Sentences with phrase «league fixture last»

Norwich City still keeping their lead at the top of English Championship division despite only managing a draw on their latest league fixture last weekend.

Antonio Conte has started his reign at Chelsea with a win over West Ham United in his opening Premier League fixture last night.

Monaco did win this corresponding league fixture last season though, pounding out a 3 - 1 victory over the Parisians.

ACF Fiorentina 0 - 1 AS Roma highlights: Fiorentina's attempt in catching up that top three place in Serie A suffered a blow after they were defeated by AS Roma on their latest league fixture last Saturday.

PSG are of course facing their own injury concerns after Neymar was stretchered off during a league fixture last weekend.

Matic appeared in 35 of Chelsea's 38 Premier League fixtures last season and was involved in just five losses.

Podolski started just 14 Premier League fixtures last season and the summer arrivals of Danny Welbeck and Alexis Sanchez have further limited his chances, indeed the former Koln and Bayern Munich man is yet to start a single top tier fixture this term.

Not exact matches

Hull City have won just one of their last 14 Premier League fixtures and now sit in 18th spot and Bruce could well do with January captures who could help his side extricate themselves from the position they find themselves in.

They had no European fixtures at all last season and didn't play for long in the league cup.

Benzema had his best league tally of goals last season however, and I believe Morata would be the more likely capture, and he may push for an exit should he not be chosen to start in any of the three league fixtures prior to the windows close on August 31.

The former Ajax man is in rich vein of form and has scored 22 goals to lead the Premier League goal - scoring charts, including five in his last three top tier fixtures.

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.

Meanwhile the French side were without key midfielder Jeremy Toulalan after he picked up an injury in the league fixture against Caen last weekend.

The 19 year old had a bright campaign last term but has started just one Premier League fixture this season and could perhaps be keen to secure regular first team elsewhere.

Arsenal's form since the turn of the year has left many fans of the Emirates Stadium side wondering what might have been, eight wins in their last nine Premier League fixtures helping to bring a sense of renewed optimism to the north London club, and the addition of world - class talents may help Wenger mount a genuine push for major honours.

Sunday's 4 - 2 defeat to local rivals Man United was the Etihad Stadium outfit's fourth loss in their last six Premier League fixtures and not only ended their hopes of retaining their domestic title but could even lead to the club failing to secure a top four spot.

As for Granit Xhaka, the Swiss international is of course banned for three English competitive matches after he received a straight red card in last week's round of Premier League fixtures.

As for Granit Xhaka, the Swiss international is of course banned for three English competitive matches, which Arsenal mysteriously refused to appeal, after he received a straight red card in last week's round of Premier League fixtures.

The highly - rated Dutch winger has shown glimpses of his undoubted quality with a stunning brace in Europe last month, but is yet to take off in the Premier League and will face a tough test against another debutant in this fixture.

Last weekend's 2 - 2 draw at the Emirates against Hull City can not be an ideal preparation, going into a crucial Champions League fixture as Arsenal do when they take on Anderlecht at the home of the Belgium champions.

Last season's joint winner of the Premier League Golden Gloves award, along with Petr Cech, also points to the fact that Arsenal's uncertain start has not been helped by a tough fixture list including Tottenham, Man City and Borussia Dortmund.

North London has prevailed in four of the last 29 clashes with west London in this fixture in league and cup over the past 11 years.

This last 16 tie with the Germans has been reasonably kind on them, fixture wise, coming ahead of Premier League matches against Aston Villa and Bournemouth.

Gomez has started all five of Liverpool's domestic league fixtures thus far and Rodgers may look to Willems to challenge the England Under - 21 international, who gave away a penalty during the Reds» 3 - 1 defeat to United last weekend.

Arsenal have scored 11 goals in their last three Premier League fixtures and Wenger will have been pleased with the return to form shown by Alexis Sanchez after a poor opening to the campaign from the tired Chilean, who had been in action at the Copa America over the summer and as such didn't enjoy as long a break as the Gunners boss would have liked.

I concede the fact it has only been a handful of Premier League fixtures and the title race, as well as Champions League gold is probably a touch ambitious but I have been extremely impressed wirh Arsenal over the last few weeks and owe Le Prof a personally aplogy.

