Fulham manager Martin Jol believes Saturday's opponents Aston Villa are too good to go down.
The Birmingham-based outfit have struggled this season under the tutorship of Alex McLeish and lie 15th in the table with 11 games remaining.
Villa, though, have an eight-point cushion over the relegation zone and, while understanding fans' frustration, Jol believes they have too much quality to go down.
"They have got the same situation as a lot of other clubs where they rely on the players who can make a difference," he said.
"Sunderland had the same, they had Darren Bent there who scored 24 goals and made the difference. He went and then you have a little problem.
"With Aston Villa, if you miss your best players you can have a little problem too.
"I feel you have to rely on your best players and if they do the business you'll be fine, with the likes of Gabriel Agbonlahor, Stephen Ireland coming into the team and Robbie Keane when he was there.
"I think Aston Villa have a very good squad and are too good to be in any trouble."
Fulham head into the match looking for a fourth successive Barclays Premier League victory.
That run includes a rare away victory at near neighbours QPR - only the Cottagers' second of the campaign - and Jol believes they can be confident of more success thanks to the addition of Pavel Pogrebnyak.
"I feel that we had confidence before last weekend's win over Wolves and go to Villa confident because we haven't lost seven games out of 13 away from home," he said.
"It's not bad but you have to win games and we had nine draws, for example, five or six away from home so we were close. But you need players who can make the first goal.
"Pavel did that against Stoke at home, he did that against QPR and he did it against Wolves and that is what you need to win games.
"Liverpool were probably the better team against Arsenal last weekend, but Arsenal have Robin van Persie.
"He scored two goals from nothing and that wins you games, so that is what we needed as well."
Pogrebnyak is one of those out of contract at the end of the season and Jol revealed he is in talks with four or five players over new deals.
The Dutchman revealed Clint Dempsey is one of those players as he looks to extend the American's deal past the end of next season.
"We are talking to him," he said. "At any club, you want to keep your best players, so that is what we try hard to do.
"If Clint Dempsey weren't here, we wouldn't be in this position because we have had to rely on him a lot of times to score.
"He is here for at least another year, so that is not a big problem. The problem is that we want to keep him here for longer, but the difference is not very big.
"He has 17 months left and we want to keep him for the next three years. I hope the four or five players we are talking to will stay."