Sentences with phrase «of midweek games»

With only a handful of midweek games this year, there's not really much excuse for heavy rotation in cup matches.

Match Preview: Lionel Messi has traveled with the 18 - man squad traveled to Malaga, he pulled out of the midweek game against Athletico Bilbao with a hamstring problem but expected to start alongside Suarez on saturday afternoon.

They head into the round of midweek games in 10th but have lost four of their last eight and with only 13 goals in as many games this season — four of those coming in one game.

On the same day, Spurs Ladies return to action following the postponement of their midweek game against Millwall Lionesses with a trip to Brighton & Hove Albion in the Women's Super League 2.

Tuesday will see the bulk of the midweek games for Championship clubs, and although there is nothing too exciting, there are a lot of fairly evenly matched contests, which should prove to provide some well fought matches and interesting games.

Shkodran Mustafi has since arrived at the club, and has knocked Holding down the pecking order, but Koscielny has now joined Gabriel Paulista and Per Mertesacker in the physio room, although is not 100 % ruled out of the midweek game just yet.

So unlike the last two EPL champions Chelsea and Leicester City, Arsenal must try to win the title while having the strain of midweek games to cope with, so Wenger has already suggested he will rest his big players and play a much changed line - up in the Europa League and this could be very good news for certain Gunners trying to get back into the first team picture.

Indeed the Scottish League has already committed itself to starting on July 23rd for the 2011 - 12 season, 3 weeks earlier than this season, to lessen the threat of midweek games in the winter months.

There are a number of midweek games on tap, including tonight's showdown between UL Lafayette and North Texas.

On following up the win against Real Madrid... «We knew it was going to be difficult because of the midweek game, we had a lot of players missing as well and this game was really important to continue the momentum.