Are we well placed for a fourth placed finish? Well let's look at the teams we've to play

1) Portsmouth (H)
2) Manchester United (A)
3) Sunderland (H)
4) Birminghan (A)
5) Fulham (H)
6) West Ham (H)
7) Burnley (A)
8) Chelsea (H)
9) Hull (A)

Let's now look at how we fared in the first round of matches against the teams mentioned.

1) Portsmouth (H) = L (2-0)
2) Manchester United (A) = W (2-0)
3) Sunderland (H) = L (1-0)
4) Birminghan (A) = D (2-2)
5) Fulham (H) = L (3-1)
6) West Ham (H) = W (3-2)
7) Burnley (A) = W (4-0)
8) Chelsea (H) = L (2-0)
9) Hull (A) = W (6-1)

Almost 50 - 50 eh?