Sentences with phrase «tougher home fixtures»

Of course, the situation is reversed in 2017, so that in the second half of the season we have easier away games and tougher home fixtures (on paper).

This will be one of their toughest home fixtures of the season, though, and they will need to be on top form if they are to repel a buoyant Tottenham.

They get another tough home fixture on the weekend when they host Millwall.

Not exact matches

It was a tough away fixture and a lot of teams will struggle v Palace at home at the moment....

Welbeck Mustafi would or could have been useful for a tough away fixture, I know I know Welbeck etc etc, but it's his home city v the enemy.

Arsenal have a really tough month of fixtures ahead of us, with the next two vital games followed by three Premier League games in a week, away to Aston Villa and at home to Southampton and Tottenham.

«There are some tough fixtures coming up in the league too — Leicester at home next Sunday and trips to Manchester United and Tottenham — but they are games to look forward to, not fear.

As well as our own form, Arsenal could be helped with the way the fixtures pan out this week, as we face a struggling Watford side at home tomorrow while the Blues have the tough task of Liverpool at Anfield.

One game where they may do this is their 3rd tough fixture in a row, this time coming against a strong in form Reading side away from home.

The boys put in a shift... some brilliant individual play coupled with a satisfying team effort to win a tough fixture away from home.

Then looking at the remaining fixtures, it looks like we have the slightly better run in, with an away clash with Man United and home games with Chelsea and Liverpool themselves the tough ones.

Chelsea also have a tough fixture also as they travel to Turf Moor to take on Burnley, who have won nine of their 13 matches at their home stadium, including the last seven!

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.

I just think we all need to be realistic about Arsenal when they're involved in tough fixtures, especially away from home.

Huddersfield face two tough away games at Newcastle and Brighton before a home fixture against Watford.

Looking at the other fixtures in this round concerning other teams involved in the relegation scrap, Stoke are playing at Arsenal, whereas Newcastle are at home to Huddersfield, Palace face a tough game with Liverpool visiting Selhurst Park, and Swansea travel to Old Trafford.

Most likely Wenger will use Nasri in home games against the lesser lights of the league, while Denilson will feature in the tougher fixtures.

Key game: The final two games of the season, at home to Palace and away at Swansea, may well be decisive for Paul Lambert's team, but they face tough encounters with Manchester City, Spurs and Liverpool before those fixtures.

They have also been tough at the back with a clean sheet earned in 45 % of their home fixtures and they have averaged under a goal per game against this season at home.

Chelsea have actually failed to score in their last two home fixtures now in the top flight, but both were tougher games against Arsenal 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.

Arsenal «s Premier League fixture list for the 2016/17 season has been released and they face a tough start at home against Liverpool.

We've seen their remaining fixtures and they are tough, extremely tough, especially those home ones.

They have had a very tough fixture period, though, but the majority of their recent fixtures were still winnable, especially the three home ones.

Rarely do the Potters fail to stamp their mark on a home fixture, with their robust, physical nature making them one of the toughest nuts to crack.

Newcastle away from home will be just as tough a fixture as Spurs at White Hart Lane, perhaps even more - so given the importance our opponents will place on this competition, and it should be a cracking contest.

Those are three tough fixtures and Rovers did well to avoid defeat in all three, but all three were at home and while Blackburn are undefeated in their last two away ventures in the league, both of those away encounters were against the two sides right at the very bottom of the table in Burnley (0 - 1) and Portsmouth (0 - 0).

The Gunners finish their season with four tough fixtures, facing Spurs away, United at home, Stoke City away and then finishing at home to Everton.

Three home games (Watford, Southampton, Middlesbrough) and a visit to West Brom does not constitute the toughest run of fixtures that we will have.

They have three tough fixtures against Tottenham at home and both Liverpool and Manchester United and with our comparative fixtures looking much stronger I do feel we'll be in fourth sooner rather than later.

Some match days will be tougher than others, there are even half - a-dozen where points are unlikely to fall their way, so when you see a fixture like this — Blackpool at home against bottom - of - the - league West Ham — you know the manager will be drilling it into his players just how significant a game this is.

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.