Sentences with phrase «league game of the season»

Later on Sunday, Barcelona FC will hold their first league game of the season, with 100,000 expected at the Camp Nou, where there will be a minute's silence.

Our first league game of the season, at home to West Ham, may look like a nailed on three points, especially with the way we have been playing over the last few weeks, but the Hammers are already into competitive games in the Europa League and we could find that their fitness levels are higher, so we will need to be ready for a tough game.

I am sure that this has not escaped the attention of the Arsenal manager and hopefully Arsene Wenger can transmit some real urgency into his Arsenal players ahead of our penultimate Premier League game of the season.

Chelsea lost their seventh Premier League game of the season this weekend and are now hovering just above the relegation zone, putting Mourinho's future in serious doubt.

All three defenders missed the first Premier League game of the season in the 4 - 3 defeat against Liverpool at the Emirates.

I do not think for a second that Arsenal will fail to get the points we need from the last four Premier League games of the season.

The powerful striker looks certain for a summer exit after Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp dropped Benteke from the match day squad against Arsenal in their first Premier League game of the season.

The next game, plus the last 8 league games of the season are the perfect time to give the Bailly Lindelof partnership a chance for next season.

Doing so after the first league game of the season, which happened to be a loss, screams panic buy.

The boss has already told us that he is going to make sure that the Chilean star gets a good long break before we call on him again for club duties and that means that Alexis could well miss the first two Premier League games of the season as well as the theoretically meaningless but potentially crucial to our confidence Community Shield clash with Chelsea.

That seems to have been the ideal chance for the young defender and he has grabbed it to such an extent that he is now in front of Calum Chambers in the pecking order, having been chosen to partner Laurent Koscielny when the France international returned to face Leicester City in our second Premier League game of the season last weekend.

It is a massive blow for the young player of course, as he had only just recovered from the previous injury to his ankle in time to score the BBC's goal of the season in our final Premier League game of the season.

And then we have the Champions League with Monaco, where the away tie could be crucial to our progression, but the one I am really looking forward to is the penultimate Premier League game of the season at Old Trafford.

If Arsene Wenger had not given the 23 - year old that rare start in the last Premier League game of the season, not only would Arsenal fans have missed out on the goal of the season against West Brom, Wilshere may have missed out on the FA cup final and the media would surely have got on his back again for being injury prone and for not realising his potential.

Arsenal faced a home clash against Tottenham Hotspur in their 6th league game of the season.

The Dutchman missed Southampton's first four league games of the season as he recovered from a ligament injury he suffered in January but came on as a substitute in the side's 1 - 0 win away at Crystal Palace to make his first appearance of the new campaign.

Arsenal travel to the Hawthorns today in the hope of heaping more misery on WBA fans who haven't seen their team win a game since back in August when they won their first two Premier League games of the season.

But it's still early days yet, and we're crossing everything as the team make their way to Newcastle for their third league game of the season tomorrow.

Preston North End may not be up with the front - runners in the Championship due to losing their first 3 League games of the season, but they are notoriously hard to beat recently with 3 wins and 2 draws in their last 6 League games.

The building work on Anfield is expected to increase the stadium's capacity to 54,000, but it may also necessitate that the Merseyside giants play their first two league games of the season away from home, allowing maximum opportunity to increase the building work.

Laurent Koscielny was sent off in the first - half against Everton on Sunday in the final Premier League game of the season, and in turn he'll miss next weekend's clash through suspension.

Judging from the majority of comments from Arsenal fans in the build up to our fifth Premier League game of the season, most Gooners would have gladly taken a point from today's trip to Stamford Bridge.

However, our north London rivals Tottenham were also pleased with Bayern's draw, because it means that their record of winning the first 11 league games of a season, back in the mists of football history, still stands with Bayern only able to win the first 10.

The Estonian skipper started Liverpool's first two Premier League games of the season, before losing his place.

Tottenham failed to win any of their first four league games of the season, but these personnel changes have been crucial to their improvement over the campaign.

THere was some great news for Arsenal fans this week on the fitness of Hector Bellerin, after the young Spanish international defender had to miss out on the first Premier League game of the season with a thigh problem.

But he has captained the side for most of the season and will be a big loss after being sent off for a bad tackle in Arsenal's final league game of the season.

The 32 - year - old hasn't been selected in the squad for the opening two Premier League games of the season, and it appeared as though he was being forced out of the club.

This is hardly surprising as the Spanish club are sure to know that Arsenal are desperate and are running out of time, especially after the loss of our first Premier League game of the season with four goals conceded.

The way that the Arsenal defence has been playing since that opening Premier League game of the season, when a combination of our inexperienced and youthful defensive pairing Holding and Chambers and the impressive Liverpool attack saw us ship four goals in about 20 minutes, you would think that they had been playing together for years.

Molly Kommer — In the final league game of the season, the Clayton Valley senior notched 27 points and 21 rebounds to hand Northgate its only DVAL loss in a 70 - 39 rout on Feb. 17.

Likewise Welwyn Garden City who thumped us 5 - 1 way back in August last year in only the third league game of the season and who hopefully will not find us in so charitable a mood this time around when we lock horns with them at Herns Lane on Wednesday night (k.o 7.45 pm).

Perhaps if Arsenal were at home, he could get away with it, but away from home in the first Champions League game of the season?

Under new manager Luciano Spalletti, the playmaker started three of the first five league games of the season, providing three assists in the process.

Koscielny was dismissed in the Gunners final league game of the season and received a three match ban as mandatory.

The winger started Hull's first three league games of the season this year but was loaned out to Nottingham Forest in November and has struggled to make an impact since returning to East Yorkshire.

Jürgen Klopp made wholesale changes for the final league game of the season with a Europa League final against Sevilla coming just three days later.

As both Arsenal and West Ham United head into their first Premier League game of the season, they come off the back of very different results.

Huddersfield Town return to action after the March international break as the Terriers travel up to St. James» Park to take on Newcastle United in what will be Town's 31st Premier League game of the season.

That sent the Magpies down to the Championship, so will they be in good spirits for their final league game of the season?

Huddersfield Town travels down to Wembley Stadium this weekend to face Mauricio Pochettino's Tottenham Hotspur in what will be Town's 29th Premier League game of the season.

Spartak fans used smoke bombs during the game, the first Premier League game of the season, which Spartak won 4 - 0.

And he also revealed the extent to which Roy Hodgson's calming influence has inspired their revival following defeat in their first seven league games of the season.

Chelsea suffered a humiliating defeat to Burnley on the first Premier League game of the season which was followed by a good string of results but recent losses to top of the table club Manchester City and lowly Crystal Palace have dented their current campaign.

It will be our 27th Premier League game of the season.

After starting Arsenal's first three Premier League games of the season, Olivier Giroud was dropped for the trip to Newcastle United.

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This is his 7th Premier League game of the season during which time he has brandished 1 red and 24 yellow cards whilst at the same time missing Aguero's elbow assault on Winston Reid at the Etihad.

Cardiff City have secured a magnificent 3 - 2 win over former champions and last season's runners - up Manchester City in their first home Premier League game of the season.

The second home league game of the season.