Sentences with phrase «point cushion ahead»

So that is now one game down of the four easier (on paper) fixtures to take us to the end of 2016, that everyone has been going on about, and we now have a four point cushion ahead of the relegation places.

With the title gone, Jose Mourinho has made it clear that second place is what he wants at the end of the season and the victory over Liverpool provides a 5 - point cushion ahead of the final 8 matches.

Not exact matches

It is Brighton v Newcastle and with the Seagulls starting the game one point ahead of the Magpies in their ding - dong battle, if they can take advantage of home soil here and land a win, that would finally give them a bit of a cushion.