Sentences with phrase «against relegation in»

West Brom are fighting against relegation in the Premier League and his parent club, PSG, are looking to raise cash in the summer in order to meet Financial Fair Play regulations after their splurge on Neymar and Kylian Mbappé.

Villa, like Hull last season, are fighting against relegation in the Premier League and have surprised many to make it to the final of the FA Cup after an otherwise poor season.

The Black Cats fought against relegation in 2012/13 and will be hoping to pick up some points against fellow bottom - half teams such as Fulham, Southampton and Crystal Palace in their opening three games, though they then face a tricky home game against Arsenal.

Not exact matches

Reading is in the relegation zone, this Cup was their last hope, and so they gave it their all against us which they did.

Doesn't realy matter that they are in relegation fight, we just don't perform against Chelsea most of the time.

But there is current form in our favour, with Stoke's only win in the last 9 games was against relegation candidates Hull City, and they have nothing left to play for.

Despite scoring the opening goal in the Savoyard club's relegation six - pointer against SC Bastia, Sunu's side ultimately fell to defeat — a loss that may have grave consequences for the fight to avoid the drop.

However, Dusan Tadic gave the Saints the lead in the 21st minute, with the home side facing their own battle to avoid relegation this season and very much looking up for the challenge on Saturday against a lacklustre Chelsea side.

Aston Villa had gone one goal down after just seven minutes against QPR in their crucial relegation six pointer at Villa Park, but Christian Benteke equalised only three minutes later to cue crazy scenes in Birmingham, for Villans fans and gilets alike.

United moved to within a point of us in the table with their win and so even a point would keep them just one result from overtaking Arsenal and with us facing a tough trip to relegation battling Sunderland on Sunday, a win against the Baggies is vital tonight.

Arsene Wenger will hopefully not have to look for any reasons why Arsenal do not win away against relegation threatened Sunderland tomorrow, as we really need a good performance and the right result from the lads to go back above Man City and take a step closer to ensuring that we have a place in the Champions League next season and do not have the stress and inconvenience of a play off.

Norwich City were far from favourites against Manchester City but earned a vital point in their battle against relegation thanks to an impressive defensive effort.

But perhaps their biggest service to watchers of the Eee Pee Ell — and the reason they have SB Nation Soccer's total and unthinking support in their struggle against relegation — is their badge, by some distance the most fascinating in the league.

After receiving his first England senior call - up this week, Harry Kane celebrated by firing in a hat - trick against Leicester City in Spurs» 4 - 3 victory over the relegation strugglers.

The German international scored in his side's latest defeat of the season, a 2 - 1 reverse against Werder Bremen on Saturday, but is clearly unhappy with how the team is playing at the moment as they head into the second half of the season facing a genuine fight against relegation.

A failure to get any points from their clash against the champions will continue to leave them in the relegation zone, although this player reckons they are just keeping 18th spot warm for someone else at the moment.

Juventus haven't scored three goals on the road in any match since December, and that came against relegation - bound Hellas Verona.

The team won four games in a row, climbing back up the standings and entering Saturday's first Week 8 matchup against Dignitas at 5 - 9 and in a fight for seventh place (and safety from the relegation tournament).

now we are edgy against a relegation threatened team at home, who were denied a stonewall penalty in the dying minutes of the game

Now tottenham HAVE to lose against Newcastle, who also HAVE to win if they want to have any chance in stealing their biggest rival's spot outside relegation zone.

He is, however, still expected to rotate his team somewhat for the Yeovil clash after a hectic festive period that saw Premier League teams play three games in six days — whilst Yeovil have not played since Monday, when they were comfortable beaten at Huish Park in a relegation six pointer against Leyton Orient.

The 2014 Apertura's edition of the Super Clásico is the most meaningless in the standings in the fixture's history, but it could be the catalyst that ultimately leads to Chivas Guadalajara winning their shocking battle against relegation.

Home against a relegation team with the worst manager in the whole league (even the Magpies fans agree with me) and got outplayed them most of the match.

Despite a somewhat misleading flying start (a string of four - goal victories against relegation fodder), the Red Devils» form has taken a hit since then, leaving them eight points off the pace in the title race.

