Sentences with phrase «chance of victory at»

The remainder, 75 (56 per cent), backed the Prime Minister as Labour's best and only chance of victory at the next election.

Ignore the view expressed by Labour that the Conservatives need to be winning 47 % of the vote to have a chance of victory at the next election.

Jarvis is clear that unless Labour changes tack, any chance of victory at the next general election will be extinguished.

Nobody thought we had any realistic chance of victory at Anfield, where we hadn't won since 1963.

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And from the beginning, the devil's only chance at victory was if he could stop the coming of the Messiah, or if he could somehow get Christ to sin.

A CHANCE TO MAKE A STATEMENT Saturday's match kicks off at 12:30 GMT and a victory over an in - form title contender would unquestionably send a strong message to the rest of the division.

Big Play Tiger Woods blew a chance at victory at his own tournament because of a handsy hook, but most amateurs could learn from his miscue

Yet after taking the reins of the 49ers from Alex Smith, he's done nothing but lead his team to victory after victory, and now a chance at another Super Bowl title for a franchise that has known excellence before.

Or did they target him simply as a good player who threatened their chance at victory, perhaps wanting to knock him out of the game?

After a cracking away win in the fourth round of the FA cup at the weekend, Arsenal are still in with a chance of retaking the crown of most successful club in the famous old competition's history, which the recent two Wembley victories over Hull City and Aston Villa had given us until Man United won it last season.

For example, Manchester United are getting just over 70 % of tickets to win, but at -370 odds, they have roughly a 79 % chance of victory.

In the closing hours a Ukyo Katayama's GT - One was homing in on the leading BMW at a rapid pace when he suffered a puncture, ending Toyota's chances of victory.

It's a crunch clash at the top of League One on Friday night as two teams in shaky form face each other at London Road, with visitors Bristol City looking to deny Swindon Town the chance to go top of the table on Saturday with a victory over wobbling Peterborough.

Bayern, who finished second behind Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid in their group, are one of the strongest clubs in European football and Arsenal will need to be at their brilliant best to stand any chance of earning a shock victory over the Bundesliga champions.

While it is still early to map out a minimum of at least another eight victories, Inderkum's success in league play points to a very good chance that the program makes it a full decade of posting double digits in the «W» column.

It might be a bit too early to write the current season off for Arsenal, especially as we knew that it was going to be a tough start, with the Gunners having played just two Premier League games so far, but after following up the narrowest of victories at home to Leicester City with another loss at Stoke I doubt there are too many Arsenal fans feeling confident about our title chances right now.

Costa will have a further chance to get on the scoresheet for Spain on Tuesday night as they look to maintain their place at the top of Group C with victory over Macedonia.

In Spain Panis was reeling Villeneuve in at a huge rate of knots but got severely held up by traffic on multiple occasions, costing him his chance at victory.

Each of these favorites has at least a 70 % chance of victory, yet the public betting percentages on the favorites are around 50 %.

As part of our Ashes coverage, we look at Australia and England's chances of claiming victory in the series.

While Barcelona enhanced their title chances with the victory, Sporting Gijon's relegation worries has worsen as they are only above two teams in the La - Liga, just one point ahead of 19th placed Granada who have a game at hand.

New Leicester City boss Claude Puel takes charge of his first game of the club, as they welcome Everton — who have interim boss David Unsworth at the helm, and he will be desperate for victory in order to give himself every chance of

Spurs face Arsenal at Wembley on Saturday, knowing victory would deliver a major boost to their own chances of finishing in the Premier League top four and deal a hammer blow to the hopes of their north London rivals.

That is what Manchester United's FA Cup semi-final win over Everton provided Louis van Gaal besides the glory of a victory at Wembley Stadium and the chance to collect his first major trophy in England in May.

That ended any realistic chances of a further championship win early on, but he followed up his victory in the opening race of the season with wins at Spa and at the final round in Brazil.

The game also gives the team a chance to become the first Cyproit club to beat a Portuguese team, and they will look to avoid a repeat of their prior encounter with Porto at their own turf, which saw the visitors register a victory.

They are well in form at the moment and with every chance of landing the victory.

And at what point does doing so stifle your own strengths and chances of victory?

Liverpool's inability to capitalise on a favourites» chance to reach the final of the League Cup earlier this week completed a run of seven games without a victory and, in the eyes of some, provided all the ammunition required to point the proverbial gun at Liverpool's charismatic manager, safe in their opinion that doing so is perfectly reasonable.

