Sentences with phrase «top flight campaign»

To celebrate Claudio Ranieri - the reigning LMA Manager of the Year - appearing on Monday Night Football, we asked the likes of Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher, Alan Smith, Thierry Henry, Niall Quinn and Graeme Souness to name their contenders for the outstanding coach in the top flight this campaign.

It couldn't go much worse than their last top flight campaign in 2007/08, when they won just once.

The 27 - year - old is currently on loan at Premier League rivals, West Ham, having made 22 league appearances in the top flight this campaign.

OM rounded off their French top flight campaign with a convincing 3 - 0 victory over the Corsicans in front of their own fans at the Stade Velodrome.

Should Fulham end up joining United in the Premier League next season, it'll be interesting to see if Sessegnon remains with the Whites for their first top flight campaign since the 2013/14 season.

The Middlesbrough striker has also been relegated in both of his previous top flight campaigns in England.

Pressure is on for some of the world's most highly regarded coaches and it could be one of the most competitive top flight campaigns for years.

Not exact matches

Arsenal have lost four of their opening six away matches of a top - flight campaign for the first time since 1981.

Things have not gone much better this campaign, despite manager Paul Jewell spending plenty of cash to try and bounce back into the top flight at the first time of asking.

Arsenal are at odds of 6/1 in football betting at the time of writing to end their strife in the 2016/17 campaign and secure the top - flight crown to ease the growing strain on the Frenchman.

Tabb was a regular in the engine room of the Reading side in the first half of the campaign as the Premier League new boys struggled with life back in the top flight.

He has found the net in every one of the last 16 top - flight campaigns.

Abraham has already registered two Premier League goals for Swansea in this season's campaign and is proving his worth in top flight football after a year on loan in the Championship with Bristol City.

Meanwhile, Kenedy, 20, has been entrusted to make just one top - flight start despite Chelsea's disastrous campaign.

Reading have allowed the opposition more shots on target than any other top - flight side this campaign (158).

This is their worst start to a top - flight campaign.

The 20 - year - old has made 20 appearances in Serie A this campaign, and not looked out of place in the Italian top flight.

Arsenal have had a difficult start to the Premier League campaign, despite successive 1 - 0 victories over West Bromwich Albion and Southampton, leaving them a long way adrift of rivals Chelsea and Manchester City in the battle for top spot in the English top flight, which already looks like very much being a two horse race.

The defeat to West Ham in the opening match of the campaign was a wake - up call after many tipped them to challenge for the top flight title, and it could be that manager Arsene Wenger now looks to make some signings to improve his team.

To kick start their campaign, though, they will face Crystal Palace, who finished 11th last season, and will be buoyed by the prospect of extending their 2 - year stay in the top flight.

In the current campaign he has scored 21 goals in 28 Eredivisie appearances, helping his team to win the Dutch top flight.

Combined, the stats are far superior to Giroud's 14 goals and three assists in 27 top flight games during the last campaign, and he could be Arsenal's answer to Chelsea's Diego Costa and Manchester City's Sergio Aguero if signed.

The Tuscany outfit may have been defeated by Lazio at the weekend, but they are still enjoying a fine campaign in the Italian top flight and find themselves fourth — three points behind leaders Napoli — after 19 matches.

Indeed, Silva and Luiz were both named in the Ligue 1 team of the year, while Marquinhos will look back on a campaign where he has managed just 18 starts in the top flight this season.

The 26 - year - old scored 18 goals in his debut campaign in England's top flight, and having proved his ability at the highest level in the country, it would certainly be a disappointment if he returns to the Championship.

With 16 Premier League goals in the campaign, Alli has established himself as one of the, if not the best, young players in the English top flight and Europe as a whole, but he'll have to match that with influential performances in Europe and for England to truly be regarded as one of the elite stars.

Top flight sides have to submit their squad list by 5 pm on Wednesday under new rules brought in by the league for the new campaign.

According to The Mirror, he'll now join Sean Dyche's men for their campaign back in the top flight of English football and will likely have a key role to play in their bid to avoid relegation.

Magath, however, failed to save the club from relegation, and couldn't earn them promotion back to the top - flight in the following campaign, with a win ration of just 20 %.

Has not played a single cup match this campaign to afford Kieran Trippier opportunities, but has started 19 of Tottenham's 20 games in the top - flight.

All three could be seen in the top flight in the next campaign.

Chelsea have dominated the top flight for much of the campaign, and currently sit six points clear with a game in hand.

These two sides finished eleven points apart last season, with home side Levante claiming a respectable 10th place, and with Villarreal doing well to finish as high as sixth in their first season back in the Spanish top flight, with many of their players impressing throughout the campaign.

During the current campaign, the World Cup winner has managed only three starts in the Spanish top flight.

The Black Cats, who are searching for their first top - flight win of the campaign, will be hoping to bounce back from their EFL Cup exit on Wednesday, with Sofiane Boufal's wonder strike securing a narrow win for Saints.

The talented central defender made 27 appearances for Ronald Koeman's team in the last campaign, helping them to qualify for the Europa League through their top flight position.

The Nigerian international has been in stunning form for the Hornets so far this season, netting an impressive 14 goals in 24 appearances in his debut campaign in the top flight.

During the current campaign the Netherlands international has scored 21 goals in 28 appearances in the Dutch top flight.

The Tigers head coach Steve Bruce is busy preparing for the new top - flight season and is understood to be determined to add some much - needed experience and creativity to the Hull midfield for the upcoming campaign.

Having helped EAG into Europe last term, the Franco - Guadeloupean hitman is enjoying a glorious campaign in the French top flight.

It's that exciting time during the end of season break when new football shirts for the upcoming campaign get unveiled, and there have already been some crackers to have been officially released across England's top flight.

«Arsenal could lose their opening two home matches of a top - flight campaign for only the third time, after 1908 - 09 and 1949 - 50.»

The Premier League could receive another place in the competition for the next campaign, after the English top - flight, as well as the League of Ireland and the Eredivisie occupied the top three places in UEFA's January fair - play table.

Bolasie could be a more understandable addition, having established himself in the EPL in recent campaigns, but he too has no experience of the Champions League, having taken his time to reach the top flight.

Dybala has been strongly linked with both Manchester United and Arsenal on account of his fine performances for Serie A surprise packages Palermo, who have taken to life back in the top flight like ducks to water following their Serie B title winning campaign last time out.

The Dutch tactician will now be firmly focused on sustaining Reading's solid start to the Championship campaign as they chase promotion to the top flight, but they deserve some credit for going to Old Trafford intent on playing their game and trying to cause an upset.

The Basque side are enduring a nightmarish campaign and, after 11 matches, sit 18th in the Spanish top flight, finding themselves in the midst of a relegation battle.

The new MLS franchise, which is enjoying its first campaign in the North American top flight, parted ways with previous boss Jason Kreis last month.

Barely used in his first campaign in east London, the New Zealand captain nailed down his place in Sam Allardyce's team the following season as West Ham won promotion from the Championship via the play - offs and picked up the supporters» player of the year prize at the end of 2012/13 after helping the club finish 10th on their return to the top flight.

Vardy has scored 19 goals in the top flight already this campaign and, unsurprisingly, was one player to receive a fairly sizeable upgrade during the FIFA 16 Winter Update.