Premier League relegation battle LIVE: Results and reaction as Everton survive

David Moyes has reiterated the need for his West Ham team to keep building momentum as they head to Leicester this afternoon with an eye on the Europa Conference League final still to come.

“We see a chance to get another league place higher up and we’re all well aware of the value of that in the Premier League,” he said, “I think if you’d given me this position a few weeks ago I’d have snapped your hand off, because we don’t go into the last day with any real problems.

“More importantly we go into it as well knowing we’ve got a cup final in a week or so’s time. We want everybody fresh, but we want them all able and prepared.

“We don’t want the gap in time to be too long between the games, so all those things come into our thinking. Look, we want to keep playing as well as we have done and we’ve improved greatly in the last month or so.

“We had a really good victory last weekend, we won in Alkmaar as well and we want to keep that run going if we can.”

Foxes manager, Dean Smith, was asked what his team needs to do to make sure they stay in the Premier League and he replied:

“We just have to go and win the game.

“We don’t even have to look at the Everton result until after the game. We’ll do our job and then see where it takes us. We can only control what we can do.

Smith added: “That’s what we have to keep telling the players – control your performance, help your team-mates out and go and get a win. If you do your part, we are looking at other people to help us. We’ve got to make sure we concentrate on what we do. It’s quite a simple message really and the lads have trained well so far.

“Any game you go into, from the first minute, you try to win the game. But you’ve got to get the balance right and that’s always the key thing. You’ve got to make sure you’re not too open.

“We’ve got to go and score a goal because, without scoring a goal, we don’t win the game. We know we’ve got to go and create opportunities, but we’re mindful of the threat that West Ham have.

“We’ll have to be good at both sides of the game. For us, it’ll be about trying to win the game from the first minute. We’ve got to concentrate on what we do in front of our own fans – and go and get the win. I’m looking forward to it.”

Sean Dyche has told his Everton squad to “play hard and play to win” in today’s crucial encounter with Bournemouth at Goodison Park

“The focus should be on every game,” said Dyche when speaking to the media on Friday, “My consistent message to the players has been that every game is important, and that every minute of every game is important.

“We showed that against Wolves – the mentality to take on every minute of the game until the final whistle, and we did that. We might have to do that again, but we should be doing that because that’s what the intention is.

“That’s the consistency I talk about. It’s the mentality to play hard every game and to go into every game to win. It’s no different in that respect; playing to win.”

Bournemouth boss, Gary O’Neil, admits that securing Premier League survival is a big achievement for his club who come into the final day knowing that they’ll be playing in the top flight once again next year. “The outside perception was that we were going to struggle this season, especially with where we were when I took over for the Wolves game and the tough spot we were in,” explained O’Neil.

“To be able to keep responding to win enough games to secure Premier League survival with some of the issues we’ve had with injuries and some of the runs we’ve had to get through was a big achievement for the group.

“Everybody within the dressing room and the coaching room understood how much we were giving every day and every moment to get everything we could out of everyone.

“So, to see all that work and effort pay off and reward everyone for the work that has been done is satisfying.”

Everton, Leeds United and Leicester City are the three clubs heading into the final day of the Premier League season uncertain about being there again next year.

Only Southampton have already been confirmed as facing the drop to the Championship, but from only a couple of months ago where at least nine sides were in danger of going down, it’s now just two from three who will end the weekend in despair.

Sean Dyche’s side are in the driving seat after earning a late, late point against Wolves last time out, but while survival remains in their own hands, one win in their last ten matches doesn’t exactly offer much of a guarantee that they’ll get the job done.

Despite enduring a nine-game winless run against Leeds in the Premier League between November 1997 and November 2001, in recent seasons, Spurs have come out on top in this fixture with eight wins in their last 10 meetings, including three consecutive victories.

Another win today and they’ll ensure the Whites are demoted to the Championship.

Tottenham’s acting head coach, Ryan Mason, says that his team need to managae today’s ‘one-off game’ with Leeds and that pressure will play a big part in the result.

“You have to be strong, you have to be a team, you have to compete,” he said, “So, first of all, that’s what we want to do, then we want to implement our style and try to hurt them.

“Ultimately, this is a one-off game, for them, there’s a lot riding on it. That can work both ways, and we have to use it to our advantage. It’s a big pressure situation for them. They have to win. We have to try to manage the game in the best way possible and try to make it suit us.

“I think we know the type of game we can expect, regardless of the situation, every time you go to Elland Road you have to be ready, so I want the players to be ready. Yes, it’s the last game of the season, but that has to be the last thing on their minds.”

Leeds boss, Sam Allardyce, spoke to the media ahead of today’s game and explained how he wants his side to play.

“Controlled aggression, calmness and composure, particularly in possession is a necessity,” said the man brought in to keep Leeds in the top-flight.

“The more possession we have and the better quality we can deliver, the more we can get at the Spurs defence. We can’t do that without ignoring their strengths, so the balance of the two means we’ll try to score first again.

“We’ve done that in the last two games, then failed after that. When you score first, generally, 80% of time you wouldn’t lose the game, but after that there’s a lot of time to do right job.

“This is the only time they’ve got left to do the right job. The ball will be in play 52 minutes, maybe 55, so it’s about 55 minutes concentration not 90, as it’s out of play for the rest.

“I want to see their best and their best will get the fans behind them, and the fans behind them will help them score, to get a result.”

Ryan Mason has trust in the key decision-makers at Tottenham to get the big calls right this summer.

Spurs’ acting head coach Mason will take his squad to relegation-threatened Leeds on the final day in what is set to be his last fixture in charge.

Eighth-placed Tottenham remain without a permanent manager or managing director of football and could miss out on Europe for the first time since the 2009-10 campaign unless they better Aston Villa’s result and match Brentford’s on Sunday.

Leicester are looking to complete a Premier League double over West Ham for the fourth time, having won the reverse fixture 2-0 in November.

But, the Foxes have won only one of their previous five Premier League home matches against the Hammers, drawing two and losing two.