Not exact matches
When the
fixture list came
out, I thought we needed to be five points ahead heading into the last three games
of the season if there were a chance for us to
win the title exactly because
of the games like this.
A couple
of months into the new season, and nothing seems to have changed from recent seasons for the North Londoners who have already been knocked
out of the Capital One Cup by a youthful Southampton side, languishing at 8th position in the Premier League table, and have
won 1
of their 2 Champions League
fixtures.
Of course we want & will set out to win the game tomorrow but given our run of fixtures coming up in the next 7/8 games, honestly believe a draw is not a bad result tomorro
Of course we want & will set
out to
win the game tomorrow but given our run
of fixtures coming up in the next 7/8 games, honestly believe a draw is not a bad result tomorro
of fixtures coming up in the next 7/8 games, honestly believe a draw is not a bad result tomorrow.
However, a Sunday
fixture stepped up to fill the void, with Hampstead and Westminster 5s the unfortunate recipients
of a good old fashioned I's drubbing — Our first «played»
win, coming
out 7 - 2 up.
This season we've had a easier set
of fixtures but anything can happen in a cup game so you still have to go
out and
win.
One
of our hardest
fixtures out the way now and a
win against Liverpool would get us back on track with returning players!
What??? Nobody on here screaming Wenger should go, Arsenal are crap, sick to death
of paying good money to watch rubbish, week in week
out??? We
won the most important
fixture in our season, and we
won it well... Be happy Gooners!!!!
There remaining
fixtures are set up nicely for them they have a couple
of tough games on the trot but followed by 3 - 4 easier games its spaced
out so well for them just cant see them not
winning it!
[Magnitude and impact] Arsenal home to Chelsea = City away to West Ham So if we
win the third battle or even draw with City, I can see that we have come
out of our critical
fixture well on top considering we are without
of 4 Genevieve stars
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.
Arsenal must go all
out to bring a comfortable lead into the second leg in France, and victory by two goals or more will give us confidence for the return
fixture, but one
of you could be even happier by
winning this competition.
If it is not Mike Dean, Mike Riley, Sanchez's love for money (funny how Wenger never ever mentions that Sanchez, beside being a greedy mercenary, which he is, also has ambition to
win important honours) or the
fixture list, injuries, tiredness or oil rich clubs blowing him
out of the water, then it must be bad luck.
The Arrogance frome some fans after a
win is mind boggling, have we forgot stoke away, saints Chelsea 3 points from 12??? Have the toughest away
fixtures out of anyone??
And, even to
win those enviable 24 points from a possible 33 in the next 11
fixtures, Arsenal would have to play
out of their skins to keep them within touching distance
of 3rd or 4th spots in the Premier League.
Garde had suggested last week that his side needed 10
wins from their remaining 21
fixtures, but with time slowly running
out, it appears as though they are merely moving closer to the brink
of being relegated.
Unfortunately Man United
won at Burnley but they have tough games and a nightmare
fixture list as well as an injury crisis added to by Ibrahimovic and Rojo being ruled
out for the rest
of the season.
The Swans are at the bottom
of the table (20th
out of 20 EPL teams), the Magpies
won their previous
fixture, 3 - 1, and will have the support
of the home crowd.
It'll be no easy task however, West Ham are playing some wonderful football right now and are sitting pretty in fourth after two consecutive
wins, so concentration will be key if either team want to get anything
out of this
fixture.
In our reverse
fixture against them — also back in October — they
won 1 - 0 at Second Meadow, although I'm fairly confident that our recent run that has seen us amass 41 points
out of a possible 48, means it
won't have escaped their notice that the Biggleswade United side they will be facing tomorrow will be a different proposition to the one they encountered last year.
Liverpool ground
out an expected
win against Newcastle at Anfield this evening with the 2 - 0 victory moving them up to second in the table ahead
of the three remaining Premier League
fixtures this weekend.
The Portuguese tactician has been
out of work since his departure from Chelsea in December after the West London outfit
won just four
of their opening 16 Premier League
fixtures.
Sunderland currently sit it fifteenth position with a four point cushion between themselves and the relegation zone however with the Wearside club having not
won any
of their last five Premier League
outings it is difficult to see them gaining anything from tomorrows
fixture against as Joe Hart described them, the «killing machine» that is the 2012 - 2013 Manchester United side.
With the Clarets having netted only five goals on the road, there is a price
of 9/4 on Hull to
win to nil in this
fixture if you wanted to push the boat
out a little bit on a success for the Tigers.
Jos Luhukay's side have
won four
of their last six league
fixtures, although a top - half finish looks to be
out of their reach with only three remaining.
