Sentences with phrase «while home fixtures»

Manchester City still have difficult away trips to a revitalised Crystal Palace, bitter rivals Manchester United, Spurs and Swansea, while home fixtures against West Ham and Southampton will also be tricky.

Not exact matches

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.

We appear to be prioritising our Premier League fixtures over the away matches in the Europa, and while winning all our home matches should put us comfortably through to the next stage, our fringe players will not be going out tonight without the intention of three points.

The Canaries come into the match in top form, having remained unbeaten in their last nine fixtures, while winning their last five matches away from home.

Erik Lamela struggled away from home in the big games last season, while Andros Townsend found himself substituted in this fixture earlier this year.

Consecutive defeats at home to two relegation candidates in Yeovil and Sheffield Wednesday rang the alarm bells, and while Watford probed early on in both fixtures, they never really looked like scoring.

Six of the visitors» last seven away games have produced three or more goals, while Kianolefki have seen the net bulge 14 times in their previous four home fixtures.

Following that, Van Gaal's team will take on West Ham United in the final ever game at Upton Park, while they conclude their league campaign with a home fixture against Bournemouth.

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

José Mourinho rested a number of first team players for tonight's fixture — Luke Shaw, Antonio Valencia and Wayne Rooney were all left at home, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic started the game on the bench.

While Matchday 3 saw some footballing giants secure easy wins at home, the other big guns like Arsenal, Internazionale and Manchester United came away with three points in their away fixtures.

While Cavalieri is not expected to sign a contract in time to be considered for Sunday's Premier League fixture at home to Tottenham, discussions are regardless «well advanced.»

Tottenham's form shouldn't be of concern, despite losing their most recent league fixture 2 - 1 away at Everton, as before that they were unbeaten in their last nine in the league while they remain without defeat on home soil in their last nine Premier League fixtures, although that doesn't include their 100 % record at White Hart Lane in the Championship, beating the likes of FC Twente, Inter Milan and Werder Bremen with something to spare.

The First - Team return to action next Sunday with a home league game against Clapham United while the Development Team are currently without a fixture.

Rivers United made it six games unbeaten against Akwa United with a home win in a rescheduled Nigeria Professional Football League fixture on Thursday, while MFM FC held on for a narrow home win despite a late Nasarawa United onslaught.

Rovers currently occupy 18th place, the first of three relegation spots, but victory on Saturday at home to 17th placed Wigan Athletic would guarantee Blackburn's stint in the bottom three would be a brief one, while even a draw would stand them in good stead of escaping the drop zone, although victory is somewhat imperative considering fixtures as golden as this, against a team in close proximity and a fixture they would highly rate their chances in, don't come around too often.

Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool have named the following teams for this afternoon's Premier League fixture at Wembley Stadium, Tottenham's temporary home while their new stadium is being built.

That home game will now be played on Tuesday 10th April while the away game will be played this afternoon, the first of our five remaining fixtures in our first season in the league.

Of the two, however, it is Blackburn who enter into this fixture with the greater deal of form having earned a creditable point at home to Chelsea in their last outing, while Rovers haven't lost a home fixture in 2010.

We don't see them doing so at all away from home so every home fixture from now on will be considered a blessing, while one against a Blackburn side who've won just twice away from home all season might be the answer to their prays at Fratton Park.

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).

Ironically, they probably could have done without a home fixture next time out, as while their record at The Reebok is outstanding for the 2010/2011 term (W9 D5 L2), not to mention winning their last four home league games on the spin, the players are likely to be greeted by a lukewarm reception on Sunday, with disgruntled supporters still coming to terms with last Sunday's woeful display in unquestionably the club's biggest match since the turn of the Millennium.

Liverpool have won their last three home meetings with Blackburn in the league, while Liverpool's fresh and raring to go pair of Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres even scored in the corresponding fixture last season in a 2 - 1 success.

Wilshere is desperate to prove his fitness to England manager Roy Hodgson ahead of Euro 2016 and while he is not under consideration for Arsenal's home fixture against West Brom on Thursday, Wenger says he will be available for Sunday's trip to the Stadium of Light.

Blackpool, on the other hand, have made a brighter start even though the majority of their opening fixtures have been on the road, while they should have won their only home fixture to date had it not been for Fulham's late equaliser, so there's plenty to be positive about if you're a Tangerines backer.

While there's no hiding from an Old Trafford demolition, Blackburn can at least thank their lucky stars that their very next fixture is more than generous, although a lot less forgiving as well — a home meeting with second - bottom Wolves.

This is a fixture they were beaten 1 - 0 in at home last August, and while there is plenty of evidence to suggest revenge might be on the cards, if the Toffees can come unstuck at Aston Villa and Wigan then I see no reason why QPR, who aren't playing all that bad and are in urgent need of a morale - boosting victory, won't cause them further problems at Loftus Road.

