Sentences with phrase «opening fixtures»

What would appear to most as a gentle, pleasant opening fixture is in fact formidable to Wolves.

The 25 - year - old has become a bit - part player at the Bernabeu and the arrival of Mateo Kovacic from Inter Milan has led to the former Real Sociedad man not even making Rafa Benitez's match - day squad for Real Madrid's opening fixture of the season on Sunday night.

Wearing a new number of his back, Ramsey lined up with the rest of the team, slightly weakened with absentees, for what was going to be a tough opening fixture against Liverpool.

The home side are pretty much formidable when it comes to opening fixtures at home, having not lost their first game since a 2 - 1 loss to Swansea City back in 2014.

Feyenoord Rotterdam picked up a positive result on their Dutch Eredivisie opening fixture after snatching a dramatic away win over ADO Den Haag.

La Liga new boys Rayo Vallecano from Madrid will a face tough opening fixture on Sunday as they travel up to the Basque country to face Athletic Club Bilbao at the San Mames.

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.

This would seem to shine an even brighter light on tomorrow night's opening fixture between the two group favorites at Anfield.

Benfica picked up a comfortable home win on their Champions League opening fixture this midweek by overcoming new boys, FC Astana.

The Baggies begin with difficult opening fixtures so be on your guard.

Stuart Pearce's side will be hoping to get off to a good start in this challenging opening fixture in the Under - 21 European Championships, as they come up against Italy.

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.

Having said that I like to look at the bright side of life and if the squad can not show up for a season opening fixture against Liverpool we can forget about the rest of the season.

Other newbies, Brighton and Hove Albion have been handed a tough yet glamourous opening fixture as they play host to Pep Guardiola's Manchester City in their first ever Premier League fixture.

As expected, David Edwards, Kevin Foley and Adlene Guediora all miss Wolves» opening fixture through injury.

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).

But the Red Devils have a really comfortable opening fixture list until they get their first real test out on the road against Liverpool in mid October.

Chelsea couldn't of wished for an easier opening fixture to continue where they left off against Bolton, which was winning.

Maccabi Haifa 0 - 1 AZ Alkmaar highlights: AZ Alkmaar picked up positive result on their Europa League group stage opening fixture after successfully defeating home side, Maccabi Haifa this past Thursday.

High flying Huddersfield Town roll into town tonight, for the season's opening fixture at the London Stadium, looking for the win which could take them to the very top of the Premier League table.

Even Wenger said that we have tricky opening fixtures.

Turkish side, Galatasaray failed to pick up all three points from their Champions League group stage's opening fixture after being held by Anderlecht this midweek.

However, those were extremely tough opening fixtures and they soon made amends for their poor start by picking up points in their following two home encounters, drawing 0 - 0 with West Ham and defeating Wolves 3 - 1 at the weekend, both at Ewood Park.

Atletico Madrid picked up a positive result on their Champions League opening fixture this midweek as they defeated Galatasaray on Tuesday.

The 28 - year - old has started both of Real's opening fixtures with Cristiano Ronaldo currently suspended.

However, such is Hodgson's faith in the midfielder, that he's willing to allow the 24 - year - old the chance to prove his fitness in England's pre-tournament friendlies, in the hope that Wilshere will be back to his best in time for the Three Lions» opening fixture.

«Winning today was crucial after losing the opening fixture in many encounters during the past seasons,»

Your opening fixture this season was a win against Arsenal — does that add to confidence going into this match?

As well as crushing Mourinho's troops in gameweek two, the Citizens won all of their five opening fixtures and appeared destined for the title.

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

After a perfect pre-season our opening fixture against Liverpool left a little to be desired.

It is one factor to consider that Arsenal are never prepared for the opening fixture of the Premier League, largely due to the fact that as always, Wenger believes the squad is strong enough to compete and that we don't need any more new faces of inspiration and ambition at the 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.

After dropping points in their opening fixture it was imperative that Conte strengthened the title winners» ranks.

The Premier League season is set to kick - off this weekend with Arsenal taking on Liverpool in the opening fixtures.

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.

The England Under - 21 side is currently competing in the European championships of course, but will do well to qualify from their group after losing their opening fixture to the talented Portuguese.

Bouncing straight back to the title is probably a stretch, and certainly nobody's idea of a minimum expectation, but with no European football and a decent run of opening fixtures, it would be foolish to count them out completely.

Having only returned to the pitch yesterday, of course they are nowhere near match fit and so will not feature in the opening fixture against Liverpool.

Let's hope that seeing Ozil and co's return to training will give the boys a big boost in grabbing all three points from their opening fixture.

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.

It leaves a question to be debated on what kind of defensive side will we see in the line up for the opening fixture?

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.