Sentences with phrase «points against the relegation»

Aaron Ramsey's first half goal was enough to give Arsenal all three points against the relegation threatened side and maintained the recent good form for Arsene Wenger's side.

Each game in EPL is a banana Skin so I could like City to beat Spurs and then lose Points against some Relegation fighters and against us.

With Manchester United and Manchester City both dropping precious points against relegation - threatened Swansea and Middlesbrough along with Arsenal tasting defeat in the North London derby, tonight was a chance for Liverpool to take a huge step in their bid for Champions League football.

The Saints are doing well enough on home soil at the moment to suggest that they can take three points against the relegation - threatened Newcastle.

Not exact matches

United moved to within a point of us in the table with their win and so even a point would keep them just one result from overtaking Arsenal and with us facing a tough trip to relegation battling Sunderland on Sunday, a win against the Baggies is vital tonight.

Norwich City currently sit five points clear of the relegation zone though will face the side directly below them, Fulham this weekend before finishing the season with matches against Liverpool, Man United, Chelsea and Arsenal.

Norwich City were far from favourites against Manchester City but earned a vital point in their battle against relegation thanks to an impressive defensive effort.

A failure to get any points from their clash against the champions will continue to leave them in the relegation zone, although this player reckons they are just keeping 18th spot warm for someone else at the moment.

You're happy with a point and single chance created against relegation team?

The Black Cats fought against relegation in 2012/13 and will be hoping to pick up some points against fellow bottom - half teams such as Fulham, Southampton and Crystal Palace in their opening three games, though they then face a tricky home game against Arsenal.

He produced a dramatic late free kick against QPR to keep the Villans out of the relegation zone and give them a three point cushion.

Despite a somewhat misleading flying start (a string of four - goal victories against relegation fodder), the Red Devils» form has taken a hit since then, leaving them eight points off the pace in the title race.

Even though Arsenal would normally expect a Premier League home game against a club currently in the relegation zone to be a banker win and another three points in the bag, this is not a normal situation.

The 1 - 0 win at Turf Moor moved the side to within four points of league leaders Chelsea and while there has been talk of a potential title race, Wenger has insisted that his defenders deserve credit for their performance in the battling win against the relegation - threatened Clarets:

While a point from any away game against a big EPL rival is a decent result, a win would do our top four challenge the power of good and with Jurgen Klopp under pressure after his faltering Reds lost away to relegation threatened Leicester City on Monday, Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal side might just be looking to pile the pressure on.

Now just look at the relegation zone in the table and ask how many points we dropped against.

L'ETG will be looking to return to winning ways following their 3 - 1 defeat against AS Monaco last weekend and in Nantes, who also lost, will see an opportunity to pick up three more points as they continue to move away from the relegation zone.

They won't be too forthcoming, though, as a point against the Gunners will be seen as a good one in their relegation scrap.

With West Ham still down in the relegation zone despite beating the Champions Chelsea at the weekend, Bennett is hopeful that David Moyes will conjure up another miracle, but given the Gunners record against his team he would be happy to come away with a point.

The poor result on Merseyside has left the door open for the likes of Liverpool and Tottenham in the race for a top - four finish and the former can close the gap on their fiercest rivals to just four points should they win their game in hand against relegation strugglers Hull City in midweek.

Derby ended the 1989/90 season only three points (plus, obviously, goal difference) above the relegation zone, but throughout the season had won by two or more goals in eight of their nine home games against the rest of the bottom half, and so ended up safe with a goal difference of positive - 3.

Sunderland are fighting relegation so they will put up a good fight against us and we know how to give this «teams» fighting for relegation points.

With the Blues only four points clear of the relegation zone, wins against any opponent — let alone Arsenal — have become less of a luxury and now more of a necessity.

Roy Hodgson's Palace side won a crucial relegation game against Brighton 3 - 2 last weekend, and currently sit six points above the relegation zone with four games remaining.

On the playing side the club has battled manfully to get themselves out of the relegation dogfight, as evidenced by last nights last gasp point against Sunderland, it will take a few more such battles to see them make their way our of trouble but I have a sneaky feeling that they could pull off a Houdini.

