Sentences with phrase «league fixtures over»

We appear to be prioritising our Premier League fixtures over the away matches in the Europa, and while winning all our home matches should put us comfortably through to the next stage, our fringe players will not be going out tonight without the intention of three points.

The 20 - year - old featured in his club's 3 - 2 win over table - toppers Manchester City in a blockbuster Premier League fixture over the weekend.

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While he's begun to demonstrate his best form in recent fixtures — not least in the 3 - 0 victory over Villarreal — he still arguably doesn't have the full faith of Jurgen Klopp, and was overlooked for the Reds» Europa League semi-final first leg against the Yellow Submarine.

Alexis may have put in a fantastic shift in the Gunners 3 - 0 win over Chelsea in the Gunner's latest Premier League fixture, but the Chilean may have been in trouble with the boss during the week, after breaking one of the club's rules.

New signings Christian Benteke and Danny Ings have both looked fairly decent since arriving over the summer but clearly Rodgers will not be happy with Liverpool's tally of just seven goals scored in their opening seven Premier League fixtures.

Taking into consideration the nature of the playing surface, and the upcoming league fixture against Everton over the weekend, it did surprise me that Wenger didn't make some obvious changes to his lineup.

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.

During Arsenal's 5 - 0 win over Southampton, the players certainly gave Arsene Wenger a lot to think about ahead of picking the team for the upcoming premier league fixture.

Arsenal are not the club that has had the worst fixture schedule in terms of the lack of time that the players have to rest and recover between Premier League games over this new year period, but we are not far off and with our usual lengthy injury list to cope with it makes life hard for the manager.

With the latest round of Premier League fixtures now over, save for an intriguing Monday night clash between QPR and Aston Villa, we have picked out the worst XI of the weekend after disappointing displays from Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur:

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.

Wenger said this despite feeling confident his side were «physically ready» for the Premier League, after the win over Manchester City in the club's final pre-season fixture.

0.93 goals over Liverpool's remaining seven league fixtures translated as 6.51 goals, so depending on how you interpret that figure, Salah would either finish on 34 or 35 league goals for 2017/18.

There are plenty of games over the festive period of the Premier League, with both Arsenal and Chelsea facing some important fixtures in the coming weeks.

Because of the fact that Arsenal and Man City are tied at the top on points with just a single point in goal difference keeping us in second, combined with the fixture list that sees us take on Middlesborough on Saturday and City facing Southampton on Sunday, any kind of win for us over the league's 17th placed side would be enough to see us top the table on Saturday night, but to still be there next week means we would have to better Man City's result, in terms of goals if not points.

While they are expected to end the season as Premier League champions given their nine - point lead over Tottenham currently, the busy fixture list next season will ask questions of their squad depth.

They did face a couple of scares in the away games against Queens Park Rangers and Newcastle United, but you are going to have such fixtures over the course of a Premier League campaign.

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.

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.

As many teams Varsity Matches and the Varsity Games approach we summarise some of the best league standings, results and highly anticipated fixtures to come over the next few weeks!

After the Christmas break we return to our Campus Leagues with their being two derby fixtures over in the second league!

I believe that if it came to it, the League would have to take over and ensure that they completed their fixtures for the rest of this season at least.

Sherwood lost Christian Benteke to Liverpool over the summer and has seen his side struggle for goals, managing eight in eight Premier League fixtures this season.

With just over 48 hours to go for the Premier League season to start, we take a look at how the fixtures stack up for one of this season's genuine title contenders.

We now have the luxury of an FA Cup fixture against lower - league opposition, but given their emphatic win over Manchester City at the Etihad in the last round, MIddlesborough should not be taken lightly.

Klopp may blame the hectic Premier League schedule over Christmas or the amount of fixtures in the English game for his growing injury list, but he might want to look closer to home for the real cause.

After a handful of midweek fixtures, there are six league matches coming up over the weekend - with four live on Sky Sports Premier League - while Manchester United face Tottenham and Chelsea play Southampton in the FA Cup league matches coming up over the weekend - with four live on Sky Sports Premier League - while Manchester United face Tottenham and Chelsea play Southampton in the FA Cup League - while Manchester United face Tottenham and Chelsea play Southampton in the FA Cup semis.

