Sentences with phrase «more midweek games»

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.

Apart from the final week of the Premier League, Arsenal have no more midweek games to play and that means the players can give their all one weekend and be well rested for the next game.

Not exact matches

If we fail to get an early goal, this could well turn into a scrappy affair, but Theo Walcott loves to open up defences in midweek, and I can see him breaking through in the opening 45 minutes, and the game should be much more open from then on.

That is why it is great news today that Francis Coquelin has recovered more quickly than expected and is back in training, in fact, according to the Mirror today, Francis is even likely to be in the squad for next weekends FA Cup game against Burnley in preparation for the midweek League game against Southampton.

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.

The midweek games do us more harm than good.

Must say am a bit more nervous about this game than I was before midweek, and then two difficult games coming also.

We have seen clubs like Liverpool and Chelsea thrive without all the extra midweek games and the toll they take on a squad and we know that Arsenal are beset annually with more injury problems than most.

More good news for Arsenal is the fact that the Tigers also have a midweek game before they come to the Emirates for the 5th round of the FA cup and it is a massive game as well, against another team in the mix for promotion in Brighton.

We had more players in the World Cup that are just getting back to speed and we played a midweek game in Turkey, yet it was still their team that tired first.

I first thought it was a bit strange that Arsene Wenger dropped Olivier Giroud to the bench against Leicester in midweek, and even more surprised that Alexis was moved into the centre - forward position, but Le Boss reckons hat many of his Arsenal team were suffering from fatigue after the Spurs game.

Another win in midweek, against Southampton, will mean we are unbeaten for 20 games, and more importantly unbeaten in November!

With Ramsey missing the midweek game, he should definitely start and Arteta's injury should see Flamini alongside him, which will give us a bit more steel and energy in the middle, which we need.

Jurgen Klopp's side have already conceded eight goals in four Premier League games, and leaked two more in their draw with Sevilla in the Champions League in midweek.

Liverpool have conceded 17 goals in 12 league games, 11 more than Man Utd who boast the best defensive record in the league, while their failings were exposed in midweek as they squandered a 3 - 0 lead at Sevilla.

However, our research indicates that underdogs have vastly more value in midweek games.

Arsene Wenger picked his very best side at Vicarage Road yesterday and admitted that this League game was much more important than the midweek match.

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.

It's baseball and, more than any other sport, sometimes the better team loses, like the last two midweek games.

I'm usually more nervous watching us straight after a midweek game as the opposing team always look more prepared, and are almost first to everything, this time it was different.

There are a lot of factors that have to be input, from start and end date, blackout dates like FIFA windows, broadcast requirements, number of matches, stadium availability / unavailability, rest time (particularly when dealing with midweek games), limiting consecutive home games or consecutive away games, travel, and more.

A midweek win at Middlesbrough had briefly seen the Hammers rise to a season high 17th and escape was still possible on the final day even though rival teams still had more games to play.

Perhaps expected more from Xhaka considering he missed the midweek game.

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.

That injury forced him to miss out this midweek Coppa Italia game against the same opponent, but apparently there will be more games that the Italian international set to miss out on.

I'll take 6th for a couple of seasons, especially if it includes at least 3 points against the Spuds, a trip or more to Wembley and winter warming midweek European excitement (and yes, I am talking about the Ostersunds game: bring it on, with Laca to score a hatrick!)

The two teams have won only once this season but it is the visitors who head into the game in more confident mood following their 2 - 0 win against Wikki Tourists in midweek.

Today is a game in which we need to win not for the league campaign, but more for the match in midweek, because the season has now been turned on its head and the Europa League is now the single biggest driving force in our 2017/2018 season.

Man City v Everton Betting Preview City may just enjoy this fixture a little more because the pressure of their midweek Champions League game is minimal after failing to qualify for the knockout stage.

Mourinho said every player in his team would get a rest at some point, but that's more likely to come in the midweek League Cup game against Derby than in this match.

This trend continued in the game against Feyenoord midweek and came harshly down upon United against Watford where certain players looked more like semi-professionals instead of the # 300k a week players they are supposed to be.

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.

G2A is having a midweek sale for games like Borderlands 2 GOTY edition, Killing Floor 2 and more!