Sentences with phrase «points clear»

Newcastle are still well ahead as Injury League leaders, with a total of 367 man - weeks for the season, now 115 points clear of Liverpool.

The most important of those was bagged by Leonardo Ulloa, whose late winner in the 2 - 1 victory over Norwich City sent Leicester City five points clear at the top of the table.

That is the only really important game involving any Arsenal players, although Maitland - Niles is playing for the England U21s against the Ukraine in an U21 Qualifier which is reasonably important with England 4 points clear at the top of their Group.

in other stories, hang in there guys, the 4th is ours, maybe just maybe Spuds finishing ahead of us for once will be the catalyst that will open the eyes of all the Wenger fan boys who still think he should be on the job until he is dead... Leicester city were relegation fodders this time last season, today there are 5 points clear at top of the league... we are 4 or thereabout this time last season, and the season before that and the one before that, in short we are where we were or thereabout for the last 10 season....

Manchester City star Jesus Navas believes that, while Chelsea sit seven points clear of second - place Arsenal and nine clear of the Citizens, the Premier League trophy is not guaranteed to be lifted by the Stamford Bridge outfit.

Disappointing is not the word for a result like today's... With Liverpool smashing the «invincible» Man City side, we are now a massive 8 points behind the 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams, and with Tottenham's 4 - 0 win yesterday the Spuds are now 5 points clear of us in 5th.

Pep Guardiola's side are 13 points clear at the top of the standings after 26 games this year, and so for this season at least, they are undoubtedly strong favourites to maintain that advantage and lift the title to see the Spanish tactician land his first major honour in England.

The West London outfit are now 13 points clear at the top of the table and welcome Crystal Palace to the Bridge on Sunday and will be crowned champions with a victory against the Eagles.

Leicester thumped Swansea at home 4 - 0 to take them eight points clear at the top with only three games left.

City is much better than everyone else and is already 8 points clear of second place with the league less than halfway line.

Sporting KC have been a bit inconsistent recently but still sit six points clear of sixth - placed Toronto, meaning a win tonight will guarantee them a place in the post-season.

Chelsea is closing in on the title, staying 4 points clear of Tottenham with 4 games remaining.

A win over the Red Devils will pull us to within a point of second in the table, although would give Premier League leaders Manchester City the chance to pull 11 points clear of their nearest rivals with only 15 matches completed.

Chelsea have solidified their spot at the top of the Premier League, now 6 points clear of both Liverpool and Arsenal, and 7 points clear of Manchester City.

The Catalan giants are looking to secure a historical third treble this season, with the club in the final of the Copa Del Rey and 11 points clear in La Liga, all that's left is to book their place in the final of the Champions League.

Game 3 Liverpool (H) Game 6 Chelsea (A) Game 8 Utd (H) Game 10 Everton (H) Game 12 Spurs (H) Game 17 City (H) Need to be 6 -7 points clear at the start of the new Year

They are now seventh, four points clear of Liverpool and only one adrift of the top four.

And 4 points clear in 2nd if we win our game in hand.

If Chelsea win they will go 8 points clear of their opponents in the title race, but it could reduce City's lead over us to just five points, whereas a City win would leave a huge gap between the first two and the rest of us minnions.....

Garande's side are currently five points clear of 18th - place Toulouse.

Remind me if you will who is 12 points clear in the league right now.

Just need consistency throughout the season 6 - 7 points clear at Christmas is a stupid statement.

If we win we go at least 7 points clear of 5th with Chelsea and United to play.

If success is apparently only down to finances and quality of squads, then how on earth are Leicester five points clear!

Arsenal are not completely out of the title race yet but it will take a major turnaround for them to overhaul Chelsea, who currently sit seven points clear of them with a game in hand.

Though the two sides were reasonably clear of the relegation zone, Bournemouth fans at Goldsands Stadium were understandably nervous about having to face the bottom - five side with just ten points clear of the bottom.

The Sky Blues sit eleven points clear at the top of the table and undefeated in domestic football this season, and while City still have 20 league games to go before being crowned «Invincibles II», the study shows City top the head - to - head stats table with Arsene Wenger's side after the same amount of games played.

They currently sit two points and seven places below their hosts in the Premier League rankings, and will be anxious to secure a result to move them away from the relegation zone, of which they are just two points clear.

We are 2 points clear of LC and then we get an opportunity to extend it to 5 points — we bottle it and some fans think it's no biggie as we are still top of the table.

Yet the same is true of Burnley, their fellow newly promoted side, who have just picked up their sixth win of the season and are sitting six points clear of the relegation zone and eight points above the Tigers.

If we can beat Man City, which we normally do at home anyway, then we could pull four points clear of our main rivals for the title, and maybe even move to the top of the Premiership if Leicester fail to beat Everton.

The game saw the team take an impressive 71 — 23 victory over the home team, seeing them go four points clear at the top.

That's not to say that there isn't a troubling pattern of failure in the latter stages of the Champions League, but what was astonishing on Wednesday was that he took a system that had worked so well to the point that City has lost only two meaningful games all season and stands 16 points clear atop the Premier League table, and he abandoned it for something else.

The over-achieving Foxes can reclaim top spot and go three points clear of Manuel Pellegrini's men if they defeat Swansea in South Wales this afternoon.

Wolves, who are six points clear at the top, ended a three game winless run with victory at Leeds in midweek.

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.

The Croix de la Savoie are in 17th and following victories for Stade de Reims and Toulouse, remain only two points clear of danger.

With this draw, Mauricio Pochettino's men are now eight points clear, although the Blues can close that gap to five points with a win over Burnley on Thursday night.

But with the Premier League new boys sitting seven points clear of the drop zone, they're expected to take Saturday's quarter final serious and have a real go at United who are vulnerable at the back.

The victory took PSG 10 points clear at the top of the French table, and the capital club remain unbeaten so far this campaign, having won 10 of their 12 matches to date.

This result leaves our team six points clear at the top of the table, with two games left to play.

The result sees them go three points clear at the top of the Northern 3A.

If he can come out in interviews and say «2014 was a good year», after going from 5 points clear at the start to finishing 4th, how do you think the players are going to react?

We simply can't allow Chelsea to move nine points clear of us — so we just have to shock the League leaders on Sunday.

My biggest regret up to this point has been that we were unable to get a few more points clear from man city.

Burnley have won nine of their 13 home games since returning to the Premier League and should feel under no pressure, starting the weekend nine points clear of the drop zone.

We should be 2 points clear of Man City by now.

Also Leicester face West Ham in the early game and could go a massive 15 points clear of us but Wenger is adamant that the team has to keep fighting whatever result the Foxes get today.

And Hart feels that progress in Europe will be ominous news for Chelsea, who sit five points clear of City at the top of the Premier League table.

City are already on their way to an historic season after a record - breaking 15 consecutive league wins and going eleven points clear at the top of the table, with little indication that anyone can catch them.