Tottenham have not beaten the Reds at home since a 2 - 1 win in 2012 and this is reflected by them having a 26 % chance of victory.

He at least was winning trophies again though, with several FA Cup wins in recent years — but now he doesn't, losing to Nottingham Forest in the third round and losing the League Cup final last weekend to City (although admittedly there is still a chance of Europa League victory).

When the full - time whistle blew at the Stadio San Paolo on Friday night, confirming Juventus» 1 - 0 victory over Serie A table - toppers Napoli, more than «fantastic, Inter have the chance to go top of the league on Sunday!»

Nothing but a victory will do if Wenger is to lift the mounting pressure and keep his side in with a chance of finishing in the top two at 11/2, or even win the title, something available at 40/1 with Ladbrokes.

Rovers currently occupy 18th place, the first of three relegation spots, but victory on Saturday at home to 17th placed Wigan Athletic would guarantee Blackburn's stint in the bottom three would be a brief one, while even a draw would stand them in good stead of escaping the drop zone, although victory is somewhat imperative considering fixtures as golden as this, against a team in close proximity and a fixture they would highly rate their chances in, don't come around too often.

We don't rate their chances of doing so in the slightest, but no - one gave Stoke City & Wolves much hope when they took on the wrath of Spurs at White Hart Lane and the pair both came home with victories, so perhaps Blackburn are no forlorn hope after all.

Foster was incensed after his team - mate denied Albion the chance to join Manchester United at the top of the fledgling table, but Stoke, who saw two half - hearted penalty appeals waved away in the first half, might have snatched victory late on and a draw seemed fair.

Slovakia had a chance to equalise in the 64th minute through Tomas Hubocan, but he could only fire a loose ball into the ground and over, with England able to see out the remainder of the game to claim victory and move five points clear at the top of Group F with two games to go.

Crystal Palace managed to get themselves off of the relegation zone for the first time in a long while by claiming a hard fought 1 - 0 victory over Middlesbrough at Selhurst Park last weekend and it goes without saying that the three points picked up on the day could prove to be vital to the Eagles» chances of survival.

The Gunners are presently separated from the top - four by a margin of just five points, and a victory over their cross-town rivals could enhance their chances of finishing in the Champions League spots, considering fourth - placed Chelsea will have their confidence at a new low after heavy defeats to Bournemouth and Watford.

I properly fancied Everton's chances of ending their barren run last weekend with victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage.

They may well feel they have a point to prove when they host Sunderland at Villa Park on January 5th, with the reverse meeting going the way of Sunderland in a 1 - 0 victory although Villa created a whole host of chances and were mighty unlucky not to have taken something from their visit to the north of England.

The undoubted advantage of the clinical striker is evident in those circumstances where chances are few and far between; you will find them converting that breakaway to snatch victory in tight away matches or snaffling the half chance at home against unambitious bus - parking opposition.

Unsurprisingly, Man City's leading scorer is a player who we genuinely believe is key to their chances of claiming what might be a season - defining victory at Old Trafford.

Poor performances such as those in the 2 - 1 loss to Napoli at the San Paolo, where he gifted possession to Gonzalo Higuain, enabling him to score the winning goal of the game, and a red card that killed our chances to chase a victory away to Borussia Monchengladbach in the Champions League group stage, seem to best summarize his first six months at the club.

The Gunners are on a good run of form, having won 5 and lost 1 of their last 6 games and have a realistic chance of sealing a top 4 spot but they can not afford to drop any more points and will be looking for a victory at the bet365 stadium.

The Colchoneros suffered a 2 - 1 defeat at Camp Nou last week, but they got a vital away goal that gives them the chance of qualifying to the semifinals with a 1 - 0 victory.

In a week where Arsenal claimed a 2 - 1 victory away at archrivals Tottenham Hotspur and Wenger announced that he was set to separate from his wife Annie, we take a look at the chances of the Frenchman departing from the club at the end of the season.

Now the Latics go into» Survival Sunday» knowing they need maximum points from their visit to Stoke in order to enhance their chances of staying up, but even victory at the Brittania Stadium may not be enough to save their bacon.

The prime minister emerged relatively unscathed from his Sky News grilling, but the smiles on the faces of the Brexiteers in the spin room afterwards suggested they felt it had done their chances of victory no harm at all.

The Democratic primary for governor may be less than a week old but the battle between Cuomo and Nixon for the African - American vote is already underway, underscoring the importance of a voting bloc where Nixon's own advisers acknowledge she must make inroads to have any chance at victory.