Sentences with phrase «in this relegation battle on»

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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.

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.

Despite their experience in the EPL Sunderland, Aston Villa, and New Castle are likely to face relegation battles based on their early season form.

Nevertheless, the focus will remain on survival for a side that had been tipped to be involved in a relegation battle this season, and they continue to edge closer to the 40 - point mark which ordinarily is enough to avoid the drop.

Based on ur theory, southampton should be in a relegation battle.

United will make the long trip to Somerset and Huish Park to take on a team whose entire history is intertwined with causing shocks in the FA Cup — and the Glovers will be looking to leave their relegation battle in the third tier behind to shock van Gaal and has highly paid side.

Not overly mpressed with Manure in the 1st half, and if Pochietino insists on playing Dyer and Bentelab together Spuds may be in a relegation battle come May.

We don't expect the Blues to drop points at home to relegation - threatened Hull City, but they have to take on us and Liverpool in their next two league outings, which could see them join us in the extremely tight top - six battle.

Alan Pardew will be expected to improve on last season's performance that saw Newcastle struggled to keep away from the relegation battle on a consistent basis, whilst they were also once again miserable in the domestic cup competitions.

Things haven't been going well for Borussia Dortmund on the pitch: despite the weekend's 3 - 0 win over SC Freiburg, they still sit 16th in the table, thoroughly embroiled in a relegation battle.

«If we are going to find ourselves in a relegation battle with a few games to go then that could have some bearing on whether the chairman (Phil Gartside) is going to be offering contracts.

On to Sunday to really put Chelsea in a relegation battle.

I can't help but point out that Leicester also had a tough relegation battle with Crystal Palace on Saturday as well, but they seemed much more lively than us in the second half.

Podolski has managed just four goals in 33 matches for Zvonimir Soldo's side and was hoping that the club could improve on last season's 13th place finish but this term has proved even more of a disaster as they find themselves in 16th place and embroiled in a relegation battle.

On the other hand, Hull are involved in a relegation battle and could do with anything right about now.

The 2014/15 relegation battle took another twist on Saturday as two relegation favourites went head - to - head in a must - win match for both teams.

In January 2014, he was sent away on loan to Cardiff City for the rest of the season, then in the topflight and battling against relegatioIn January 2014, he was sent away on loan to Cardiff City for the rest of the season, then in the topflight and battling against relegatioin the topflight and battling against relegation.

Having been dragged back in to a relegation battle for the fourth season in a row, no Villa fan could put his hand on his heart and say where we will finish this season.

That occasion was on 2nd May, exactly one year after to the day that he'd wrongly sent off Michael Duff and in doing so all but condemned us to relegation when that game at West Ham was lost 1 - 0 after we'd battled for so long with ten men.

It has been a season of poor production from Rovers who find themselves stuck in the relegation zone in the Championship at the moment and with a big battle on their hands to avoid playing League One football next season.

Pressure mounts on Stoke manager Mark Hughes after his side failed to beat Huddersfield in relegation battle showdown.

Current League leaders Chelsea are battling in the relegation zone on the same merit.

Crystal Palace starting to find some positive form on their recent English Premier League matches as they starting to move away from relegation trouble and this midweek, they are keen on keeping that positive run going when facing Norwich City in the new year battle.

On the subject of a impending relegation battle on the horizon, Dawson added, «Results haven't quite gone our way in recent weeks, but the performances are there and we've got ta keep believing.&raquOn the subject of a impending relegation battle on the horizon, Dawson added, «Results haven't quite gone our way in recent weeks, but the performances are there and we've got ta keep believing.&raquon the horizon, Dawson added, «Results haven't quite gone our way in recent weeks, but the performances are there and we've got ta keep believing.»

In November, the two sides battled out a 0 - 0 draw and it was a match that reflected both sides as a relegation candidate with a lot of more attacking play on show.

Preview: Bolton Wanderers were fired up enough to give themselves a lifeline on Saturday, when they beat relegation threatened Blackburn in a huge basement battle.

On Saturday the two Ayews will go head - to - head once more as West Ham host the Swans in a crucial clash in the battle against relegation from the Premier League.