Not exact matches
So the games that Francis is likely to miss are the FA
cup trip to face Preston
and Premier
League games with Swansea away
and Burnely
and Watford at home.
Even though Arsene Wenger put out a fairly strong Arsenal side for the
trip to lower
league Preston North End in the FA
cup, it may have been stronger with the addition of some regular first team players like Alexis Sanchez
and Mesut Ozil.
Arsenal have a massive week ahead starting with today's FA
Cup match at home to Watford, followed by our
trip to Barcelona in midweek,
and then a massive game away at Everton in the
League next weekend.
We know now for sure that the
trip to Goodison Park will not be easy as the Toffees yesterday knocked Chelsea out of the
Cup,
and our annoying neighbours have no chance whatsoever of getting anything from this season as they are even 9 points below a Europa
League position.
Then they have the
league cup game against Hull City on the Tuesday after
and Hull could do us a huge favour by taking that to extra time as it has to be decided on the night.They then have to get ready for the always tiring
trip to Stoke
and the TV folk have done us a favour here by giving their weary legs an early Saturday start before their final UCL game the next Tuesday.
The games that the 26 - year old will definitely miss, along with the three lions» clashes with Slovenia
and Lithuania, will be the Arsenal home games in the Premier
League against West Brom
and Brighton, the Carabao
cup tie at home to Doncaster Rovers tonight
and the
trip to Belarus to plat BATE Borisov in the Europa
League next week.
Van Gaal has already seen his side come unstuck against
League One opposition once this season, with a scratch side humiliated 4 - 0 by MK Dons in the
League Cup second round,
and the Dutchman hinted at their Stadium: MK nightmare when suggesting that the
trip to Yeovil would prove to be far from simple:
Oh
and just to make life interesting, our nightmare week will be completed with a
trip to White Hart Lane in the
League Cup the following Wednesday.
The
trip to Liverpool next weekend is a big test but they are a shadow of last season's team
and they have a tough
League Cup match in midweek.
We have a little run of games that should see us into the top four
and in touch with the top,
and also perhaps into the next round of the Europa
League and the Carabao
Cup before the
trip to Man City at the start of next month.
With the Blues still facing the prospect of a
trip to the Emirates Stadium, Ozil could yet help inspire an unlikely Premier
League and FA
Cup double, with their next fixture against Reading set to determine whether they'll be involved in a second successive Wembley final.
Our away
trips until the end are, well the worst they could be really, featuring — United, Spurs, West Ham, Everton, Sunderland
and Man City... After the FA
cup next weekend it's Barcelona in the Champions
league and Man Utd away.
And with a trip to Manchester United next up in the league for Arsenal (after cup games against Hull City and Barcelona), the hosts will be going all out to secure all three points, just as they did when the sides last met at King Power Stadium last year, with Arsenal running out 5 - 2 winne
And with a
trip to Manchester United next up in the
league for Arsenal (after
cup games against Hull City
and Barcelona), the hosts will be going all out to secure all three points, just as they did when the sides last met at King Power Stadium last year, with Arsenal running out 5 - 2 winne
and Barcelona), the hosts will be going all out to secure all three points, just as they did when the sides last met at King Power Stadium last year, with Arsenal running out 5 - 2 winners.
And just in case the first team players that are likely to be in the starting line - up to face West Brom on Monday were thinking it might be an easy game after the tough trip to face the reigning Premier League champions Chelsea last time out, Arsene Wenger can get them to watch the Carabao Cup game between the Baggies and Man Ci
And just in case the first team players that are likely to be in the starting line - up to face West Brom on Monday were thinking it might be an easy game after the tough
trip to face the reigning Premier
League champions Chelsea last time out, Arsene Wenger can get them to watch the Carabao
Cup game between the Baggies
and Man Ci
and Man City.
He made three
trips to Wembley with Wednesday, winning one
League Cup, before going on to represent Derby, West Ham
and Forest in between
trips back home.
Southampton have Arsenal Utd, Everton, Chelsea + away
trips to Palace
and Burnley
and a
league cup tie at Sheff Utd before the new year.
A Champions
League trip to Zagreb is quickly followed by Chelsea away in the EPL
and then a third away game in a row against the spuds in the Capital One
Cup.
The Gunners won their Europa
League group to set up a Round of 32 tie against Ostersunds FK, are in the semi finals of the Carabao
Cup where they take on Chelsea
and begin their FA
Cup campaign with a
trip to Nottingham Forest next month.
He is ruled out of Thursday's Premier
League game at Burnley, Sunday's FA Cup semi-final against Southampton and the league trip to Swansea on Apr
League game at Burnley, Sunday's FA
Cup semi-final against Southampton
and the
league trip to Swansea on Apr
league trip to Swansea on April 28.
United manager Jose Mourinho has suggested the player will be out with the injury
and will therefore not play a part in the Premier
League clash with Everton on Sunday
and could also miss the Carabao
Cup clash with Burton Albion in a week's time as well as the
trip to Southampton in the Premier
League.
United also have the
league Cup third round - tie against Burton and a Champions League trip to Russia to face CSKA Moscow where they will be without their main midfi
league Cup third round - tie against Burton
and a Champions
League trip to Russia to face CSKA Moscow where they will be without their main midfi
League trip to Russia to face CSKA Moscow where they will be without their main midfielder.
January would then wrap up with a potential fourth round FA
Cup tie
and a
trip to bottom of the
league Bolton.
After making a promising start to the campaign with great results over Barnsley
and Bristol City in the Carling
Cup, a
trip to Anfield to face Liverpool in September prompted a slump in
League form.
Since their unforgettable day out at Wembley; beating Arsenal 2 - 1 in last month's
League Cup final, the Blues have failed to win a single game in the league (2) and were also dumped out of the FA Cup by this weekend's opponents, just one round before another trip to Wembley was on the
League Cup final, the Blues have failed to win a single game in the
league (2) and were also dumped out of the FA Cup by this weekend's opponents, just one round before another trip to Wembley was on the
league (2)
and were also dumped out of the FA
Cup by this weekend's opponents, just one round before another
trip to Wembley was on the cards.
Alonso is now ruled out of Thursday night's Premier
League game at Burnley, Sunday's FA Cup semi-final against the Saints and also the league trip to Swansea on Apr
League game at Burnley, Sunday's FA
Cup semi-final against the Saints
and also the
league trip to Swansea on Apr
league trip to Swansea on April 28.
The Serie A champions face a gruelling run of games before their second - leg clash with Tottenham, taking on Atalanta in both the
league and cup before travelling to Lazio just days before their
trip to Wembley.
Hull City's FA
Cup commitments saw our
League clash scheduled for last weekend moved
and we're in the same boat for the
trip to Arsenal who are involved in an FA
Cup semi-final against Wigan.
They started their away
trips this season with three games on the bounce against Arsenal, Liverpool
and City
and won them all, they knocked Liverpool out of the FA
Cup after a gruelling replay,
and they currently sit 6th in the Premier
League just three points behind 4th place City.
However, Mancini still awaits his team's first away win of 2011 after watching his side collect just two miserly points from their last three away
trips, not to mention a couple of draws away from home in the FA
Cup against lower
league opposition in the form of Leicester City (2 - 2) from the Championship and Notts County (1 - 1) from Leagu
league opposition in the form of Leicester City (2 - 2) from the Championship
and Notts County (1 - 1) from
LeagueLeague One.
Wayne Rooney is set to return to the Manchester United team after missing the
trips to Sunderland
and Chelsea in the
League and FA
Cup respectively last weekend through a groin strain, Brazilian right back Rafael is also set to return after missing the match against Chelsea through an injury picked up against Sunderland.