Long-suffering Everton supporter friend of mine gave me some interesting insight into their run-in over a post-match beer last night. He thinks Everton is in real trouble, because so many of their games are against sides with something still to play for.
Palace - probably safe now, but a win at home next weekend locks it
Toon - a CL spot is in sight, you get those by taking 3 points in away fixtures against 17th place teams
Leicester - weak team, but right now just 2 points behind Everton, and it is a home game.
Brighton - another away fixture, this time against a team fighting to hold on to an EL spot
City - title race road kill at Goodison. He reckons this is where utter despair will take hold
His take is they need to get to the last two fixtures, Wolves(A) and Bournemouth (H) without having spiraled badly. If so, points in those last two will be enough to get them past Leicester, and Forest will likely be 2 points behind them. But that final home match against Bournemouth is going to see a very, very tense Goodison.