Sentences with phrase «more opening fixtures»

Judging by history, The Hammers don't start well, given that they've lost more opening fixtures than any other side with 10 (thanks to BBC Sport for that).

Not exact matches

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It was Arsenal's first match back since pre-season training began, whilst Lens are just a week away from their opening competitive fixture, so it's understandable that the French side were more match fit than the Gunners.

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The opening of the transfer window, the endless speculation, the fixtures being released, preseason training, more speculation and the building of hope - we can't leave out the hope.

Looking at those opening 7 fixtures, we surely would have expected be sitting pretty high up the table and with more points from the previous games than we have actually achieved.

That was a wide - open game and the Blues created more than enough chances to win it, Alvaro Morata missing three one - on - one chances in the fixture.

And as far as opening games go, Swansea couldn't have wished for a more exciting yet formidable fixture in which to announce themselves to the Barclay's Premier League: Manchester City, away, at the swanky Etihad Stadium.

Unlike in the opening fixture against Ghana, Bradley will assume a more attacking role in midfield, with the aim of supporting Clint Dempsey and Alejandro Bedoya in creating goalscoring opportunities.

Just two teams in the history of the Premier League have conceded more goals than Arsenal in their opening five fixtures, who have shipped 14 goals thus far, which is almost an average of three - goals conceded per - game.

Barney Francis, Managing Director of Sky Sports, said: «49 out of 50 of the most popular Premier League games were shown on Sky Sports last season and a quick look at our opening schedule of fixtures shows Sky Sports is still the place to go for more of the games that matter.

No team has notched more goals in opening three league fixtures than United (13), with eight coming in their 8 - 2 demolition of Arsenal in most recent PL clash.

Considering Wolves haven't won a league fixture since the opening day, losing five of their last six, you would like to think so but Wolves put in a spirited performance at Chelsea last time out and more of the same from Mick McCarthy's side would make them difficult to beat, even for mega-rich City.

All 10 home clubs reported capacities of more than 99 %, while the average for the final round of fixtures was 97.92, a season high and beating the opening game of the season.

Bolton, despite a lot of defeats of late, have been putting in some decent tea displays under Owen Coyle and were it not for some tough opening fixtures, Coyle might have been celebrating a few more wins.

Strangely enough, the Magpies are searching for their third successive away win this weekend, having beaten West Ham and Arsenal preceding this fixture, while the fact they've managed to score in every away encounter since the opening day would suggest they're more than a match for the forward moving Trotters.

From the final tournament draw, to the opening game at Stade de France on 10 June to the final on 10 July, and everything in - between, the official UEFA EURO 2016 app is your one - stop shop for all you need to know about the teams, players, matches, fixtures, standings and much more.

TreeHugger 3: Most people who open a laptop probably have more chances of breaking it than fixing it I think repairability is a must, but DIY repairability won't often be practical... their goal was to make it thin and light, and the more screws and fixtures for screws and trapdoors and such you add, the bigger and heavier it becomes.

Since I went with a more detailed rug, I opted for an open and airy light fixture from Lamps Plus.

It is more open and airy than the more rustic frame of the other fixture.