In fact, United have scored exactly 2 goals at home to Blackburn in the last three seasons, while they're stuck in the same rut at the present having scored the same number of goals at Old Trafford in their previous four home league fixtures.

However, more alarming is the fact Birmingham haven't managed a goal at home for over two hours, while the only player to have scored at St. Andrews in a Birmingham shirt this season is that of Craig Gardner, whom will sit out the side's next three league fixtures with suspension following his red card offence at home to Wigan Athletic last Saturday.

They have taken two clean sheets in their four home fixtures and the Blues are a quote of 13/5 to win to nil in this one while under 2.5 goals for the fixture is a price of 8/11 with online betting site Paddy Power.

However, there is a great deal of pressure riding on this game for Spurs who know they must capatalise on all three of their home fixtures if they wish to reach the latter stages, while Capital rivals Arsenal and Chelsea set the bar last night, with the pair both winning their respective group affairs.

However, with none of the above matches played and pre-season yet to start we can conclude that the only thing it is safe to say about the fixture list is that we will face each of our nineteen opponents twice next season, once home and once away, and, while optimism might look odd in the bigger Villa picture at the moment, pessimism would be counterproductive.

All 10 home clubs reported capacities of more than 99 %, while the average for the final round of fixtures was 97.92, a season high and beating the opening game of the season.

However, it's also worth baring in mind that Wigan have only won three times away from home this season, while they've won just one of their last nine away fixtures, which speaks volumes about why Wigan are in such a precarious league position.

They're in great form at The Reebok, not losing their in four games, while there are others positives like Bolton not conceding in 360 minutes of action at home, whilst they slammed four home in their last home fixture in a 4 - 0 rout of Wigan Athletic.

They have, however, failed to win any of their previous three home fixtures; drawing 1 - 1 with both Everton & Portsmouth, while losing 2 - 0 to Aston Villa.

Furthermore, the Potters, while they were victorious in their most recent home fixture — Kenwyn Jones on target in a 2 - 0 triumph over Everton; Jones registering his first league goal in seven matches — have won only one of their last four at the Brittania, and two of those were defeats to sides currently situated in the lower half of the table in Blackpool 0 - 1 & Fulham 0 - 2, the latter against a side who had not won away from in 28 attempts.

City have been an unpredictable sort on the road so far, winning just one of their opening three away fixtures in the league: Tottenham Hotspur (0 - 0), Sunderland (1 - 0L) and Wigan Athletic (0 - 2W), while they were dumped out of the League Cup by West Brom at The Hawthorns last month, so there are still some fragilities that need to be ironed out by manager Roberto Mancini although the team have collectively dusted themselves off admirably and will stretch their unbeaten run to five games so long as they get a result away at Blackpool, who have yet to win a home fixture in the league up till now.

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.

But the list stretches further back than just this term, especially their Stamford Bridge casualties, as Chelsea haven't dropped points in a league fixture on home soil since the middle of February, while they haven't even conceded a goal on home soil since the end of March, so just scoring against them appears a daunting enough task, let alone actually snatching points off the early pacesetters.

While we know from first hand experience that no game is a foregone conclusion pre-match, were Chelsea to drop points in this home fixture with newly promoted Blackpool, it would rate amongst some of the biggest shocks in Premier League history, although, in actual fact, most punters are worrying over how many Chelsea will win by rather than deciding whether or not Blackpool can spring another surprise at tasty odds.

Women and mothers are a permanent fixture in the workforce — and odds are slim that after a child's birth its mother will stay home full time while its father works as the family's sole breadwinner.

While we're hunkering down at home, I'd like to install the ceiling fan we purchased for our bedroom and the light fixture we bought for the office.

Sky blue chairs in the children's playroom offset navy bean bag ones, while a knotted Atelier 688 bulb fixture highlights the home's high ceilings and mimics the rope texture of the storage baskets tucked away in the corners.

Additionally, if the home has been vacant for a while, it might be vandalized, and some of the metal wiring, and fixtures, might be missing.

There are two types of home insurance: buildings insurance covers damage to the fabric of your property, including fixtures and fittings, while contents insurance covers your belongings.

While there are limitless options for improving a home, here are five options you can choose that can cost $ 1,000 or less: Upgrade the lighting, replace the front door, improve the kitchen cabinets, enhance the bathroom fixtures or get a deep clean.

New light fixtures and recessed LED light fixtures keep your home bright while keeping yoru electric bill down.

While Insteon makes a number of smart home devices, it has only two LED bulbs, an A19 and a PAR38 bulb for recessed fixtures.

While 2017 was all about millennial pink, brass fixtures and bright white kitchens, this year we expect to see a move toward warmer, cozier elements throughout the home.