made easy work of Stoke City. 

City's big win featured a brace from the young Kelechi Iheanacho, a 19-year-old Nigerian who scored the last two goals of the day.

He also won a penalty while impressing Times Sport's Henry Winter:

Sergio Aguero tallied his 23rd goal of the season from the penalty spot, and now he trails only Tottenham's Harry Kane for golden-boot honors. 

While it is a convincing win, Manchester City might have run out of time in their pursuit of the title. The blue side of Manchester has 64 points with three matches remaining. 

In order to win a second title in the Premier League era, they would need all nine points, Leicester City would have to lose all four of their remaining games and Tottenham could only take a maximum of five points from the games they have left to play. 

Chelsea 4, Bournemouth 1

At least for one day, Chelsea looked like the defending champions that ran away with the league last season in a 4-1 victory over Bournemouth. 

Pedro opened things up quickly in the fifth minute, when he received a delightful ball from Cesc Fabregas and was in on goal. The former Barcelona man exhibited a brilliant touch as he softly chipped the keeper and put Chelsea ahead.

Eden Hazard, who has had a troublesome season in terms of injury and production, also reverted back to last year's form with a pair of goals while Willian continued to show why he is Chelsea's most valuable player this season with a tally in the 71st minute. 

Chelsea are now just eight points back of seventh-place, the final UEFA Europa League qualifying spot. For a season that's been so negative, there's a slim chance that it can end on a bright spot. 

Southampton 4, Aston Villa 2

At this point, Aston Villa are just going through the motions, as relegation has already become a reality with just 16 points this season. 

It is the first time in the Premier League era that the club has been relegated and just the sixth time it's been relegated from English football's top flight in its 137-year history. 

The fans made their voices heard on Saturday, via BBC Midlands Today:

Bad feelings worsened when Southampton jumped out to a 2-0 lead thanks to Shane Long and Dusan Tadic after 39 minutes. 

Lee Westwood pulled one back for Villa, but Tadic added his second of the day to put things out of reach in the 71st minute. 

Southampton now move to just one point back of Liverpool for seventh place and the last Europa League spot, with three games remaining.