Sentences with phrase «remaining games against»

After drawing at (eventually relegated) Newcastle on the opening day, they went on to win all 23 of their remaining games against teams who finished 9th - 20th.

Now, at the risk of incurring Alan Wasielewski's wrath, I am not advocating that you cheer for USC in its remaining games against the Colorado Buffaloes, UCLA Bruins and a possible Pac - 12 Championship opponent.

Ulster must earn bonus - point wins in their remaining games against Glasgow and Munster to keep alive any hopes of qualifying for the play - offs.

But, with Echo Fox likely to come up with seven wins, Liquid is going to need at least two more wins in their remaining games against Cloud9, Phoenix1, Team SoloMid and FlyQuest — all four league's top teams.

The Suns play the league's toughest schedule from here on out, with only a handful of remaining games against teams under.500 for the season.

The Pens have three of their five remaining games against Metro playoff teams, whereas the Blue Jackets and Flyers just have two.

They're going to be favored in two out of their last three remaining games against the Patriots, Vikings and Jets, but a 9 - 7 record likely wouldn't be enough to capture a playoff berth considering the strength of the AFC West and North.

I don't see this team get to many points of our remaining games against top 6 opponents and we might struggle against Everton as well.

In the end, I believe our season rests mostly on how we will fare in the remaining games against the other top 6 teams.

Not exact matches

Born in Uganda to missionary parents in 1962, he grew up largely in British Columbia, and remains Canadian enough to proudly describe the abuse he absorbed one evening last spring at Madison Square Garden, when he wore his Montréal sweater to the Canadiens final, losing game against the New York Rangers in the NHL playoffs.

Cable ratings for Sunday have yet to be released, so it remains to be seen if HBO's massively popular series Game of Thrones was able to stand up against the NBA's season - ender, though it is also possible that last night's very poorly - timed outage for HBO Now — the premium cable channel's paid streaming service — could have sent at least some viewers over to ABC for the end of the Cavaliers - Warriors match - up.

Both Ramsey and Cazorla can defend and score as well and I am expecting a very tight match for Ozil to control the ball and make the right pass... Ramesy for Cesc and Coq for Hazard (tight m2m)... I am sure Monreal will handle his back very well and I hope the same for Bellerin against Hazard... Giroud will find difficulties to hold up the ball against Cahill and Tery, he must be on his day... Welback to do them the same of Utd game... Gabriel should start most of the remaining games, BFG should be benched next season

I think this game will give us belief for our remaining fixtures in the prem, if we play the way we did yesterday against United I think we'll blow them away again.

Whether Arsene Wenger chooses to rest a few first team players for the Champions League away game against Barcelona on Wednesday night remains to be seen, but judging from his comments in the press conference today reported by The Mirror, I would not be at all surprised.

It remains to be seen whether Man City will punish us further by winning their game against Southampton.

Each player remains on track to play against the Vikings, a scenario that will afford quarterback Aaron Rodgers his full arsenal of weapons in the passing game.

A draw wount be gud enough for dis game nd any other game, we need to imbibe dat winning mentality of a big club, nt hoping for a draw or a slim defeat against other big teams, wil it be an offence if we win our remaining 15 epl matches or win all our ucl nd fa cup matches?

Looking at their remaining slate of games, the odds are stacked against the Browns.

The duo will be a big loss to our squad against Tottenham, with Aaron having been crucial in running our game from midfield this term, but it remains to be seen whether they pair will in fact miss out, as our medical staff will need time to analyse their sufferings.

Their extra goal difference means that we really have to win both of our remaining games and hope they lose their one, but their final game is against Southampton who are still fighting for a Europa League place and who just put six past an in form Aston Villa, so it is by no means a lost cause.

It remains to be seen what kind of punishment the club might take against the player for such unprofessional attitude in a game where he was up against youth - team players.

Team Evans Scholar SO (Justuss Boice) will have another tough test on Sunday night and will look to remain unbeaten as they pair up against # 3 Team Delts JR (Grant Miller)(3 - 0) in what will be our Week 3 Game of the Week!

Team Delta Chi JR will seek to remain unbeaten on Sunday with a match - up against Team Delts SO (Brandon Barthel)(1 - 2) who will be looking to snap their two - game losing streak.

However, the Patriots -LRB-- 6.5) remain sizable favorites in their Week 2 game against the Miami Dolphins in Foxborough.

