Sentences with phrase «relegation places»

Seven points above the first relegation place with 17 points.

Can you imagine a team with players we all covet like Hummels, Reus and others being in relegation places in the Bundesliga which is not as competitive as EPL!

Leganés don't have a lot to play for — they're pretty much guaranteed to finish somewhere between 10th and 15th — but with matches left against Depor, Levante, Betis, and Villarreal, they could have something to say about relegation places as well as Europa League qualification.

Barnsley occupy the final relegation place in the Championship, but sit just one point behind Hull City in 21st.

Just one relegation place remains, and it's one of these two who will be joining Burnley and Queens Park Rangers in the strange, dark, secretly really fun world of the Championship.

His loan spell at Ural almost single - handedly dragged the struggling side out of the automatic relegation places, but it wasn't just his eight goals that were significant; his maturity and determination to prove himself thrust him firmly back into the sporting limelight, and earned him a move to Krasnodar.

The proposals include changing the make - up of the SPL from 12 teams to 10, creating an extra relegation place to be decided by play - offs, and the merging of the Premier League with the lower divisions into one Scottish League.

Nathan Staples and Adam White chat about the midweek Coupe de France semi-finals and the Ligue 1 weekend ahead, with both the Europa League spots and relegation places hotting up.

The Premier League season has entered its final lap with today's visitors, Stoke City, in pole position to claim one of the three unpopular relegation places.

Burnley were at this point careering towards the third relegation place compounded by a depressing defeat at home to Stoke.

Unless he imitates mourinho next season and has us in relegation places, Wenger will finish out his contract, and only then can we talk about a replacement.

The Yorkshire derby has added spice this time around, with Barnsley currently occupying the final relegation place two points from safety, along with Heckingbottom's decision to leave the Tykes to take up the reins at Leeds in February.

Although his side were on a four - match winless streak, they were not exactly drowning — in 13th position, five points above the automatic relegation places — and he was making a good fist of improving them defensively, conceding just 16 goals in 14 fixtures.

The Crystal Palace captain Scott Dann was injured in last weeks unbelievable win over Chelsea, but his team are still only three points clear of the relegation places and need to fight for every point from now to the end of the season.

FC Lorient missed another opportunity to move clear of the relegation places as they drew 0 - 0 away at Racing Club de Lens.

Granada host Malaga in this La Liga battle with the home side periously close to the relegation places and the visitors still battling for the Champions League spots.

Villa may lie just three points above the relegation places but Arsenal fans wll certainly not forget their last visit to the Emirates where they beat us 3 - 1 on the opening day of the last campaign, so we have no reason to be complacent, especially as are likely to be without our Mr. Duracell (Alexis) in attack.

Our opponents West Ham may have had a great season last time out but Slaven Bilic is struggling to replicate that at their new ground and their campaign so far has been fairly dismal, and sees them languishing just two places and a single point off the relegation places.

Ian Holloway's Millwall are without a win in eight games, and have slipped to 18th place in the division, with 14 points so far — three clear of the relegation places.

«A very decent full strength side who are unfortunately in relegation» is what you said.Do you not think there is a reason they are where are they are in the league?Do you not believe that if you have fewer points than any other team you end up in the relegation places?

This is not because they are due to sack him, even though an awful start to the season has seen them drop to a lowly 15th place in the Bundesliga, just two points above the relegation places.

The arrival of Tony Pulis has allowed them to steer clear of the relegation places, while the goals of Saido Berahino have them looking upwards.

Neil Warnock's team are only above the relegation places on goal difference but they have been a bit unlucky.

What guarantee would we have that Klopp can cope with EPL and will not relent and be in relegation places?

In rather contrasting fortunes, despite a recent resurgence, Chelsea have had an overall abysmal season and find themselves still just four points above the relegation places.

Eibar were spared relegation back to the Segunda Division in 2015, despite placing 18th and in the relegation places, because Elche CF were relegated because of financial problems.

West Ham slip to 13th position just three points (four if you count goal difference) out of the relegation places.

Goals form Chapman himself and Trevor Morley earned the Hammers a surprise win that lifted them out of the relegation places and set them on course for an eventual thirteenth place finish.

With Swansea playing Liverpool I would hope that by 5 o'clock on Saturday we will be out of the relegation places and above both Swansea and Middlesbrough as we go into the second international break of the season.

West Ham sit just three points above the relegation places and although maintaining an average of a point per game may be enough there are still some tough games to come.

In our two most recent games we shared the spoils, with a comprehensive Southampton victory (3 - 0) at the London Stadium just a fortnight after we had thrown away a two goal advantage in the home game against Watford last September, the catalysts for early season discontent which saw us sitting in a relegation place at the time.

Brighton, on the other hand are now 15th and are only one point better off than Southampton and Swansea who occupy two of the three relegation places, just above West Brom at the bottom.

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.

You're right that there was all sorts of stuff going on back then with regards to clubs being admitted to the league (for the record, I agree that Chelsea were lucky to get invited in) or remaining in the top flight despite finishing in the relegation places but those things only happened when the divisions were being expanded to include more clubs.

Ryan Seager watched from the bench as his Yeovil side enjoyed one of the standout results of the weekend — a 6 - 2 win at promotion - chasing Coventry, while Ollie Cook helped Barrow to a welcome clean sheet at Boreham Wood to keep his temporary employers outside the relegation places in the National League.

The Tigers have been reliant on their rivals» stumbles to stay out of the relegation places on the past two weekends, but there is an opportunity to turn the screw here.

We're four points above the relegation places.

At least one of these two sides is likely to be starting the new year in the relegation places.

Stoke remain in the relegation places after an error from goalkeeper Jack Butland meant they had to settle for a point with Leicester

Our manager and the players still have a lot of work to do to ensure that we keep our distance from the relegation places, and hopefully push on upwards towards the top half of the table.

They have climbed out of the relegation places and now sit 15th in the table ahead of Tuesday's Carabao Cup quarter - final away at Arsenal.

With the club sitting deep in the relegation places, the season certainly has been a very disappointing one so far for West Ham United.

Stoke remain in the relegation places after an error from goalkeeper Jack Butland meant they had to settle for a point from a 1 - 1 draw with Leicester.

On the other hand we are just one win away from being in the top half of the table, but seven points clear of the relegation places.

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.

They followed this with two more draws, before a recent run of three consecutive victories, albeit against Sunderland, Hull and Swansea, the three teams currently occupying the relegation places.

Leicester City was close to the relegation places in February and has opted to replace Claudio Ranieri.