Sentences with phrase «win over relegation»

They also claimed an FA Cup win over relegation rivals Swansea.

First - half goals from birthday boy Mario Mandzukic and Paulo Dybala paved the way for a post-halftime fiesta at J - Stadium in a 3 - 0 win over relegation battlers Crotone.

After two defeats from their last three outings, Diego Simeone will be be eyeing a win over relegation - threatened Depor to do so.

Why he's here: The Gabon international chipped in a pair of goals as Arsenal grabbed a 3 - 0 win over relegation - threatened Stoke on Saturday.

After a 2 - 1 defeat at the Nou Camp (on 22 March) finally vanquished Real's title hopes, Ronaldo unlocked what can only be described as «God Mode», kicking off the Easter period with a five - goal haul against Granada, in an eye - watering 9 - 1 win over the relegation - threatened visitors.

The report further claims that the Gunners» boss Arsene Wenger is looking to bolster his defence so as to permanently employ the 3 -4-2-1 formation which was used in Monday night's win over relegation - threatened Midllesbrough.

With Leicester City still to play Manchester City this week, Arsenal moved top of the table with a 2 - 0 win over relegation candidates Bournemouth.

Last night, while strolling to a 5 - 0 win over relegation favourites West Bromwich Albion, European Cup holders Manchester United set a new English record for the 1,032 minutes without conceding a goal.

United are having a fine season and are one of a couple of teams currently hanging to the coattails of Celtic at the top of the table, with a 3 - 2 win over relegation threatened Ross County maintaining the Tangerines» position at the weekend after the leaders beat ten man Motherwell by a goal to nil at Fir Park.

Metz gave themselves feint hope of beating the drop with a 3 - 2 win over their relegation rivals, but ensured that the misery continues for Dominique Arribage's outfit.

A regulation home win v Liverpool, an away draw at Leicester and a win over relegation fodder Watford would see Arsenal on 7 points and near the top of the table so no need for 90 mill worth of signings perhaps?

Not exact matches

A team that was dubbed to fight relegation won the league over a club that was dubbed to challenge for the league title.

Lee Johnson's Reds have climbed to 17th in the League One table courtesy of winning three of their four matches over Christmas, although they remain only two points clear of the relegation zone.

Adams is currently trying his hand at managing for a fourth spell, taking over Grenada, who he has helped to relegation with six straight wins since taking over the club.

Despite the FA Cup win over Arsenal, Watford have lost their last three Premier League games and will be lacking confidence and motivation, especially as they are comfortably 11 points clear of the relegation zone, so hopefully Arsenal can their revenge on a grand scale and set a marker for the rest of the campaign....

That's generally no real surprise given Swansea picked up another impressive win to move further away from the relegation battle with a 3 - 2 victory over Burnley.

Of course we would also need Chelsea not to beat relegation - threatened Hull City to complete the perfect weekend of results, but why am I now having doubts over Arsenal walking away with the overpoweringly obvious win we should be getting?

Newcastle have flirted with relegation throughout various times this season, however, a crucial 1 - 0 win over Huddersfield provided them with some respite as they find themselves seven points clear of the relegation zone.

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Things haven't been going well for Borussia Dortmund on the pitch: despite the weekend's 3 - 0 win over SC Freiburg, they still sit 16th in the table, thoroughly embroiled in a relegation battle.

The Millers are safe from relegation following their win over Reading last Tuesday.

Moyes has been brought in by West Ham to try and get them out of the relegation zone, and this weekend's win over Chelsea will have given them some confidence for the rest of the season.

Norwich slipped into the relegation zone courtesy of Sunderland's win over Cardiff last week and with Arsenal...

Two goals in the space of three minutes midway through the second half, including a winner by the prolific Jermain Defoe, clinched a 3 - 2 win for Sunderland over Chelsea as the Black Cats moved out of the Premier League relegation zone on Saturday.

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Siena climbed five points clear of the Serie A relegation zone with a narrow home win over Roma tonight.

The Clarets were the only side in the bottom six to land themselves a Premier League victory on Boxing Day and the will look to drive on from that win over Middlesbrough by taking down the relegation - threatened Sunderland at Turf Moor on New Year's Eve.

Lens are now seven points from safety and appear destined for Ligue 2, but Monaco's win over Lille took them out of the relegation zone at the expense of Auxerre, who have lost influential captain Benoît Pedretti for the rest of the season due to an adductor muscle injury.

Newcastle's win over Manchester United earlier on Sunday afternoon had sent the Saints back into the relegation zone, and the home side struggled to muster much response to their early setback.

Swansea moved out of the Premier League relegation zone with a 4 - 1 home win over lacklustre West Ham.

If anything, QPR's win over Southampton this weekend has made things even tighter down at the bottom and realistically as many as seven teams remain involved in the relegation scrap.

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.

Just four wins from their opening 17 matches of the season is relegation form all over, but their reprieve comes in the form of the morale in camp, as well as home form.

SAF took charge if a team that nearly relegation threatened, moyes took over a winning team with world class players.

That is where Newcastle still are in terms of relegation, but they gave themselves a huge boost on the weekend with a 3 - 0 home win over Swansea City.

The Clarets are one of the favourites to suffer relegation this season from the top flight and Chelsea will be expected to produce a comfortable win over them at home.

After a disappointing home draw against Bournemouth, Manchester United returned to winning ways in the Barclays Premier league with a 3 - 1 victory over relegation threatened Middlesbrough.

After a run of three straight defeats, hope was restored by two back to back wins over Crystal Palace and Liverpool, but Hull promptly lost three in a row and Leicester picked up points left right and centre to drop the Tigers into the relegation zone.

The league leaders look to have the friendliest run - in of their title rivals over the next few weeks, with fixtures against clubs that would normally be labelled «six - pointers» were it not for the maddening reality that the Foxes are playing it so safely in avoiding relegation that they're in danger of actually winning the league.

Whilst a great winning streak can almost guarantee a team a chance of winning a major title over the course of the season, a bad run of results could just as easily cause relegation.

2013/14 - After collecting just 21 points from the first 23 games, Crewe narrowly escape relegation on the final day of the season thanks to a 2 - 1 win over Preston North End.

A Nathan Delfouneso hat - trick helped Blackpool claim a thumping 5 - 0 win over Bradford at Bloomfield Road which eased their relegation fears.

The only win Klopp's side managed this year was in an FA Cup replay against fourth - tier Plymouth Argyle, with defeats to relegation strugglers Swansea City and Hull City over the past few weeks at home.

A squad player for County the following two seasons, he chipped in with a few goals, including a brace in the vital win over Grimsby in 2005/6 to stave off the spectre of successive relegations, but never made it into double figures and also had something of an attitude problem — probably the consequence of being worshipped by a family for whom he could, it seemed, do no wrong.

It has been a whole twenty - years since Albion last celebrated a winning outcome over Lancashire rivals Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park, and after losing the earlier meeting with Steve Kean's Rovers outfit, the odds are well and truly stacked against the Baggies in a match they must win if they're to avoid sliding closer to the dreaded relegation zone.

Having fortunately seen off the other cast - iron relegation candidate, Hull, last week the win over Swansea was a little more straightforward.

This is a huge fixture for Blackburn Rovers as victory over a strong relegation candidate would not only significantly boost Blackburn's survival claims but it would also put them within a win of breaking into the top half of the table.

They defeated Fulham over the last weekend and now got out of the relegation zone winning 2 and draw 2 in the last 4 matches.

That was a 2 - 1 win over a fellow relegation threatened side in West Ham United, although that remains their one and only win at home in 2010.

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.