Both seasons run at the same time, so you'll sometimes see a domestic game where the starters all rest against a relegation candidate, then gear up for a showdown against another elite team in EuroLeague / EuroCup.

Even though Arsenal would normally expect a Premier League home game against a club currently in the relegation zone to be a banker win and another three points in the bag, this is not a normal situation.

Sixteen clubs voted in favour of the donation, while three — Roma, Napoli, and Sassuolo — abstained, but relegation rivals Cesena were the only side to vote against the decision.

The 1 - 0 win at Turf Moor moved the side to within four points of league leaders Chelsea and while there has been talk of a potential title race, Wenger has insisted that his defenders deserve credit for their performance in the battling win against the relegation - threatened Clarets:

Holding on, and quite quite frankly being dominated in the 2nd hakf at home against relegation threatened Hull.

All in all my verdict is that today we BOTTLED it, at home, against a relegation team.

Prior to his 2015 summer move to Liverpool, Benteke was a star for Aston Villa, scoring 13 goals to help the team escape relegation and earning the Villans a berth in the 2015 FA Cup Final against Arsenal — beating Liverpool in the Semi-Finals to get there.

We have a worse record against top 5 teams than some teams in the relegation zone.

Chelsea were drawn against relegation - threatened Southampton in the draw for the semi finals of the FA Cup this evening, with Man United being handed the tricky task of facing in - form Tottenham.

Now just look at the relegation zone in the table and ask how many points we dropped against.

L'ETG will be looking to return to winning ways following their 3 - 1 defeat against AS Monaco last weekend and in Nantes, who also lost, will see an opportunity to pick up three more points as they continue to move away from the relegation zone.

There is a crucial game at both ends of the Championship table on Friday evening as Watford travel to Craven Cottage looking to put an end to a poor run of results against Kit Symons» rejuvenated Fulham, who will be keen to pull even further clear of the relegation zone after a recent upturn in form.

They won't be too forthcoming, though, as a point against the Gunners will be seen as a good one in their relegation scrap.

With West Ham still down in the relegation zone despite beating the Champions Chelsea at the weekend, Bennett is hopeful that David Moyes will conjure up another miracle, but given the Gunners record against his team he would be happy to come away with a point.

In extra time Xhaka gives away the ball and ywet again earns himself a pointless yellow card as he tried to make amends, but Arsenal are still looking goal shy and hardly looked impressive against a team that are in the relegation zone and can't buy an away wiIn extra time Xhaka gives away the ball and ywet again earns himself a pointless yellow card as he tried to make amends, but Arsenal are still looking goal shy and hardly looked impressive against a team that are in the relegation zone and can't buy an away wiin the relegation zone and can't buy an away win!

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.

The poor result on Merseyside has left the door open for the likes of Liverpool and Tottenham in the race for a top - four finish and the former can close the gap on their fiercest rivals to just four points should they win their game in hand against relegation strugglers Hull City in midweek.

Each game in EPL is a banana Skin so I could like City to beat Spurs and then lose Points against some Relegation fighters and against us.

The balding boss celebrated his 100th match in Ligue 1 with a 3 - 1 defeat against AS Monaco on Saturday, a result which keeps Evian right in the relegation mix.

Our opponents are flirting with relegation this season but we can not ignore that their only two wins in their last eight games came against Tottenham and Liverpool, so write them off at your peril.

The seventh team is safe from relegation but does not make the playoffs, while the eighth, ninth and 10th teams have to play in the promotion tournament against the top two Challenger Series teams.

Queens Park Rangers and Burnley meet this afternoon in the Premier League in what could prove an all - important six - pointer in the fight against relegation this season.

He did it on the final day of the season against Manchester City in 2012, he did in the relegation six pointer against Hull City yesterday, and he'll almost certainly do it again.

Derby ended the 1989/90 season only three points (plus, obviously, goal difference) above the relegation zone, but throughout the season had won by two or more goals in eight of their nine home games against the rest of the bottom half, and so ended up safe with a goal difference of positive - 3.

Next up for Cazorla and his teammates is a trip to Turf Moor for a game against relegation threatened Burnley on Saturday as they aim to make it eight straight victories in all competitions.

Swansea City have taken the lead against Leicester City in the crucial relegation six - pointer through Alfie Mawson — and what a goal it was too.