Sentences with phrase «up against relegation»

They next travel to Ilorin to square up against relegation - threatened Kwara United.

Arsenal are now 2 - 0 up against relegation threatened Hull City as Aaron Ramsey has added to Alexis Sanchez» opener at the KC Stadium as the Gunners look to go above Manchester City in the table.

If the paying public thought that whenever a title - challenger lined up against a relegation - battler, the latter would play a combination of kids and reserves, they would be less interested.

Not exact matches

We can't seem to penetrate any team at the moment and coming up against a defensively and a relegation battling team will not do us any favours.

However, Dusan Tadic gave the Saints the lead in the 21st minute, with the home side facing their own battle to avoid relegation this season and very much looking up for the challenge on Saturday against a lacklustre Chelsea side.

After receiving his first England senior call - up this week, Harry Kane celebrated by firing in a hat - trick against Leicester City in Spurs» 4 - 3 victory over the relegation strugglers.

The Black Cats fought against relegation in 2012/13 and will be hoping to pick up some points against fellow bottom - half teams such as Fulham, Southampton and Crystal Palace in their opening three games, though they then face a tricky home game against Arsenal.

The team won four games in a row, climbing back up the standings and entering Saturday's first Week 8 matchup against Dignitas at 5 - 9 and in a fight for seventh place (and safety from the relegation tournament).

Both seasons run at the same time, so you'll sometimes see a domestic game where the starters all rest against a relegation candidate, then gear up for a showdown against another elite team in EuroLeague / EuroCup.

His record against the top teams is a joke the away form this season is relegation form and now we have fans abandoning games because they've become bored and disillusioned by it all but that won't bother Wenger he'll be around next season and probably year after that our board don't have the bottle to tell him his time is up they don't wan na upset him so they'll feed fans with the same rubbish they've been doing for years we believe next season we'll challenge for the title we have a world class manager who's hungrier than ever blah blah blah

Manchester City have gone a goal up against Queen's Park Rangers, and look set to consign the London outfit to relegation from the Premier League.

L'ETG will be looking to return to winning ways following their 3 - 1 defeat against AS Monaco last weekend and in Nantes, who also lost, will see an opportunity to pick up three more points as they continue to move away from the relegation zone.

With West Ham still down in the relegation zone despite beating the Champions Chelsea at the weekend, Bennett is hopeful that David Moyes will conjure up another miracle, but given the Gunners record against his team he would be happy to come away with a point.

Football is a game of minute margins and that penalty, as poorly given as the Rashford dive against Swansea, might be the difference between top four and fifth or sixth for the Gunners just as the penalty Man U got might be the difference between relegation and styaing up for Swansea.

Derby ended the 1989/90 season only three points (plus, obviously, goal difference) above the relegation zone, but throughout the season had won by two or more goals in eight of their nine home games against the rest of the bottom half, and so ended up safe with a goal difference of positive - 3.

Next up for Cazorla and his teammates is a trip to Turf Moor for a game against relegation threatened Burnley on Saturday as they aim to make it eight straight victories in all competitions.

Sunderland are fighting relegation so they will put up a good fight against us and we know how to give this «teams» fighting for relegation points.

Arsenal are cruising to victory against relegation threatened Hull City at the KC Stadium as Alexis Sanchez has scored his second of the night to put the Gunners 3 - 0 up.

@muffdiver They turn up for top 4 teams and fold against relegation stragglers... Never understood that.

However, City are now 16 points clear of second - placed United, meaning a defeat for Jose Mourinho's men at Old Trafford against a West Brom side on the brink of relegation — kick - off is at 1500 GMT — would wrap up a third title in seven seasons.

Two relegation six - pointers are among the several games that follow the early kick - off fixture, with Southampton going up against Stoke and Swansea hosting West Ham.

The last thing they need after losing to one of the relegation favourites is a clash against last season's runners - up.

Bottom side Yanbian Funde picked up their first win in six league games with a 3 - 1 victory over Tianjin Teda that keeps their hopes of moving out of the relegation zone alive, while Changchun Yatai won 2 - 0 against Henan Jianye.

The FA Cup semi-final in 1964 at Hillsborough, the FA Cup victory at Old Trafford when Di Canio was not put off by Barthez, the Tevez goal in the final game that staved off relegation, a 4 - 2 victory in 1977 which also kept us up, the great performance from Miklosko which denied them a league title, and of course, perhaps the greatest of all, and certainly the most emotional, the last game at Upton Park, are all examples of superb memories of matches against them.

Against all odds, United gained a vital away point at Rangers to secure a result which aided their relegation cause as they moved up to 19th with a game in hand.

After Tottenham picked up three points against Stoke, the pressure was on Arsenal to deliver the same result at home to a relegation battling Wigan side.

They're seven points above the relegation zone in eighth, are picking up points regularly, have given a good account of themselves in all ten games thus far, including the daunting encounters against the league's elite sides, while their intensity and application has been spot right from day one.

Importantly, Blackburn have picked up wins over other relegation candidates Wolves and QPR in recent matches and another win and getting revenge for a 2 - 1 defeat against Bolton earlier in the season.

The visitors do appeal at 7/4; they retain possession so well and find themselves up against a team who have spent virtually the entire season so far languishing inside the Premier League relegation zone, and whom have the leakiest defence in the top flight.

Blackburn Preview: Suddenly there is a big window of opportunity which has opened up for Steve Kean and Blackburn in their struggles against relegation.

They saw fellow relegation battlers Wigan pick up three bonus points against the Reds recently, and Rovers need to emulate that.

A loss against 18th place Southampton next Saturday would see us swap places and the Hammers would end up in the relegation zone.

While the cup is the great leveller, can it really put a side fighting relegation to League One up against the Premier League leaders and see a shock?

Speaking to Sky Sports ahead of the game against Liverpool, the former Blackburn star said, «When you look at the league, we are starting to slip down and every game you end up being closer (to the relegation zone).

The Baggies got themselves a huge result at Anfield in the FA Cup against Liverpool on the weekend but it is back in the Premier League where they really need to up their game to try and get clear of relegation issues.

The Babazorros look like strong candidates for relegation this season, but they usually make things tough at home and will put up a fight against Barça on Saturday.

With eight games still left to play, if they could somehow notch up a big victory against Aston Villa this Saturday, it would do wonders for their relegation cause.