Before (and after) the Europa League game against Ostersund, Arsene Wenger emphasised that Arsenal's main objective remains to finish in the Top Four to achieve Champions League status next season, as he doesn't agree with the rule that you can enter the elite competition by the «back door» if you win the lesser Europa League.

Los Angeles remained in wildcard contention as Uri Banhoffer got his third hat trick of the season in a 5 - 0 defeat of Hartford, which had halted an 11 - game losing streak against San Jose the night before.

Brian Hoyer remains under the league's concussion protocol and has been ruled out for Sunday's game against the Tennessee Titans.

Of its 22 remaining games before the playoffs, 12 are against sub -.500 teams.

It remains to be seen whether this approach will work against Arsenal, especially after they stuck to their attacking game against Man City and ended up getting steam - rollered 6 - 0.

If they lose both games against the Warriors and finish their remaining schedule seven games better than Golden State — a virtually impossible scenario.

If they split the remaining two games against Golden State and finish four games better than the Warriors otherwise.

For myself, Reinhart remains inconsistent, remains ineffective 5on5 and offers zero to defending in a penalty killing role... or defending against the other teams best players... or defending in tight games.

The 22 - year - old has started just four games in La Liga so far this season, and though he only managed to get 63 minutes under his belt against PSG, Napoli scouts are said to have remained impressed.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Tremont Waters made a shot in the lane with 19 seconds remaining in the game to give LSU a 64 - 63 Southeastern Conference victory against Missouri on Saturday.

Steve Bruce remains the favourite according to the report, but with the club's next game against Wolverhampton Wanders rapidly approaching, they will want to make an appointment sooner rather than later in order to give their next boss as much time as possible to settle and prepare the players.

But if Williams shows the restraint that enabled him to remain a factor against Xavier despite earning his third foul early in the second half — he finished with 13 rebounds and five blocks, both game highs — then Duke's chances will skyrocket in a game that should have been saved for Monday night.

Thanks to home games against Georgia and Arkansas, the Tigers have a better than 50 percent chance of winning each remaining home game.

Meanwhile, their remaining home games are against West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Man City, Burnley, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Queens Park Rangers and Crystal Palace.

And early Monday night against Clemson, Alabama's Adam Griffith missed a 44 - yard field goal in a game that would remain within one score for almost all of 60 minutes.

The Blues remain seven points clear of their nearest challengers Arsenal and they still have a game in hand, which will take place next week against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge, given that the Gunners are in FA Cup action on the same day.

This is exactly what would remain with the squad as they prepare for the first game of the season against West Ham United.

Yes, the 21 - year old, too, injured his hamstring during the opening game against Crystal Palace but — now that he is fit — it remains to be seen whether the lanky striker gets his opportunity to play up front against Leicester this Sunday.

Based on his game - winning efforts on Sunday against Alaves, it arguably doesn't make much difference to Messi anyway as he continues to lead Barcelona's charge for major honours this season as they remain the La Liga title favourites with a healthy 11 - point lead.

After the Boxing Day fixtures the side still remain outside the bottom three ahead of tonight's game against Arsenal with memories still fresh in supporters minds of the 3 - 0 victory recorded in this fixture by Palace in April earlier this year.

They remained unbeaten in their first five games, gaining further draws against Swansea, Liverpool and West Ham before a 1 - 0 win over Wigan, with new signing Steven Fletcher looking in lethal form in front of goal for the Black Cats.

Mauer had a hit in all six playoff games against New York, hitting.333 /.407 /.375, but he's the only Twins player remaining from those years.

Following the tilt at Virginia, only two of its remaining games are against ranked opponents, with both coming at the end of the season at home.

its good that our bubble busted soon enough!!!! same thing happened against aston villa two seasons ago and we remained at top of league for max days that year only to finish 4th remember my words, we will finish 3rd or 4th even if we sign benzema or bender or anyone cause our manager is still the same 20th season for wenger, 1st season (1st game) for bilic and BOOM!!!!

He has scored on his last two games for the Reds against Queens Park Rangers and Chelsea, but unfortunately those goals don't look like being enough to secure Champions League football for his boyhood club next season as they currently trail fourth placed Manchester United by six points with two games remaining but have an inferior goal difference.

I think what remain now is for the Gunners to train harder as they look to totally focused to be ruthless in their game against Barca.