Sentences with phrase «opening fixture of»

It will be the last preseason game before the season kicks off next week when Arsenal play Sunderland for their opening fixture of the EPL.

Four of the last three meetings have gone over 2.5 goals which is trading at a price of 4/5 with online bookmaker Bet365 for what is the opening fixture of the 2015/16 Premier League season.

Newcastle United were given a baptism of fire in their opening fixture of the new 2013/14 Barclays Premier League season, as the Magpies were thrashed 4 - 0 away at Manchester City on Monday night and will be looking to bounce back against West Ham United on Saturday at 3.00 pm.

-- Manchester United haven't lost their opening fixture of a new year for sixteen - years, since they were beaten 4 - 1 by Tottenham at White Hart Lane in 1996.

Arsenal will welcome three of Europe's top sides to the Emirates Cup this weekend, with Lyon being their opening fixture of the tournament.

The Toffees face a Birmingham side also looking to respond after a defeat in their opening fixture of the campaign.

Liverpool made the trip to White Hart Lane in the opening fixture of the weekend to face off against Mauricio Pochettino's Tottenham side.

Chelsea will face Burnley in the opening fixture of their new Barclays premier league campaign and will look to start with a win.

As I'm sure you are aware our Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey has been ruled out for an expected month long period, with a hamstring injury he sustained in the opening fixture of the new premier league season.

But from the moment they lost to Hull City on the opening fixture of the season to two rather soft goals, it really hasn't felt the same.

Despite losing their opening fixture of the Turkish Super Lig, Nasri will look to recreate some of the magical form he has shown over the years at his new club.

Arsenal entailed a terrible defeat to Liverpool in their opening fixture of the new Premier League season and one of the biggest debates surrounding the result, was Arsenal's distinctive lack of leadership.

Aaron Ramsey picked up a thigh injury in the opening fixture of the Premier League, back in that dreadful 4 - 3 loss against Liverpool.

It doesn't help that The Swans are renowned slow starters; the Welsh side have lost each of their previous five opening fixtures of a new season.

Manchester United finally look organized in defence after elementary mistakes in the opening fixtures of the campaign.

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Arsenal have won their last two opening weekend fixtures, having also not won any of the four before that.

Liverpool have won their last three opening weekend fixtures, having not won any of the previous four.

Arsenal fans have been left in a dire state of desperation this week following on from what was a very disappointing opening fixture against Liverpool, paired with an equally disappointing transfer window.

With the title race wide open, there's plenty of excitement ahead of this weekend's fixtures.

Welcome to the start of the Premier League campaign of 2016/17 and the opening round of fixtures play this weekend.

It's worth noting that Benzema was left out of Real Madrid's match - day squad for their opening La Liga fixture of the season, against Sporting Gijon, and Rafa Benitez's side drew a blank in that fixture which could leave the Spanish giants realising just how important a member of their Bernabeu squad the French international really is.

New signings Christian Benteke and Danny Ings have both looked fairly decent since arriving over the summer but clearly Rodgers will not be happy with Liverpool's tally of just seven goals scored in their opening seven Premier League fixtures.

Marcelo has continued to be a regular fixture in the Madrid side this season, and though he is playing well coach Carlo Ancelotti is said to be open to offers for a number of his stars, including the Brazilian.

The former Borussia Dortmund man has scored 30 goals in his two seasons at Bayern Munich but last season was dropped for crucial encounters, including two fixtures against Barcelona in the Champions League, and was also left out of the starting eleven for the opening Bundesliga match of the season.

In Porto's opening European Cup fixture — a 2 - 2 draw away at Dyanmo Kyiv — the legendary stopper equalled Xavi's record of Champions League appearances, when he made his 151st outing in the competition.

The fixture represents a clash of the top two, with both sides having picked up six points out of six from their opening two games — although PSV head the table with a goal difference of +7 compared to Ajax's +5.

United v Leicester at lunchtime on September 24, Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool on August 27 and Chelsea v Liverpool on September 16 are the other standout fixtures for the opening couple of months.

