Sentences with phrase «over relegation candidates»

With Leicester City still to play Manchester City this week, Arsenal moved top of the table with a 2 - 0 win over relegation candidates Bournemouth.

Not exact matches

A very technically gifted striker, he has proved himself to be a real nuisance to defenders in the French League over the last four years and has consistently found himself amongst the top scorers in the French league; which doesn't seem impressive until you «realise that he has done that while playing at the «Aston Villa of the French League» Toulouse (I mean in the sense that they are always relegation candidates).

As Christmas and the new year approach each side will be playing 7 Premier League games over a four week period, and for many clubs it is when the fortunes of title contenders and relegation candidates are most heavily influenced.

Having fortunately seen off the other cast - iron relegation candidate, Hull, last week the win over Swansea was a little more straightforward.

This is a huge fixture for Blackburn Rovers as victory over a strong relegation candidate would not only significantly boost Blackburn's survival claims but it would also put them within a win of breaking into the top half of the table.

Importantly, Blackburn have picked up wins over other relegation candidates Wolves and QPR in recent matches and another win and getting revenge for a 2 - 1 defeat against Bolton earlier in the season.

Now Blackburn have shipped eleven goals in their last two away outings and although they will return home for Saturday's crunch meeting with fellow relegation candidates Wolves, two heavy defeats over the course of just a few weeks could do no end of damage to the morale in camp.

The Trotters though have found a bit of form with back to back wins, and they have a game in hand over the other four relegation candidates.