The more games they lose, the sooner we become mathematically, certainly safe and can do away with 'unlikely' to catch us. Palace started last season with a such a poor run of form, no one had had such a bad start and survived. Yet they finished above us. Funny things happen in football. 'Mathematical certainty' is much more preferable to 'unlikely'.
I take it you're still one of the lunatics still banging on about goal difference.
If g/d becomes an issue I hope we're relegated because this team sure has hell doesn't deserve to be in the Premier League if it throws away a 7 point 'lead' with comparatively easy home games to come.