They very much looked like a team looking ahead to a big game against the relegation - threatened Sharks, failing to press an early 1 - 0 advantage and falling victim to another bicycle kick as they left the Stadio Ezio Scida with a 1 - 1 draw, a result that saw their lead at the top of Serie A shrink to four points after Napoli came from behind twice to put away Udinese 4 - 2 at the San Paolo.

However, City are now 16 points clear of second - placed United, meaning a defeat for Jose Mourinho's men at Old Trafford against a West Brom side on the brink of relegation — kick - off is at 1500 GMT — would wrap up a third title in seven seasons.

The bicycle kick Simy scored to get relegation battling Crotone a point against Juventus on Wednesday night did exactly that to Serie A.

With it's back against the relegation wall only three points clear.

They were far from at their fluent best against a stubborn Espanyol whose point drags them eight clear of the relegation zone, although Philippe Coutinho came close to scoring his first goal since joining from Liverpool last month when he struck the crossbar in the first half.

Real Sociedad don't have much to play for after 32 games in the league, they are currently well placed above the relegation zone with 38 points but they will be looking to put a performance against defending champions and get something out of this match.

Sunderland currently sit it fifteenth position with a four point cushion between themselves and the relegation zone however with the Wearside club having not won any of their last five Premier League outings it is difficult to see them gaining anything from tomorrows fixture against as Joe Hart described them, the «killing machine» that is the 2012 - 2013 Manchester United side.

A painful last few minutes for Real Sociedad against Getafe have left them just outside the relegation zone with five points from eight games.

The draw leaves Brighton eight points clear of the relegation zone ahead of an unenviable final four fixtures against seventh - placed Burnley, Manchester United, champions Manchester City and free - scoring Liverpool.

The home side came into the game just four points above the relegation places, and had the unlikely job of somehow finding a winning against a United side who haven't lost in their last 17 games, and who also haven't conceded in their last five.

With his team just four points above the relegation zone, Angers coach Stephane Moulin had made no secret of prioritising Saturday's home game against Caen over the trip to the capital.

AS Roma 1 - 1 Delfino Pescara 1936 highlights: Capital side, AS Roma still have to battle hard in getting any potential European football for next season after they only grabbed a point from their latest Serie A fixture against relegation candidate, Pescara.

Roma are fourth, seven points behind Napoli with a game in hand, and have a chance to reduce the gap against promoted SPAL, who occupy the first relegation spot with just ten points to show this season.

It is a quite remarkable record for a team fighting against relegation, papering over the wide cracks of an away run that's seen just one point collected from the past 15 games staged outside of East Yorkshire.

The Welsh - based side, who are sitting four points above the relegation zone, will travel to the Manchester City Stadium with the hope of picking a result against the flamboyant Pep Guardiola's side.

Well, that was an odd one... Manchester United headed to St James» Park this evening with many suspecting that Louis van Gaal's job would be under serious threat should they fail to secure three points against a Newcastle side in the midst of a genuine relegation battle.

Against all odds, United gained a vital away point at Rangers to secure a result which aided their relegation cause as they moved up to 19th with a game in hand.

After Tottenham picked up three points against Stoke, the pressure was on Arsenal to deliver the same result at home to a relegation battling Wigan side.

I am confident Arsenal will end Crystal Palace's run by taking three points at Selhurst Park against a side I still feel are overrated and relegation candidates under Roy Hodgson.

Metz ended a five - match winless run to move seven points clear of the relegation zone with a 1 - 0 win against Bastia.

They're seven points above the relegation zone in eighth, are picking up points regularly, have given a good account of themselves in all ten games thus far, including the daunting encounters against the league's elite sides, while their intensity and application has been spot right from day one.

Watch the full match highlights as Chievo Verona moved three points above the relegation zone with a 0 - 0 draw against Torino at Stadio MarcAntonio Bentegodi.

Last time these two meet was back in december 2015 when Real Madrid ran out 4 - 1 winners at Santiago Benrabeu and can expect another similar performance from Madrid against a relegation threatened Getafe side who are 2 points behind Granada for the La Liga survival race.

The Magpies are currently just two points clear of the relegation zone after throwing away a two - goal lead against Bournemouth in the final 10 minutes of the game.

The Swans are sitting five points above the relegation zone and will need to pick a result against already crowned league champions, Manchester City on Sunday, to further cement their ground of avoiding relegation.