In the Premier League however, the Red Devils can not afford any more setbacks given how their nearest rivals are faring at the moment and Saturday's game is probably one of the most important fixtures they will be involved in since Mourinho's took over the reins.

He started his first game in the 2 - 1 win over West Ham in December 2014 and from there missed only one fixture, the draw with Sunderland in the penultimate league contest.

Sven Goran Eriksson, who had taken over as coach in 1984, came close to landing a third Scudetto for Roma during the 1985 - 86 season but his side came unstuck in the penultimate league fixture of the season against lowly Lecce.

Liverpool are easy winners out on the road over West Ham earlier in the season and that have gone W2 D1 in their last three league games against the Irons, scoring a total of ten goals in those fixtures.

As mentioned at the top, Arsenal have nine wins from their last 11 fixtures, though that includes the League Cup win over Norwich City, which was 1 - 1 after regulation.

That victory in the Potteries was the Blues» second this season away from Goodison — where Everton have lost only two of their past 12 Premier League fixtures — and represented a second success on the spin after the previous week's win over Brighton.

Now, with the striker returning to training on Monday and eager to make an impression, his wishes of starting the Red Devils» opening Premier League fixture against Swansea City have taken a blow after Van Gaal cast doubts over his inclusion.

This week Sam Limbert and James Bale talk about our super 5 - 1 win over West Ham, our brief encounter with the EFL cup and a look ahead to the last round of Champions League fixtures.

Current Bundesliga league leader, Borussia Dortmund started off their Europa League group stage fixture with a thrilling victory over Krasleague leader, Borussia Dortmund started off their Europa League group stage fixture with a thrilling victory over KrasLeague group stage fixture with a thrilling victory over Krasnodar.

Arsene Wenger and Jurgen Klopp have been the main critiques of the congested festive Premier League fixture schedule, which keeps fans entertained up and down the country over the festive period.

The 50 - year - old will leave Everton FC after 11 years and over 500 fixtures on the bench, with the Merseyside outfit having finished seventh or higher in eight of his 11 full Premier League seasons.

Indeed Mourinho had urged Martial to respond in the FA Cup and though he contributed two assists in the 4 - 0 victory over Wigan Athletic, did not even make it off the bench in the key Premier League fixture against Hull City a few days later.

Mourinho's men have conceded only once in those fixtures, which included the Champions League stalemate at Sevilla and an important win over Chelsea.

They had beaten a second string Liverpool side 2 - 0 in midweek Cup action, but Leicester City were unable to produce an encore in their league fixture between the two sides over the weekend, slumping to a 3 - 2 loss at the King Power Stadium.

Spurs, spending a year at Wembley Stadium while their new stadium is built on the site of their old, first broke the 10 - year - old Premier League attendance record in Round 9 of fixtures in October with 80,827 fans for their 4 - 1 win over Liverpool.

The Senegal international excelled in both Premier League fixtures against Liverpool last season and in total he has struck 21 goals for the Saints over the course of two years.

It was a busy Sunday across the country with a full programme of Allianz League fixtures all over the country.

January 5 — The first Premier League fixtures of the New Year, round 22 of the season, saw nine clubs report stadiums over 94 % full.

A little over two months after defeat against Manchester United in the UEFA Europa League final, Ajax play their first competitive fixture of the 2017/18 season when they take on Nice in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.

There's been a bit of bad blood in this fixture over the past couple of years and with us fighting for the league and Hull desperate to avoid relegation I don't expect anything different.

The league leaders look to have the friendliest run - in of their title rivals over the next few weeks, with fixtures against clubs that would normally be labelled «six - pointers» were it not for the maddening reality that the Foxes are playing it so safely in avoiding relegation that they're in danger of actually winning the league.

Their boost in confidence stems from recent back - to - back derby victories over Wolves and Aston Villa − the latter ending their 39 - year wait a Villa Park win − while the belief comes from their 2 - 1 triumph in last season's corresponding fixture, as the Baggies recorded their first win over the Reds in the Premier League era at the tenth attempt.