None of the aforementioned trio were part of Mauricio Pochettino's match - day squad for their opening fixture away at United.

Take a look below at the opening day fixtures, August 8, of the upcoming Premier League season in full:

Ineffectual in the reverse fixture, but has since scored his first open - play goal of the season.

Missing out on 6th place only on goal difference, the ingredients are there for Dougie Freedman's side to do well, and they will hope to make the most out of some tricky opening fixtures against Burnley, Reading, Nottingham Forest, Queens Park Rangers and Blackburn.

Chelsea have started the season in poor fashion, collecting just one point from their opening two Premier League fixtures, and Jose Mourinho has publicly spoken of his frustrations with seven of his first - team stars (via Sky Sports) and his outlay on Cuadrado is beginning to look like something of an expensive mistake to say the least.

Mourinho has seen his Stamford Bridge side begin their Premier League title defence in shocking fashion, losing four of their opening eight fixtures, and this has led to speculation that the Portuguese boss could be facing the sack.

Last weekend's 3 - 0 success at home to Bournemouth was a welcome fillip for Arsenal after they lost two of the opening three fixtures for the first time since 2011/12, the season following skipper Cesc Fabregas's departure for Camp Nou.

Mourinho moved to fill any void by signing Pedro from Barcelona and Cuadrado failed to make Massimiliano Allegri's starting eleven for any of Juventus» opening three Serie A fixtures of the season, before starting against Genoa on Saturday, a game in which he struggled to have much of an impact.

The Arsenal legend Thierry Henry is very happy that Arsenal are top of the League, but he thinks that the Gunners should have opened up a bigger gap in the first half of the season as the second half is full of tough away fixtures.

Arsenal's opening champions league fixture could have been a lot different had their 16 million pound signing on the Transfer Deadline day, Danny Welbeck, been a bit clinical in front of goal and tucked away the chances that came his way.

Jose Mourinho has seen his side struggle in the defence of their Premier League title, losing three of their opening seven Premier League fixtures and sitting down in 15th place in the table, and the Blues boss is now apparently considering a January move for Algerian international Brahimi.

Wilson bagged a brace on his Premier League debut back in May 2014 and is clearly a player with a great deal of potential, but even with Louis van Gaal's side managing just three goals in their opening four domestic league fixtures, the young Englishman has failed to force his way into the United match - day squad thus far this season.

The Steelers won the game 30 - 27 on the opening weekend of NFL fixtures.

It has already been confirmed that alexis will miss the start of the ssn, plus our opening fixtures are not easy.Signing players during the last few days of the window might prove costly as we might find ourselves playing catch up by November.

Real Madrid appear to find scoring fairly easy without the help of Benzema, as an example the La Liga side have netted an astonishing 20 goals in their opening six domestic league fixtures of which the 26 year old has registered just the one.

Liverpool were beaten in their opening pre-season fixture of the 2014 - 15 season, despite several fine performances from a squad mostly made up of youngsters and academy players.

The CSKA Moscow man netted three goals in the opening two fixtures for Russia and is considered one of the hottest prospects in Europe.

Jurgen Klopp's side sit second from bottom as the Bundesliga enters their winter break having lost ten of their opening 17 fixtures and the chances of Dortmund keeping hold of Reus are slim to none, not least as he has a thoroughly affordable $ 25m (# 19.5 m) release clause.

Ozil has been subject to criticism of late, so it will be interesting to see how well he performs when the Gunners face Cologne in their opening Europa League group stage fixture on tonight.

Grenada managed to beat them on the opening day of the Spanish league season while the former La Liga winners had to rely on a last minute penalty from Joan Cuenca to get a draw against Rayo Vallecano in the last round of fixtures.

When faced with the conundrum of who to position up front last Sunday against Liverpool, in Arsenal's opening Premier League fixture, Wenger decided to go with Alexis Sanchez over Theo Walcott.

Though Laurent Blanc's side have eased to victories in their opening two Ligue 1 fixtures without Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who is recovering from a knee injury, it is still something of a shock that PSG would consider offloading such a crucial member of their Parc des Princes squad.