Sentences with phrase «next league encounter»

We will be expected to have Laurent Koscielny back to start in our next league encounter on Saturday, when we travel to take on last year's surprise Premier League winners Leicester City.

Not exact matches

Olivier Giroud is due to be rested for the fixture ahead of Arsenal's massive Champions League encounter with Bayern Munich next week.

Arsenal's next encounter was on the 16th in a London derby against Crystal Palace, the opening game for Arsenal in the Premier League.

And an away game at Stoke is always likely to be a bruising encounter, so all we can do is hope that Alexis comes through the game unscathed and then maybe he can have the rest he deserves when Arsenal travel to Turkey for the final Champions League group game next week.

From what we have seen from the Arsenal team so far it is going to take a significant turnaround in form to achieve two wins from the next two Premier League encounters, but we know that the Gunners can blow hot and cold and so I would not be at all surprised if Arsene Wenger and the players confound the general consensus of the football pundits and do it.

Zidane, whose side travel to Germany for the opening leg of their Champions League semifinal against Bayern Munich next week, headed into Wednesday's La Liga encounter believing his side could yet leapfrog city rivals Atletico.

With the two teams expected to emerge as the closest challengers to Manchester City in the Premier League next season, this encounter could give clues as to which will be the best bet to dethrone Pep Guardiola's men.

Chelsea to host Southampton in their next Premier League encounter on Saturday as they look to set themselves up in the top flight.

Spurs travel to France for their next encounter against Ligue 1 outfit Monaco in the Europa League on Thursday.

With players now adjusted to the demands of heavy schedules, especially for the bigger teams, the next few months will show us which teams can cope with the high pressure league encounters as well as commitments in other competitions.

So, moving on, in our quest for Champions League football next season, is our extremely massive league encounter with Roy Hodgson's West Bromwich ALeague football next season, is our extremely massive league encounter with Roy Hodgson's West Bromwich Aleague encounter with Roy Hodgson's West Bromwich Albion.

The next assignment just so happens to be a home encounter with Blackburn Rovers, where Blackpool will need a great deal of strength, both physical and mental, if they're to oust Rovers at Bloomfield Road, recording their first win at home in the Premier League in the process.

Next up is high - flying Blackburn, with the Lancashire outfit arriving in London on the back off back - to - back victories in the league and with Sam Allarydce's nous, this is sure to be another testing encounter for Harry's men at a venue where they've hardly been in formidable form this season, White Hart Lane.

Now we really should see Chelsea go from strength to strength over the next couple of weeks, starting with a pleasant home encounter with a Blackburn side they smashed 5 - 0 last season, while 2005 was the last time the Blues conceded at home to Rovers in the league, winning three of the previous four meetings with an aggregate score of 10 - 0.

With the 2 - 0 triumph of Barcelona in yesterday's heated El Clasico encounter, it seems all but certain that Pepe Guardiola's men will make next month's Champions League final, most likely to face fellow semi-finalists Man United as they themselves were 2 - 0 victors away at Schalke in their first - leg clash on Tuesday.

Arsenal travel to Burnley on Sunday for their next Premier League encounter in search of their fifth league win from their last six League encounter in search of their fifth league win from their last six league win from their last six games.

Considering Bolton haven't kept a clean sheet in league competition at The Reebok since the opening day of the season and Blackpool's rather bizarre pattern of scoring and not scoring in alternating away fixtures — Scoring in one away fixture one week before firing blanks in their very next away match — we should be in for an entertaining affair what with the Tangerines playing out a 0 - 0 draw at Upton Park in their last away encounter.

The rumours of discordance in the dressing room and the fact that Malaga were desperate for points in their bid for Champions League football next season made it a potentially awkward encounter, but everything turned out great.

When West Ham play Accrington Stanley in the next round of the League Cup (or whatever it's called these days) it will be the first encounter between the two clubs.

Following Gary Cahill's red card, to which the England centre - half now missed Bolton's next three league encounters, Bolton never recovered their shape nor their composure.

Massimiliano Allegri insists that Juve need to be fully focused on tomorrow's match at home to Palermo before turning attentions to next Wednesday's Champions League encounter against Porto