Sentences with phrase «league encounter against»

Massimiliano Allegri insists that Juve need to be fully focused on tomorrow's match at home to Palermo before turning attentions to next Wednesday's Champions League encounter against Porto

Manchester United will reportedly evaluate the fitness of first - team duo Marcus Rashford and Ander Herrera prior to Saturday's Premier League encounter against Tottenham Hotspur.

Gareth Bale has still not recovered from his injury after going through a relapse and the Welshman is now in danger of missing the Champions League encounter against Roma as well.

Claudio Bravo is unlikely to be featuring in the upcoming Champions League encounter against Arsenal and as a result, the Chilean is certain to start against Las Palmas this weekend.

Their focus on the league is likely to be halted by the upcoming Champions League encounter against Barcelona.

Ronaldo is almost certain to miss the league encounter against Almeria during the weekend, but Ancelotti says that he would not rule out the match is superstar out of the El Clasico.

Embed from Getty Images Arsene Wenger addressed the media ahead of Arsenal's last Premier League encounter against West Bromwich Albion, to be played at the Emirates on Sunday afternoon.

The following is our team prediction for Olympiakos ahead of their Champions League encounter against Arsenal at the Karaiskakis Stadium.

Fresh from their Champions League encounter against Glasgow Celtic in midweek, Juventus will get back into Serie A action as they face AS Roma this Saturday.

Chelsea have never lost a Premier League encounter against the Clarets before, having won four of their five previous games against them, including this season's win at the Bridge against them.

A few days back, Pogba garnered a bit of flak after colouring his hair blue ahead of his club's Premier League encounter against Chelsea.

Morata was also used as a substitute for both the crunch Champions League encounters against Barcelona in the Round of 16 as his Italian manager preferred to use talismanic winger Eden Hazard as a false number nine despite Morata's availability.

Not exact matches

United are in the perfect position to chop and change as they sit 12 points clear at the top of the Premier League, allowing Ferguson to rest several key players against Norwich before their decisive Champions League last 16 second leg encounter with Real Madrid on Tuesday.

The former Borussia Dortmund man has scored 30 goals in his two seasons at Bayern Munich but last season was dropped for crucial encounters, including two fixtures against Barcelona in the Champions League, and was also left out of the starting eleven for the opening Bundesliga match of the season.

English clubs have won four of their five European Cup / Champions League final encounters with German clubs, the only exception being Bayern Munich's win against Leeds Utd in 1975.

Manchester United have taken the lead against Crystal Palace in their Saturday evening Premier League encounter following a Juan Mata penalty.

Arsenal's next encounter was on the 16th in a London derby against Crystal Palace, the opening game for Arsenal in the Premier League.

Since 2015, the Portuguese hasn't a single away win over any of the five big rivals that he has come up against in the league, and is regularly criticised for «parking the bus» in such encounters.

Mourinho is said to be a admirer of Hernandez and especially his displays during Champions League encounters, when he netted crucial goals against Marseille, Chelsea and Valencia.

Turan has since started in eight La Liga matches for his new side, but was only used as a late substitution against Arsenal in the recent Champions League encounter.

Tonights encounter with Reading Women, will be the first opportunity for Yeovil to show another solid performance, with their last league game against Chelsea, which saw the Glovers hold out the league leaders until over 60 minutes played.

Liverpool will play first of their double header semifinal encounters against AS Roma in the Champions League on Tuesday, 24th April 2018.

Zidane, whose side travel to Germany for the opening leg of their Champions League semifinal against Bayern Munich next week, headed into Wednesday's La Liga encounter believing his side could yet leapfrog city rivals Atletico.

Bayern's match up against Madrid is another encounter with strong revenge aroma as the Bavarians were eliminated by Los Blancos in their last Champions League meeting...

Arsenal will face off against Liverpool at Emirates Stadium in an encounter, which bares huge top 4 implications, and Arsene Wenger's team will look to maintain their fine Premier League form at the expense of the reds.

The Gunners had a run of four top - flight victories and currently sit second in the Premier League, but have encountered a disastrous midweek against Sheffield Wednesday where they were humiliated 3 - 0 and also lost Walcott and Chamberlain to injuries.

Tottenham forward Harry Kane returned to form with a hat - trick against Bournemouth in the latest league encounter.

Eriksen grabbed a goal and four assists in the Champions League last season and was pivotal in Ajax claiming four points over their two encounters against Manchester City, in what was known as last year's «Group of Death» in Europe's most prestigious club tournament.

