Sentences with phrase «away against a top side»

Away against a top side in the Champions League you have to take your chances...

Not exact matches

However, it is Laurent Blanc's side who hold top spot, with Lyon having dropped two points away at Olympique de Marseille, before suffering a shock defeat at home against OGC Nice.

no goals against top 5 sides home or away..

Top of the table Blues eased into an early lead against struggling Villa when Hazard put the away side ahead after eight minutes.

His side have not only failed to win any of their matches since 2015, but have only scored one goal away goal against the top six sides in their last 10 outings, which should surely give us some confidence no?

While a point from any away game against a big EPL rival is a decent result, a win would do our top four challenge the power of good and with Jurgen Klopp under pressure after his faltering Reds lost away to relegation threatened Leicester City on Monday, Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal side might just be looking to pile the pressure on.

While Mourinho struggles in the big games, managing just one goal in his last ten away games against fellow top six sides, Manchester City have already beaten Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal this season by a 9 - 1 aggregate scoreline.

i want arsenal to win but when was the last time we performed in an away game against a top 6 side?

Oh and then with minutes to go gave our side a draw for a very valuable away point against one of Premiership's top sides.

The Red Devils are known for their «parking the bus» tactics which has seen them earn a number of 0 - 0 draws away from home in recent terms, but without a single win away against a top six side since joining United, Mourinho is expected to bring a more attacking side this weekend.

I can not remember when we last won away against a top PL side.

I know exactly what you meant, the problem is that when we play our way we NEVER DO IT RIGHT against the top sides which is why game after game we getting smashed Away from home because of Wenger's naïve tactics!

The knives were also out for Mauricio Pochettino after yet another defeat in an away game against a top six side...

And let us not forget that we haven't won away against a top 6 side in almost 3 years.

Learn how to park the bus on away games might be a start.1 point is better than 0 point.Gung Ho football in somebody else's back yard is suicidal hence our poor record against the top sides AND the not so top sides.

The visitors are aiming for their first away win against a top - six side since Jose Mourinho joined the club, while Arsene Wenger is hoping to gain only his second ever win over the Portuguese boss in what will be their 18th duel.

So if a lower league team hit a jackpot and they are drawn against a top premier league side away they make more money from that away game than their entire season (or in some cases several season).

Arsenal, who last won the league in 2004, have won just once - and lost 16 times - in their 20 away matches against sides who have finished in the top five in the past five campaigns.

City saw off their Champions League away tie against Basel with rather ease and they are well clear at the top of the table in premier league so we expect Guardiola to start with a full strength side in the league cup final.

Everton are unbeaten in their last 11 games away from home in the top flight against newly promoted sides.

But this is an opportunity for them to land a positive as they go at home against the worst away side in the top flight this season.

After their trip to Goodison comes home encounters with Manchester United and Arsenal, two sides they conjured hard - fought draws against last season, but with the Red Devils eager to cement their place at the top of the pile, and with Arsenal's away from having improved immensely this season, there's every chance of Birmingham collecting zero points from their three matches in a week over Christmas and New Year, while after that they face a trip to Blackpool — Which won't be a pleasant stroll along the Seaside for Alex McLeish's men.

They have failed to take a clean sheet in any of their last eight away games in the top flight which means that they will be vulnerable in this one, even against an unconvincing Stoke side.

It's easy to see another away trip causing them problems, especially against a side who will be among the top eight once again this term.

2 - 1 up, 11 playing against 10, we were about to record yet another famous victory away from home against a top side.

That should earn him a start for this game, and luckily enough Morata is going up against the side who have conceded the most headed goals away from home in the top flight.

Match Predictions: United have been unbeaten at home for 38 games in all competitions and they are highly likely to continue that with another win on Saturday against a Brighton side who are a decent team and doing very well in their first season in the english top division but not many people expect them to get much away from home against the traditional top 6.

Swansea have lost eight of their fifteen away away games and an overall record of 2 -3-9 against top half placed sides confirms that they offer no value on the +0.25 line.

But Jose Mourinho has yet to win away from home against a top six side for two years now (one goal scored in ten games) and given the next few fixtures for United — not least the monumental Manchester Derby which is scheduled for next week — there is a sense of now or never at United, even though they are comfortably placed second in the league table.

The excellent 3 - 0 victory against fierce rivals Chelsea in the London derby lifted Arsenal into third, with the team showing signs of clicking into top gear as they blew Antonio Conte's side away.

The Giallorossi will be hoping for a favour from their arch rivals earlier in the day against Juventus if they want to end the weekend top of the table, but they face a Cagliari side who have been poor in their travels with their only win away from home against Inter, albeit a impressive result.

Brazil can put themselves in commanding position with important away win and go top of the qualifying table if they managed to get a win against a difficult to beat Venezuela side.