Sentences with phrase «points in this home fixture»

Draw: Brighton really need to pick up points in a home fixture like this.

While we know from first hand experience that no game is a foregone conclusion pre-match, were Chelsea to drop points in this home fixture with newly promoted Blackpool, it would rate amongst some of the biggest shocks in Premier League history, although, in actual fact, most punters are worrying over how many Chelsea will win by rather than deciding whether or not Blackpool can spring another surprise at tasty odds.

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If you think about their fixture, they had a difficult start to the season, I mean they played against Everton and managed to beat them 6:3 on their home, they played City at the Etihad and they managed to take a point and they also played against Arsenal and took three points.So in terms of fixture it is the same as Arsenal.

We appear to be prioritising our Premier League fixtures over the away matches in the Europa, and while winning all our home matches should put us comfortably through to the next stage, our fringe players will not be going out tonight without the intention of three points.

The incident occurred during the Gunner's weekend fixture at home to Burnley; in which a very late penalty from Alexis Sanchez secured all three points for the Gunners.

In a way this question is like when some Arsenal fans complain about the way the Premier League fixtures fall and others point out that every team has to play every other one home and away at some point.

There is no point in arguing whatsoever, Enjoy the season cause Man city have the best fixture run - in till December end and most of them are at home.

We can't say we have any easy run of fixtures when we're clawing back in games just to get one point at home.

So with a tough run of fixtures for the Gunners to kick off with I feel that a win at home to Leicester City in our first game this Friday night is hugely important and I would expect to get all three points as well, even without our Chilean striker Alexis Sanchez, but there is one thing that worries me and that is the Algerian attacking star of the Foxes, Riyad Mahrez.

Of course Arsene Wenger was happy that his Arsenal team took all three points from the Premier League home clash with Brighton and Hove Albion, because it sends him, the players and especially the Arsenal fans, into the two week break for the latest international fixtures in a good frame of mind.

It is just as well that they have 35 points in the bag, as I doubt that they will get many more in their six remaining fixtures, two games at home to Tottenham and Manchester United, and four away games at Palace, Burnley, Manchester City and Liverpool.

Manchester City continue to cruise their way in the English Premier League as Pep Guardiola's men picked up another three points on their weekend fixture, defeating Bournemouth 4 - 0 at home.

However, Liverpool play both of them at home this month and maximum points in those fixtures would almost certainly pave their way to the title.

So it is ten games without a win in the league for Burnley now (D5 L5) and they have only collected the one point from their last five home fixtures in the top flight now as well.

With five fixtures left, Barca lead by 12 points, meaning they could be crowned champions next weekend by beating Deportivo La Coruna in Galicia, with a Clasico clash at home to Real Madrid to come in early May.

While Matchday 3 saw some footballing giants secure easy wins at home, the other big guns like Arsenal, Internazionale and Manchester United came away with three points in their away fixtures.

He called out Luke Shaw, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, the home fans, fixture list, the FA and you guessed it — UEFA, in a slightly tense exchange but the good (and bad) news is that Manchester United are miraculously still very much alive in the race for top four as Man City and Arsenal dropped more points in the weekend, giving the Red Devils even more false hope.

Being rank underdogs in this fixture, they have nothing to lose and will be looking to salvage a respectable point atleast in front of their home crowd.

Defeat at Watford on Saturday, however, means the Blues continue to search to replicate their home form on the road - having collected five points and conceded only one goal in their first three away fixtures under Allardyce.

AC Milan failed to pick up maximum points in their latest Serie A home fixture against Napoli on Sunday and there were several people questioning Rossoneri head coach, Massimiliano Allegri's reason in not playing Stephan El Shaarawy from the start.

Although the upcoming fixtures are not categorized amongst hard ones and the fact that in December they will be playing four games at home, still the last three fixtures against Villa, Everton and Swansea also don't come into that category but Gunners could only earn two points from them.

After picking up just one point in their opening three fixtures, three wins on the bounce with a convincing 4 - 1 victory at home to Stoke sandwiched between away victories in the North - East over Middlesbrough and Sunderland, left them in the top half of the table.

Fiorentina were unable to secure the three points today in their home fixture against Genoa.

Besiktas face CSKA at home in the final set of fixtures so they will be confident of getting a good result there, but firstly a point at Manchester United would not only aid them nicely but it would more than likely keep them in the hunt for a Europa League finish right up until the very end, baring a CSKA win in Russia.

In the last six games between both sides in the Premier League, West Ham have claimed eight points (W2 D2), whereas Newcastle won both home and away fixtures in the 2010/11 season, which included a 5 - 0 home drubbing of their next opponentIn the last six games between both sides in the Premier League, West Ham have claimed eight points (W2 D2), whereas Newcastle won both home and away fixtures in the 2010/11 season, which included a 5 - 0 home drubbing of their next opponentin the Premier League, West Ham have claimed eight points (W2 D2), whereas Newcastle won both home and away fixtures in the 2010/11 season, which included a 5 - 0 home drubbing of their next opponentin the 2010/11 season, which included a 5 - 0 home drubbing of their next opponents.