AS Roma are gearing up for their Europa League second leg battle against Fiorentina this midweek and Il Lupi are set for another difficult encounter, especially with an enormous pressure being put on Rudi Garcia's men.

Spurs travel to France for their next encounter against Ligue 1 outfit Monaco in the Europa League on Thursday.

Liverpool v Newcastle Betting Preview: In the last seven league matches at home against Newcastle, Liverpool have not lost and they have won fifteen of those encounters.

Still, changes will obviously be made tot he starting line up and one thing that Liverpool can pretty much bank on is their home form against Newcastle, as the Reds have beaten the Magpies in the last seven Premier League encounters at Anfield.

- Southampton are unbeaten in their last five Premier League matches against Watford (W3 D2), since losing their first PL encounter, 2 - 3 at Vicarage Road in December 1999.

Spurs still keeping their positive league run going strong as they came away with maximum three points from that weekend encounter against Crystal Palace with a comfortable 2 - 0 victory.

As Pochettino now prepares Tottenham for an important Premier League clash against Leicester City on Wednesday night, his opposite number on the day, Claudio Ranieri, has gone on to make an interesting revelation ahead of the encounter.

The pick of the other ties sees Europa League new - boys Kuban Krasnodar attempt to protect a 2 - 0 lead at home against Motherwell, St. Johnstone host FC Minsk 1 - 0 up from their first encounter and Crvena Zvezda must overturn a 3 - 1 defeat when the former European Cup winners play host to FC Chornomorets Odesa.

Talking of the League Cup this week also hosted the replayed 5th round encounter against Aston Villa in January 2000.

• Arsenal, the lone English representatives in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase, won four of their six autumn encounters to top Group H before knocking out European debutants Östersund in the round of 32 then winning both legs against AC Milan — 2 - 0 in Italy and 3 - 1 in London.

Home games against West Ham United and Everton, and away trips to Manchester United and Chelsea await the Foxes in four of their last five league encounters.

At home their record in 14 encounters is W8 D3 L3, the most recent a 2 - 0 defeat against Barcelona in the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg.

They're seven points above the relegation zone in eighth, are picking up points regularly, have given a good account of themselves in all ten games thus far, including the daunting encounters against the league's elite sides, while their intensity and application has been spot right from day one.

A league referee since 2008, Hooper has just the one previous encounter with the Hammers in a 1 - 0 Championship home win (Nolan) against Coventry City in January 2012.

The Trotters have struggled immensely away from home in 2011 and will no doubt appreciate this weekend's home encounter, regardless of who it's against — especially as they were 2 - 1 winners over Arsenal in their most recent league encounter at the Reebok, their fifth consecutive home win.

Last Result: Although they may not have deserved it, Blackburn were beaten 2 - 1 last weekend by league leaders Chelsea in a gripping encounter which had seen Rovers take the lead, certainly not against the run of play mind, through the sparingly used Benjani before Chelsea stormed back to clinch all three points with goals from Nicolas Anelka and Branislav Ivanovic, the latter coming six minutes from time.

A somewhat anticipated defeat at home to Chelsea this weekend would almost definitely see the team drop down into the relegation zone for the first time this season, but Rovers raised their game against the» big boys» at Ewood Park last term, Chelsea included, so who's to say Blackburn won't give the current league leaders a bitter taste of Deja Vu when the two sides meet on Saturday, with last season's encounter finishing honours even in a 1 - 1 draw.

The Midlands club have a truly retched record against their Lancashire rivals, having won none of their last eight league encounters with Blackburn, a dismal run which does include five defeats, four of those occurring on their previous four visits to Ewood Park.

Embed from Getty Images Speaking to Arsenal Player, manager Arsene Wenger revealed that he would probably field a strong side tonight against the Spurs in the League Cup third round encounter between the two rivals.

• Adil Rami, a starter in Marseille's first 14 European encounters this term but who missed this first leg through injury, won the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League with Sevilla, appearing in seven matches including the final against Liverpool.

Those are three tough fixtures and Rovers did well to avoid defeat in all three, but all three were at home and while Blackburn are undefeated in their last two away ventures in the league, both of those away encounters were against the two sides right at the very bottom of the table in Burnley (0 - 1) and Portsmouth (0 - 0).

After this home clash with Blackburn, whom they've beaten in the last two seasons at home, comes a pair of huge encounters, both with their own unique significance and importance, as first comes the north - London Derby at The Emirates against Tottenham's bitterest of rivals Arsenal before a must win game with Werder Bremen in the Champions League, where qualification to the knock - outs is at stake.