Sentences with phrase «promotion rivals»

They currently sit in fifth place with a two - point cushion over seventh - place Middlesbrough, but crucially have a game in hand to play against promotion rivals Cardiff City.

Villa have five points to make up on Fulham, which is a tough task with four matches remaining, but it remains achievable following their dramatic 1 - 0 success over promotion rivals Cardiff on Tuesday.

Despite an impressive win over promotion rivals Cardiff I think it is safe to say that chances of automatic promotion are all but over.

It put them top, and 12 points clear of main promotion rivals Stoke, their next opponents, at the Victoria Ground.

Middlesbrough host Derby County as the Championship promotion rivals clash.

Manager Phil Power and assistant Dave Chadwick were both given their marching orders after Salford's 3 - 2 loss to promotion rivals Droylsden on New Years Day

The 44 - year - old former AC Milan, Juventus, Lazio and Celtic striker had been incensed earlier this month after the club's best player Matt Ritchie was sold to promotion rivals Bournemouth for # 500,000 on transfer deadline day.

Derby will want to do the double over a potential promotion rival at home and while I think Heckingbottom's plans will be boosted by the return of Saiz, I don't think the Leeds defence is good enough to contain Derby.

The club are under new management, with 43 - year - old former Colorado Rapids manager (Major League Soccer) Gary Smith replacing Graham Westley, but that did not stop them from recording a 4 - 2 victory over promotion rivals MK Dons on Tuesday − a result which stretched their unbeaten run to four, having lost the one solitary game since October 8, 2011 (W12 D5 L1).

Last night's draw between promotion rivals Derby County and Bristol City has provided a chance of going just three points away from the top two.

Nottingham Forest The Tricky Trees may be routinely sweeping aside the opposition with the sort of free - flowing football any neutral fan would be happy to pay good money to see (or at least they were until Saturday's defeat by — of all teams — Derby), but there's a potential fly in the ointment: the thinness of their squad, particularly by comparison with their main promotion rivals ourselves and West Brom.

It is at least a big match against another promotion rival Sheffield Wednesday and that is their big priority but so is the Premier League for Arsenal.

Neither side will want to lose ground on their promotion rivals so I wouldn't be too surprised if this one ended in a score draw 7/2.

Conceding a goal in the last minute against your promotion rivals can be a bitter pill to swallow at the best of times but imagine how Wycombe Wanderers felt when Colchester United goalie Scott Barrett scored in the dying minutes of injury time during the 1991/92 season.

Hold onto a lead with 9 men, go 1 up against nearest title contenders then concede 2 injury time penalties and have them both missed and win the game, score the goal of the season, have your promotion rivals concede an equaliser 3 mins and 59 seconds into 4 minutes of injury time to clinch promotion with 4 games spare (and that's just the last 2 weeks).

It is also good for Pennington to start his competitive debut for Leeds against a team that is looking for consolidation at the Championship level rather than starting against a promotion rival or a derby match against one of the Sheffield clubs.

However, at present we are only three points above the bottom three and have been losing ground on some of our promotion rivals.