Sentences with phrase «match against relegation»

Newcastle return to league action after the international break with an away match against relegation rivals Norwich City.

David Moyes will face the media tomorrow at Rush Green for the pre-match press conference ahead of the crucial match against the relegation contenders.

Not exact matches

Norwich City currently sit five points clear of the relegation zone though will face the side directly below them, Fulham this weekend before finishing the season with matches against Liverpool, Man United, Chelsea and Arsenal.

Juventus haven't scored three goals on the road in any match since December, and that came against relegation - bound Hellas Verona.

Home against a relegation team with the worst manager in the whole league (even the Magpies fans agree with me) and got outplayed them most of the match.

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They'll be hoping for a comfortable match against Gus Poyet's side who look surely destined for a gruesome relegation scrap.

The balding boss celebrated his 100th match in Ligue 1 with a 3 - 1 defeat against AS Monaco on Saturday, a result which keeps Evian right in the relegation mix.

Leicester have revived their season with three consecutive wins, meaning that their match against Burnley this weekend will prove to be a crucial relegation six - pointer.

Palace, who have lost three of the past five matches, host Manchester United on Monday March 5, then travel to Chelsea before a key clash against fellow relegation battlers Huddersfield.

Leganés don't have a lot to play for — they're pretty much guaranteed to finish somewhere between 10th and 15th — but with matches left against Depor, Levante, Betis, and Villarreal, they could have something to say about relegation places as well as Europa League qualification.

Real Sociedad don't have much to play for after 32 games in the league, they are currently well placed above the relegation zone with 38 points but they will be looking to put a performance against defending champions and get something out of this match.

Chelsea recorded a very important win against Arsenal in the premier league match on Sunday and get themselves well away from relegation zone but they also hurt Arsenal's chances of winning the league this season.

Although they come into the game after a disappointing 3 - 3 draw against relegation - threatened Strasbourg, Marseille have gone unbeaten in 18 of their last 20 league matches.

The FA Cup semi-final in 1964 at Hillsborough, the FA Cup victory at Old Trafford when Di Canio was not put off by Barthez, the Tevez goal in the final game that staved off relegation, a 4 - 2 victory in 1977 which also kept us up, the great performance from Miklosko which denied them a league title, and of course, perhaps the greatest of all, and certainly the most emotional, the last game at Upton Park, are all examples of superb memories of matches against them.

Metz ended a five - match winless run to move seven points clear of the relegation zone with a 1 - 0 win against Bastia.

It has been a whole twenty - years since Albion last celebrated a winning outcome over Lancashire rivals Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park, and after losing the earlier meeting with Steve Kean's Rovers outfit, the odds are well and truly stacked against the Baggies in a match they must win if they're to avoid sliding closer to the dreaded relegation zone.

At the end we were unable to build on the momentum from the excellent performance in the EFL Cup against Chelsea to improve our league position and end this round of matches just outside the relegation places.

Watch the full match highlights as Chievo Verona moved three points above the relegation zone with a 0 - 0 draw against Torino at Stadio MarcAntonio Bentegodi.

The Ivorian defender spoke about his memories of his debut and the performance he put in during the match, also speaking about the work that was put in against Manchester City the weekend before last, seeing the side come from two goals down at half - time to equalise through a Paul Pogba brace, then win the match with a strike from Chris Smalling, putting the celebrations on hold for the noisy neighbours, then talking about the disappointing defeat to relegation candidates West Bromwich Albion at the Theatre of Dreams on Sunday.

Importantly, Blackburn have picked up wins over other relegation candidates Wolves and QPR in recent matches and another win and getting revenge for a 2 - 1 defeat against Bolton earlier in the season.

So there is hope for Owen Coyle here, and that win was their first in four matches in their fight against relegation.

Along the way, Warnock points the finger of blame at: Gareth Southgate, Rafa Benàtez and Alex Ferguson, for all playing weakened teams in their respective clubs» matches against United's relegation rivals; the officials who allowed West Ham to win at Blackburn with a «goal» that didn't cross the line; Times journalist Pete Lansley, for upsetting goalkeeper Paddy Kenny by asking about his troubled personal life in an interview; the FA («rank amateurs»), for not punishing West Ham for fielding two ineligible players, Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano; and finally David Unsworth, for contriving a costly penalty miss for United against Blackburn midway through the season but then scoring from the spot at Bramall Lane for Wigan in the game that sent the Blades down at the Latics» expense.

Levante have perfectly their relegation this seasons, though they have lost their last match by 2 - 0 goals against Deportivo.