Sentences with phrase «league opponent in»

There was one game in the Greek Super League, which saw Olympiakos (Chelsea's Champions League opponent in the Round of 16) return to first place thanks to a come - from - behind win at Iraklis Saloniki.

The A's can only meet expectations, and then only by mulching their National League opponent in the World Series.

We have just got through to the next round of the FA cup with a comfortable victory over Premier League opponents in Sunderland.

Clubs will again play 19 games against division opponents (76 total games) and either six or seven contests vs. nondivisional league opponents in home and home series (66 total games).

Of Town's Premier League opponents in the upcoming season, only three have never played at the John Smith's Stadium before; Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.

Not exact matches

He would repeat the trick as a teenager, playing in a professional league against grown men; even when he made it to the NHL, his stature and physical tools were dwarfed by his opponents.

In my opinion it would be silly not to play our strongest side against the strongest of European opponents and that of course means the Champions League winner Petr Cech in goal ahead of David OspinIn my opinion it would be silly not to play our strongest side against the strongest of European opponents and that of course means the Champions League winner Petr Cech in goal ahead of David Ospinin goal ahead of David Ospina.

London derbies rarely go according to form, but with the Premier League champions making five changes to their starting line - up in midweek, and still completely controlling their European opponents, there is huge cause for concern.

Arsenal fans will have been a bit worried to say the least when the news came in on Saturday that our opponents for the first game of the Premier League season had just put the mighty Barcelona to the sword, with a 4 - 0 win against a strong side including their former striker Luis Suarez, Messi, Iniesta and all.

«You could say, yes the opponent was not exactly the level of the Premier League, I would agree with you, but you can only do your job, and that's what we did in a convincing way, in a remarkable spirit.»

While Arsenal fans along with most of the fans of the Premier League clubs have been pretty underwhelmed by the current January transfer window, there have been some moves and our opponents in the Premier League tonight have been busier than most.

The Gunners will be hoping history can give them the edge today, with our opponents only having won once away to us in the league in 45 years, but I would much prefer to have the better recent form coming into the match...

A Good performance from all the players.no team is easy to beat at this closing stage of the league: If a half goal exists in the game of football and guarantees 3points, I had take a half goal and 3points against any opponent no matter how lowly placed.

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April 18th: at Wembley vs Reading in the FA Cup Arsenal's FA Cup semifinal opponents are languishing in 19th place in the Championship and you have to think that the currently 3rd placed Premier League side might prove too strong for their lowly opponents.

Our Champions League opponents have not even let in one since losing to Rennes at the end of November.

Our ability advantage should prove too strong for our opponents regardless of the support the players receive, but the FA Cup has a way of instilling belief in the most unlikely opponents, and this weekend alone will have boosted Sutton, with Millwall and most amazingly Lincoln beating Premier League opposition, as well as Huddersfield refusing to bow down to Manchester City, who will have to face a replay in the coming weeks.

The Champions League is certainly the better prize but of course it is a lot harder to win with the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid in it, not to mention that our next opponents are Bayern Munich.

The Colts» next three opponents — the Panthers, Broncos, and Falcons — have a combined record of 17 - 1, and feature a few of the top defenses in the league.

At least Ramsey, as reported by The Guardian, the midfielder was sounding upbeat about the chances of the Gunners doing just that, despite the fact that out next opponents are the league leaders Leicester City who are in fine form and are coming to north London having produced a great away display to put another title rival Man City to the sword.

If we are trying to constantly out duel opponents on offense, then why is it that we don't lead the league in goals every year?

Arsenal, playing at home, are expected to score more goals than their Turkish opponents, but it's tough to say whether the Gunners will possess home advantage, like any other game in the Champions League.

Romeu is coming with Premier League pedigree and can sit affront the back three and help intervene to cut off the opposition moves early on — forcing the opponents to errors that can be then be better dealt with in the defending department.

I'm just not sure if i would start him in Champions League regardless of opponent.

They are the creme of the crop and I need to apologize to the other teams in the League as I believe my lack of acknowledging this has led them to taking it out on their opponents.

Man City are going to be formidible opponents in the League Cup Final, so should we give our best players some practise against Ostersund in the second leg?

