Sentences with phrase «european league spot»
Both teams are currently hunting for that European League spot and they're very keen on achieving that target.
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Ronald Koeman's side lost Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert, Luke Shaw, Dejan Lovren and Calum Chambers last year, but have defied expectations to reach third place in the Premier League standings, and now have aspirations of securing a European spot.
Arsenal were drawn with AS Monaco in the last 16 of the Champions League, a surprise tie for the Gunners who were expected to face a European giant after they, yet again, failed to secure top spot in their group.
For European club competitions, UEFA applies club coefficients to determine how many tournament spots different leagues have earned.
Manchester United have no European competition and have solely the league to worry about up until January, with the attacking options they have and sufficient time to rest between games you can bet they will be fighting for a CL spot, Everton will be challenging, Spurs will be outsiders for a CL spot in my opinion and I don't expect them to be in it much but I wouldn't count them out and then there is Arsenal.
Seventh place in the Premier League will be enough for a European spot, provided Southampton do not win the FA Cup, and the Clarets are six points ahead of the Foxes.
My prediction for May is a European spot but in the Europa league!
Hiddink will be desperate for Pato — who scored 19 goals in 59 showings for Sao Paulo on loan since 2014 — to help fire Chelsea into unlikely contention for a European spot, while there may well be expectations that the Brazil forward could flourish in the Champions League.
If Bradford City overcome Premier League Swansea City at Wembley and subsequently turn down the European qualification, the place will automatically go back to the Premier League meaning the team finishing eighth could earned a Europe League spot.
Firmino was the highest scoring Brazilian player in any European league this season, but missed out on a spot in Luiz Felipe Scolari's squad to play in the World Cup.
If the Coppa Italia champion already qualified for European football by finishing among the top five teams in Serie A, the sixth - ranked team in Serie A is awarded the UEFA Europa League spot.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Sunday 6th May Arsenal 1 - Burnley 2 Burnley take over final Europa League spot, leaving Wenger's EPL European destiny out of his control.
Petr Kouba, who kept goal for the Czech Republic during the 1996 European Championships, scored from the penalty spot for Spart Prague during a league match against SK České Budějovice during the 1994/95 season.
We're battling for a champions league spot most of the year, get out of our Europa Group but fall to a bigger opponent in the knockouts, our cup runs end shorter than we'd like, but it's a successful season because we continue to play European football next season.
The team preview the Europa League Quarter Final between Arsenal and CSKA Moscow at the Emirates, discuss the race for 6th and extra European spot and recap how Amkar Perm sold a home game to Lokomotiv Moscow.
Also, there is an extra fourth qualification spot for the Europa League available via the Fair Play initiative (if the Premier League ends up in the top three of the Fair Play rankings in Europe, the highest ranked team that has not qualified for European football will automatically qualify for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round).
We need to be able to sustain our European competition spot in the Premier League if we are to make the next step.
Given that Arsenal seems to be out of the top - 4 race and relying on the European competition to secure a Champions League spot next season, Lacazette's absence will surely be felt.
The Premier League season has not even kicked off yet, so this may seem a little morbid, but with so much focus on the top of the table and who will be fighting for European spots, I want to take a look at who will be fighting for their Premier League existence this year and who could be looking at relegation.
With even a Champions League place 19 points away, Feyenoord will now be aiming to claim a Europa League spot via the unpopular play - off system that sees teams finishing 4th - 7th facing each other for a European place (a system that saw Feyenoord fall last season to Vitesse).
However Bellerin has indicated in the past that he might not want to go to a domestic rival out of respect to Arsenal, and that if the Gunners are willing to sell him to their direct CL rivals, which looks unlikely given the tremendous competition for a European spot in the Premier League.
but the line that seperates us from merely competing in a European spot or winning the actual Premier league is so fine that even wenger has confused himself by overcomplicating things..
Considering Malaga are banned from European competition next season, Sociedad have the cushion of finishing in 5th if Malaga seal the final Champions league spot.
Coutinho was the driving force for Liverpool in attack and the Reds will certainly miss his goals and assists which would have helped them secure a European Champions League spot next season.
Having finished last season in fourth - place, Fiorentina will undoubtedly be targeting a spot in the top three this year in order to enjoy Champions League football — and the latest European odds on the betfair website suggest they have a fair shot — but can Rossi stay fit long enough to fire them there?
Whether your team are challenging for the title, a coveted European spot, languishing in mid-table obscurity or battling for survival, you can bet it's going to be a rollercoaster of a journey throughout the 2012/13 premier League season.
In fact, now there is their city rivals Lazio, who has four extra points, while the big crowd is for the two spots which leads in the European league, where they compete Udinese on the fourth, sixth Napoli and seventh Inter.
The results will determine if his team will be in playoffs or play - downs (basically you have to play lower level teams to fight to keep your spot in the league next year — European hockey is weird).