Last season this fixture was being played in the Premier League, but following a disastrous campaign the two sides find themselves back in the Championship.

The Villa Park outfit look in a far healthier position since the appointment of Sherwood as a replacement for Paul Lambert, with the Midlands side racking four wins in their last eight Premier League fixtures helping to steer the club clear of the relegation zone.

The Gunners have won their last eight Premier League fixtures to move second in the table, just seven points behind leaders Chelsea.

Arsenal are on a good run of form of late, wining 13 of their last 15 fixtures, and it's not beyond the realms of possibility that they could turn the tie around but will need an early goal to stand any chance of securing a spot in the Champions League quarter - finals.

Should the Blues fail to qualify for the Champions League this season, it may not be the end of the world for the Blues, as a less - congested fixture list was one of the reasons why Conte's side were able to claim their fifth league title last camLeague this season, it may not be the end of the world for the Blues, as a less - congested fixture list was one of the reasons why Conte's side were able to claim their fifth league title last camleague title last campaign.

Now that I am calm and have thought about it, we do still have a chance in the Champions League as we CAN beat both Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiakos (and should have the first time around) as the fixtures around them are not as hard as the games we have played around the last set of CL games.

We won this fixture last season when Southampton were already halfway to their beach holidays, but we hadn't won any of the previous 5 League visits to the South Coast.

Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 11 league games (W7, D4), although they have drawn four of their last five top - flight fixtures.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger could be managing the club in his last Premier League fixture this Sunday, with uncertainty still remaining as to whether he will leave or not at the end of the season.

If we can win these games before CITY at home we could be well placed in the League and finish 2nd in the CL group, not all bad, though I'm sure in the last 16 it will be another mega fixture... Barca or Madrid probably.

As usual, Arsenal are the side in form, while Swansea are flirting with the relegation zone and have only one win (against Huddersfield) in the last 6 League games, but that obviously means nothing in this fixture.

Arsenal have won just two of their last SEVEN away League games, a record which needs to improve considering that Arsene Wenger's side face away fixtures against the likes of Manchester United, Spurs, Everton, West Ham and Manchester City in the run - up to the title.

The team has shown heart in both premier league fixtures to get some sort of result, which is more than could be said for last season.

Bolton sit in 17th spot after a run of decent form, three wins in their last five Premier League fixtures, but the Trotters still find themselves in a relegation battle and have conceded more goals than any other side in the division, 47 in 22 matches, so could do with all the help they can get at the back.

That said Arsenal still sit outside the top four, even after winning five of their last six Premier League fixtures, and as such some Gunners fans may have hoped for a more active approach in the winter window.

Grenada managed to beat them on the opening day of the Spanish league season while the former La Liga winners had to rely on a last minute penalty from Joan Cuenca to get a draw against Rayo Vallecano in the last round of fixtures.

When faced with the conundrum of who to position up front last Sunday against Liverpool, in Arsenal's opening Premier League fixture, Wenger decided to go with Alexis Sanchez over Theo Walcott.

The key difference between last year and this, of course, is that Chelsea are back playing midweek fixtures in the Champions League, but Conte doesn't seem to have found a way to adjust for that.

In this excellent in - depth preview, Tony Scholes reckons that his side were robbed of a point by the referee in last years fixture and have real chances of getting their first League win over the Gunners for over 40 years.

Everton have lost just one of their last four Premier League fixtures but Wayne Rooney appeared to be unhappy at being substituted in the Merseyside derby last weekend.

With history being made by our men's rugby league and many teams nearing promotion after last week's fixtures, tomorrow brings us another action packed #BUCSWednesday and we hope it's going to be just as fantastic!

The 29 - year - old limped out of the first leg of his side's Europa League quarter - final tie against CSKA Moscow last week with a knee injury, and was in turn absent for the return fixture on Thursday night as the Gunners secured their place in the last four.

The suspension means that Aurier will miss the French giants» Champions League fixture with Chelsea in midweek — a rematch of last season's Last 16 blast season's Last 16 bLast 16 bout.

The new Arsenal fixture list is out at last, and we will be sure to have hundreds of Sunday games after our Europa League games...