An attributable factor to our dropping of points in winnable games on Saturdays was almost definitely our domination of our BUCS league on Wednesdays and, therefore, complacency against stronger Saturday opponents.

While Arsenal are currently struggling to cope with a number of injury problems, although it looks like we will soon be back to something like full strength, our next opponents in the Premier League will have just their keeper Ben Foster unavailable to Tony Pulis.

For a change, though, our next opponents Liverpool have an even bigger problem on the injury front and their new manager Jurgen Klopp is starting to wonder what he let himself in for when deciding to come to the Premier League, as his press conference reported by The Mirror suggests.

10 straight in any League is no joke but particularly in the Chicago Hoops League where you run in to quality opponents week in and week out..

So there has been hardly any pressure on our first team except for in five Cup games all season, whereas ALL of our main rivals have had to contend with much harder opponents in the Champions League on a regular basis, as well as the FA and League Cups.

You know what you are going to get from these guys each and every week — gritty defense, hustle plays all over the place, 25 + points from Jabarri «maybe the best scorer in the League» Reynolds and 15 - 20 points from Evan «one of the best 2nd options in the League» Zahniser... The difference between Ws and Ls for these guys usually come down to a few missed / made jump shots between them and their opponents.

The quick start and veteran moxie all lends to great timing, as the Ugly Eagles have moved to a tougher, deeper league in the Diablo Athletic League's Valley Conference, with some considerably potent new oppoleague in the Diablo Athletic League's Valley Conference, with some considerably potent new oppoLeague's Valley Conference, with some considerably potent new opponents.

One day he would be lighting up the NBA's D - League, so much better than his opponents he didn't seem to fit in.

It may only have been against the EPL's bottom club Swansea City but it will have given our opponents a nice boost as it keeps them in the top half of the league and was their third win in six games and a rare three points on the road.

With each squad in the bottom five of the league in terms of pace, the game figures to play like an even boxing match with each opponent trading jabs until the later rounds.

Memphis had little issue with stopping opponents during the regular season, leading the league in that regard with an opponent scoring average of 89.3 points per game.

They're running away with the Premier League title and have dominated their opponents so far in European competition too.

It featured two teams that absolutely deserved to be there, and two teams that got to face opponents in similar leagues.

Since the start of the 2015 - 16 season, he has played in every single Premier League match for the Spurs, scoring a career - high four goals league while holding opponents to a league - low 25 goals in 33 maLeague match for the Spurs, scoring a career - high four goals league while holding opponents to a league - low 25 goals in 33 maleague while holding opponents to a league - low 25 goals in 33 maleague - low 25 goals in 33 matches.

The Blues are gearing up to meet the French champions in February for the third year running in the Champions League, and are reported to be looking to weaken their opponents considerably during the January transfer window.

What we did not want, though, was for United to find some form in front of goal and score five goals, as that is likely to give the players a timely boost ahead of their clash with the Gunners on Sunday, so how much should Arsenal fans worry about the effect this big win in Europe will have on our next Premier League opponents?

They battled to a win in midweek against Red Star Belgrade in the Europa League, with a brilliant team goal eventually breaking their opponents down late on.

As well as Arsenal having the rare situation of being fresher than our opponents, with Liverpool going to Bournemouth tomorrow in the League cup, the Frenchman does actually have some decent options in his defence, although the France international centre back Laurent Koscielny is unfortunately not one of them.

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It is questionable as to whether Norwich will be a tougher game than any of our Europa League opponents, so I really can't see Wenger changing a winning formula, especially in a home tie.

In contrast, next opponents Tottenham Hotspur have seen their odds reduced to 9/1 after four straight league wins.

Arsenal are currently on a run of nine league matches without a clean sheet, and if they concede against City tonight it will be the first time they've gone ten in a row without keeping their opponents out since February 2002.

They are pursuing a fourth successive Champions League semi-final, while Porto will surely have to snap their opponents» 11 - match unbeaten run in Portugal to have any chance of progressing.

Like what @dave said, Arsenal needs an upgrade to Giroud, a striker that is good in the air, quick, willing to take on the opponent's defenders, has good dribbling and can score more than twenty league goals in a season.