Meanings of automatic relegation in English

The Urban Warriors are second from bottom and a win will mean they avoid automatic relegation.

The students are now in the automatic relegation spot with one match left in this season's campaign.

The win sees the students leapfrog a point above Finn Harps out of the two automatic relegation places.

The victory moves the Seagulls four points clear of basement club Drogheda United in their bid to avoid automatic relegation.

Ever since Saracens' automatic relegation was confirmed, this extended Premiership campaign effectively became a training regime for their European defence.

The bottom of the table sees Platinum Stars in a desperate situation as they are looking to avoid automatic relegation.

The Urban Warriors are in a more desperate situation as they sit in 15th place, just four points away from automatic relegation.

Fellow strugglers London Irish condemned Bristol to a 10th successive Allied Dunbar Premiership defeat, meaning automatic relegation if the play-off option is scrapped.

They are stuck in the automatic relegation spot on 17 points, five behind Venlo who are in the relegation playoff places with Roda.

We have accepted the unprecedented measure of automatic relegation from the Premiership at the end of the 2019-2020 season, the Saracens said in a statement.