Sentences with phrase «game in hand on»

Florida enters Saturday three points behind New Jersey for the final wild - card spot with one game in hand on the Devils.

Russia, 2nd in Group F with 12 points and a game in hand on 1st - place Portugal (14 points), will host Luxembourg in Kazan on September 6 and Israel in St. Petersburg on September 10.

With a seven - point cushion and a game in hand on third - place Fulham, Cardiff are overwhelmingly likely to ride their unique brand of soccer into an automatic promotion into the Premier League.

However, victory on Sunday would see them close the gap to us on two points, whilst they also have a game in hand on Liverpool who are two points above us before their trip to Crystal Palace on Saturday lunchtime.

We are three points behind Blackpool with a game in hand, although they have a much better goal difference, with Walsall and Rochdale both four points behind us with both having a game in hand on us.

We're still fourth, level on points but with a game in hand on Liverpool in third and four points adrift of United in second.

Real remain down in fourth, but do have a game in hand on their rivals as they missed out on domestic action this weekend to win the Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.

Despite remaining in eighth place in the table, the win sees the Reds move to within just two points of sixth - placed Southampton - with a game in hand on the Saints - while Watford stay 13th.

And Mirallas played 85 minutes of a 2 - 0 success that saw third - place Olympiakos — who have a game in hand on their title rivals - close the gap on leaders AEK Athens to just two points.

City do have a game in hand on Manchester United and play first with a tough away trip to Spurs however United can ensure they will...

It gets us off the bottom of the table, we've a game in hand on Sunderland and hopefully now we can push forward.

We are now seven points clear of City who also have a game in hand on us.

Ahead of kick - off, United were just one point clear of Everton, who had a game in hand on us.

Nottingham Forest have now taken third place with those two wins and are just a point behind Leeds although the top two do have a game in hand on them.

Hull have a game in hand on us while Middlesbrough, the other team with one point less, have two games in hand, the first of them coming at Ewood Park tonight against Blackburn, a game postponed on Boxing Day.

They currently sit nine points ahead of both Ipswich and Charlton with the former having a game in hand on the leaders.

Kick off is 1 p.m. and today also sees Rochdale and Walsall in action as they too play their game in hand on the leaders.

Spurs are now eight points clear of fifth - place Chelsea, who have a game in hand on their rivals from north London.

Chelsea squeezed past Hull City at the KC Stadium earlier today to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table to six points with nine games to go and one game in hand on Manchester City, their nearest rivals.

Arsenal — who have a game in hand on the two sides ahead of them — are down in third on 55 points, six behind Spurs and a whopping 11 behind Claudio Ranieri's side.

Goals from Clement Grenier and Alexandre Lacazette lifted Lyon back to top spot, although they will again cede the leadership should Paris Saint - Germain beat FC Nantes away in their game in hand on Sunday evening.

People forget that we have a game in hand on Leicester and Tottenham.

The 1 - 0 win put Chelsea seven points clear at the top of the Premier League with a game in hand on second placed Arsenal, while QPR are left in 18th place and two points away from safety.

Les Grenats remain eight points of safety, but have a game in hand on 17th - place Evian Thonon Gaillard and will surely be harbouring hopes of a miracle escape from the drop.

Spurs have a game in hand on the rest, having played in the League Cup final last week, but still need to do more if they want that top four place.

Arsenal on the flip side have dropped to within five points of Manchester United in fifth place, with the Red Devils holding a game in hand on us.

Even though Arsenal have one Premier League game in hand on Tottenham and Man City, while also having played two games fewer than Liverpool, it is vital for the Gunners to get a win at West Brom this weekend before the two week pause for the latest round of internationals.

We have a game in hand on City, we have players back from injury, we had a strong bench tonight.

The main thing is this is 1 more game down and only 2 points dropped when we've now got a game in hand on City, and 2 points on United.

As we are currently below City, even with a game in hand on them, we definitely can not say such stupid things.

Further, they sit level with Barcelona at the top of the league table, although they have a game in hand on the Catalan giants and so the advantage is with them there too.

It certainly needs to be with Man United only five points behind and with a game in hand on Arsenal.

The result means Newcastle are now on 28 points, just three behind Norwich and safety — and they have a game in hand on the Canaries.

It didn't look as though the concerned parties were too embarrassed though, as in the bigger picture it could yet prove to be a pivotal goal in Newcastle's season as they sit three points adrift of safety but with a game in hand on 17th - placed Norwich City.

2nds gone, we still have two points and a game in hand on mu.

The Red Devils were in FA Cup action prior to the international break so have a game in hand on some of their rivals at the top of the table, but the race is on to secure qualification for the Champions League next year.

Speaking to L'Equipe, Carvalho, whose Monaco side still have a game in hand on Marseille, argued that his side absolutely must seal Champions League qualification again.

From second from bottom to second from the top, where Paris Saint - Germain have a game in hand on league leaguers Olympique Lyonnais.

The Red Devils are currently eight points off first place Chelsea, and the Stamford Bridge outfit also have a game in hand on the Mancunian side.

With Liverpool now in the semi finals of the Champions League, it may be likely that Salah be rested by Jurgen Klopp in future league fixtures, and with Spurs having a game in hand on the Reds, we may see the Egyptian pipped by Kane to the accolade come the end of the season.

Boston tied Buffalo for first place in the Adams Division by routing the Sabres 7 - 3 as Peter McNab and Stan Jonathan had two goals apiece; the Bruins also have three games in hand on the Sabres.

We currently lie in sixth place in the table, albeit having games in hand on each of our rivals.

Also even though we play on Monday we will have 2 games in hand on both Utd and City until then when we play away at Hull...

Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players are under severe pressure after crashing out of the Champions League and slipping out of the top four of the Premier League in recent weeks, although there is the cushion of knowing that we have two games in hand on fourth placed Liverpool and would go back above them if we win them.

Unlike the other teams above us we have no games in hand on United and can only hope that their heavy fixture list causes problems while our own form takes a drastic upturn.

Nevertheless, Liverpool sealed the win and temporarily move up to third place having played an extra game compared to Manchester City, while they sit nine points ahead of both Everton and Manchester United, although the latter have three games in hand on them.

So in a couple of weeks the Gunners could have two games in hand on our main two Premier League rivals, none of whom are still in the cup.

With Arsenal and Manchester United having two games in hand on Liverpool, their Champions League fate is no longer entirely in their own hands.

With 10 games of the season remaining, United were second in the table and City third, while both teams had games in hand on leaders Leeds United.

They are five places and eight points behind us although they do have three games in hand on us.