Sentences with phrase «midweek games so»

But then again it does not seem to have hurt the spuds this season, perhaps because they are used to it, and Arsenal are certainly used to midweek games so it might not be much of a change.

It's not like we have a midweek game so anyone not playing will get a whole 2 weeks worth of rest.

Not exact matches

As expected, Arsene Wenger has brought back the players rested for the Champions League game in midweek and so Arsenal will start at Stamford Bridge with the same 11 players that won our last Premier League game against Stoke City.

It's midweek and we have to wait until Saturday before the big game against Chelsea, but the papers are keeping busy with Arsenal transfer rumours to keep themselves amused — so I will pass on today's offerings for discussion.

The Gunners are away as well so you can see why we could do with Norwich City winning and as the Saints are involved in two midweek games against Liverpool for a chance to reach the EFL cup final at Wembley and after their Europa League involvement then we can hope for an FA cup upset.

In the same week, one is a midweek game, so I'm oretty sure the team will make one trip out of it.

We simply have to win our home games, so the ever growing injury list has really given Arsene Wenger a headache and left him with a selection headache for midweek.

Dejan Lovren picked up an injury in the midweek league cup game at Bournemouth, joining Johnson and Flanagan in the Anfield treatment room and leaving Liverpool's defence just as stretched, if not more so, than ours.

However, with respect to the game against Southampton in midweek, perhaps the biggest injury boost that has been handed to Arsene Wenger's side is that Morgan Schneiderlin, unarguably the Saints» best player so far this season, is out for the big game as a result of an abductor injury the French international had picked up during the 3 - 0 defeat to Manchester City at St. Mary's.

There are no more midweek games for the Gunners so we will have the whole seven days to prepare for the return of Watford to the Emirates.

So, after Arsenal's debacle in midweek at home to Southampton, we will see a completely different line - up for this evening's game at West Ham.

All of the teams around us also seem to have easy games in midweek, so it is vital that we keep up the pressure with a good win at Loftus Road and also that we increase our goal difference.

I felt we tired in the second half maybe traveling and the nature of our win in midweek cos we gave so much for that game..

I really can't see him making any changes for this game, so this team should be very easy to predict, especially as none of our reserves covered themselves in glory in midweek...

You could see that we were tiring and with Everton having no midweek game, they smelled blood so the Frenchman was delighted with the way we dug in.

Arsene Wenger has already admitted that he will be using some rotation after our gruelling draw against PSG in midweek, so let's look at the team he picked for that game....

Arsenal fans are aware that the manager is going to put the domestic league games first anyway so we would not mind seeing a weakened Arsenal in the Europa League, but if there really is a risk of Alexis being handed a two game suspension by the English football authorities, as a report by The Mirror has claimed, then I think Wenger would want to use his star striker in the midweek match instead.

This is the biggest game of the season so far for Arsenal, with the winner taking a place at the top table of European club football and the loser getting their midweeks off for the next few months.

Though the midweek game is important, can't help but think the Chelsea game will have more significance on our season and a win away at a ground that we've been so poor on would inspire a lot of belief.

They had nothing to lose and had a very good win in midweek, so everyone was ready for the game.

You can never start researching early enough so ignore the midweek home game and get ready for your next away day adventure.

This will be interesting because it comes after their first Champions League game in midweek, so the balancing act has to start for the club.

KEY FACT: Everton have won only one of their last 22 league meetings with Liverpool MATCH ODDS: Everton 16/5 Draw 11/4 Liverpool 10/11 bet365 Pick: Draw @ 11/4 ANDY SAYS: I don't see how Everton beat Liverpool here, away win... 0 - 2 GRAEME SAYS: Should be a good game, but Everton are not great so have to go with Liverpool... 1 - 3 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Sadio Mane was great in midweek, sign him up!

Team News & lineups: One problem for Barcelona is the fact that they are playing so many games since the start of the year that Luis Enrique might choose to rest a few players in next couple of games including Sundays clash against Levante and midweek Copa Del Rey dead - rubber second leg tie against Valencia.

While there was less than 18,000 watching the first game between these in the FA Cup a week or so ago, any fans turning up at Turf Moor in midweek to see the replay will be hoping for more of a spectacle this time around.

In midweek I continued with the three goals or more bets that were so successful last weekend, and as I expected the EFL Cup to produce goals I placed two four - game accumulators, one on Tuesday and one on Wednesday.

Chelsea have benefited from not having European football but January was not a tough month for Arsenal with very few midweek games, so why should they not be 100 per cent at it?

Lawro made the following predictions for the midweek Premier League games, but he did not have an opponent for all the games so not all the scores count towards his season totals.

Inter were looking to win this one comfortably with one eye on the derby midweek whilst some would say Hellas had both eyes glued to next week against Benevento with their manager, Fabio Pecchia saying in the build - up to this one and I paraphrase — «This match is not so important for Inter, the match next week against Benevento is a game we must not lose».

They had an extra game to contend with in midweek as they took on Hajduk Split in the Europa League so will that work against them?

Phil Jones put in a good performance midweek but two games in a few days may be too much given that he's only just back from injury, so Chris Smalling starts.

The gap between first and second may have been smaller last year than in seasons past, but that has more to do with the fact that Juve's lead as they reached the Champions League semifinal was so great that they could afford to ease off the gas and rest key players for midweek games.