They did struggle a bit on their travels
winning only two
of their away
fixtures but they did dig
out away draws at Brazil and Colombia so they deserve some credit for that.
Rennes
won four
out of their first five
fixtures in Ligue 1, then one
out of 13.
Although games against the newly - promoted sides aren't necessarily a test
of your credentials, this is a
fixture City simply must
win, and handsomely as well, something they rarely did last season against the lesser, if they're to truly lay down a marker — as there are still many
out there who aren't convinced that Roberto Mancini's men really are contenders for the Premier League.
Recent history would indicate that Arsenal are the more likelier to come
out on top, with the Gunners currently unbeaten in their last six competitive matches with the Reds — three
wins and three draws — and haven't lost a Premier League
fixture at home to Liverpool since 2000; with a record
of six
wins and four draws since that reverse.
Manchester United's superb league form has made them clear favourites to
win in Istanbul, although, what with United facing a Manchester Derby on Sunday, will the United players have one eye on that weekend
fixture and bottle
out of any harsh tackles?
• Marseille's 2 - 1
win in Bilbao last time
out ended a run
of seven away
fixtures in Europe without a victory (D4 L3).
However they are the draw Kings
of the PL having
won none
of their away
fixtures but drawing 5
out of 7.
West Brom are set to again be without loan star Daniel Sturridge and midfield pair Nacer Chadli and James Morrison KEY FACT: This is the most - played
fixture in PL history without a home
win MATCH ODDS: WBA 15/8 Draw 11/5 Leicester 6/4 bet365 Pick: Leicester to
win @ 6/4 ANDY SAYS: I just don't see how my old mate Alan Pardew gets
out of this, away
win... 0 - 2 GRAEME SAYS: Leicester are a very good team, they should take the three points here... 1 - 3 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Jamie Vardy should be having a party in your portfolio
The team who make a mountain
out of a molehill, the same side which couldn't beat Blackpool in their very last home
fixture and the team which hasn't
won in the league since the end
of August, when Fernando Torres awoke from his slumber for the first and only time this season to score the winner in a fortunate 1 - 0 success at Anfield.
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.
So it will be a joy to watch Holloway's charges try and punch well above their weight at Eastlands, where the hosts shoulder enormous amounts pressure in a
fixture they should be
winning by sixes and sevens yet no - one, not after the season they've had so far, would dare rule giant killing Blackpool
out of any match from here on
out.
Considering Wolves haven't
won a league
fixture since the opening day, losing five
of their last six, you would like to think so but Wolves put in a spirited performance at Chelsea last time
out and more
of the same from Mick McCarthy's side would make them difficult to beat, even for mega-rich City.
They have
won all four league
outings at Old Trafford, scoring four goals in three
of those
fixtures and at least two in each
of them.
Out of the 74
fixtures at White Hart Lane, both teams have
won 27 times, with 20 draws.
The 6 - 0 loss to a rampant Manchester City side at home, when arguably their best three centre backs were
out injured, was Watford's first league defeat
of the campaign, having
won two
of their opening four Premier League
fixtures and picking up eig...
• The Gunners have
won six
of their last seven away
fixtures in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League, including four
out of five in 2017/18, the only blemish a 1 - 0 defeat at Köln in this season's group stage.
Liverpool haven't
won a league
fixture since the end
of August, when grounding
out a 1 - 0
win against West Brom at Anfield, and even then they didn't exactly deserve all three points.
Even though they didn't get
out of the group stage
of the Champions League, Napoli are in good home form in Europe,
winning three
of their four home
fixtures so far this term.
By far Bayern's most accomplished defender, Boateng limped off in the second - half
of Friday night's 2 - 1
win in Hamburg and and now looks likely to be
out for some two or three months, certain to miss key Champions League
fixtures and possibly in danger
of not being available for Germany's Euro 2016 campaign.
But if this new - look forward line can start firing from the word» go, starting at Blackpool in what is a stand -
out fixture for them — few games will be as golden in terms
of the winnable factor than this trip to Bloomfield Road, then the mist may descend from Upton Park, as a
win on Wednesday has the ability to lift the Hammers
out of the relegation zone.
The Lilywhites have failed to
win any
of their last four league games
out on the road now (D1 L3) and they have had some misfires in their big
fixtures this season.
Old Trafford is where the stand -
out fixture of the entire weekend will be held and where the Red Devils have been almost unstoppable this season in the Premier League,
winning 12
of 13 games and boasting a glorious goal differential
of 37 - 8.
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.
A
win looks to be a long way
out of reach for the visitors going into this
fixture.