His side have capitalised on a favourable opening list of home fixtures by taking all eight of their points thus far in Wales at their Liberty Stadium, but an excruciating baptism of fire away from home has led to the Swans succumbing to expected defeats at Arsenal, Chelsea and Man City.

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.

Hull are two points better off on 34, so they could conceivably get to 43, and their three remaining fixtures are at home to Sunderland, away to Palace (this could be a really significant game, especially if Swansea are still in touch), and finally at home to Tottenham.

They've only dropped points in three home fixtures this season, with Burnley, Fulham & Hull frustrating City at home this season, but they've now gone on a two match winning run at home and look a very solid bet for all three points in this Monday night clash.

Anfield is now a happy hunting ground for Liverpool, with points coming think and fast in their home fixtures.

Of the two, however, it is Blackburn who enter into this fixture with the greater deal of form having earned a creditable point at home to Chelsea in their last outing, while Rovers haven't lost a home fixture in 2010.

West Brom are set to again be without loan star Daniel Sturridge and midfield pair Nacer Chadli and James Morrison KEY FACT: This is the most - played fixture in PL history without a home win MATCH ODDS: WBA 15/8 Draw 11/5 Leicester 6/4 bet365 Pick: Leicester to win @ 6/4 ANDY SAYS: I just don't see how my old mate Alan Pardew gets out of this, away win... 0 - 2 GRAEME SAYS: Leicester are a very good team, they should take the three points here... 1 - 3 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Jamie Vardy should be having a party in your portfolio

Driving home the point now, Arsenal scored six in last season's corresponding fixture, 18 altogether from the previous four.

Over nine - years since they last came unstuck in this very fixture, Arsenal will go in search of their eighth consecutive league win over Blackburn Rovers at home in a match they can now ill - afford to relinquish a single point from.

But I remain optimistic (or deluded) that we can sneak the three points at home and ManUre could slip up in their next fixture away to the Toon.

Arsenal remain just four points off the pace of United with a home fixture with the Red Devils looming in just a couple of months.

There's value to lay the home side in this match, who sit 6 points above the drop zone heading into Monday's fixtures.

You'd expect nothing less than six points from their back - to - back home fixtures with Aston Villa, who are floundering in the bottom half of the table and struggling to fend off the threat of relegation, and Blackpool.

Well done Macheda.He might play a huge role in the title race but he won't be able to even get a medal.Right now we could have been potentially level with Liverpool and with them having the much better goal difference.6 wins in 7 is all we need but to be fair, it's not too realistic at the moment.One reason is the way we are playing.An other is the fact that in May are fixtures are fucked, plain and simple.But here's where the good news come.We have 2 home games next and Liverpool host Arsenal and go to Hull.2 draws is a dream scenario.It will mean that we could potentially be 8 points clear from them with 4 games to go.That would certainly put a big dent on Liverpool's title challenge before a ball was kicked in May.

PEC Zwolle 2 - 1 Feyenoord Rotterdam highlights: PEC Zwolle started their Holland Eredivisie campaign in the most positive way when they grabbed all three points from their home fixture against Feyenoord Rotterdam this past weekend.

It's imperative that Arsenal get back to winning ways after only picking up a point last weekend in their home fixture with Everton.

In a fixture both sides must win, although the pressure to attain all three points will firmly rest upon the shoulders of the home side, Bolton, the first goal could be crucial, especially for Bolton as they simply don't do comebacks.

Liverpool have been fortunate at times this season — take the Swansea fixture for instance, with a penalty and a dreadful squandered chance in the dying seconds was responsible for Liverpool taking the three points home.

The plus point is they have already won a league fixture in February, that being a sublime 1 - 0 win at home to Tottenham Hotspur, but they've now gone over three months without a win on the road and we're having difficulties believing that Wolves will end their poor run this Saturday by beating a desperate Bolton side at The Reebok.

Newcastle United 2 - 3 Hull City AFC highlights: Newcastle United's ambition in taking home all three points from their latest Premier League fixture suffered a disappointment as they were defeated by Hull City on Saturday.

To be honest, a point would probably suffice considering their rivals all face tricky assignments away from home, though stalemate in this fixture could have serious consequences for both teams should Blackpool, Birmingham and Wigan all collect maximum points.

Although no games are that easy, we have faced two of our easier opponents in our first two home league games, and for the fourth season in a row we've failed to take maximum points from our opening fixtures.

They have had some tough fixtures mind, most of them away from home in fact, but while we could excuse them for not picking up as many points as they perhaps should of, the fact remains that defeats can have huge implications and the morale of any dressing room and that's a big concern for Bolton who haven't won any of their last five in the league.

But the list stretches further back than just this term, especially their Stamford Bridge casualties, as Chelsea haven't dropped points in a league fixture on home soil since the middle of February, while they haven't even conceded a goal on home soil since the end of March, so just scoring against them appears a daunting enough task, let alone actually snatching points off the early pacesetters.

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