Sentences with phrase «league opener last»

The bad news is that Kane is now well and truly over his early season struggles in front of goal and has scored four times in his last two Premier League games and got their Europa League opener last night, Hopefully Laurent Koscielny will pass his fitness test because we will need to be at our defensive best on Sunday to cope with the danger of Kane.

«I don't know if there's a stronger league in the country topto bottom,» says Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen, whose Terps (4 — 1 overall, 1 — 0 in the ACC) won their league opener last Saturday in Death Valley, upsetting 20th - ranked Clemson 20 — 17.

Not exact matches

NBC, whose Arena Football League openers this year (2.1 rating) outdrew last winter's NHL All - Star Game (1.8), is on the hook only for production costs and the opportunity cost of network time, something that indeed might be spent more profitably.

The Seminoles (3 — 1, 0 — 1) losttheir league opener at home to Wake Forest but then rolled over undefeatedColorado 39 — 21 in Jacksonville last weekend.

Sanchez will miss the Premier League opener against Leicester City on Friday night, but he'll be looking to be equally as influential as last season when he bagged 30 goals and 19 assists in 51 appearances in all competitions.

First up is the Champions League opener, away to Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday night and then what could turn out to be a crucial away game against last season's Premier League champions Chelsea.

The former Auxerre forward has scored the opener in the 2 - 0 win against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League last year.

# 36million signing Anthony Martial was handed the task of leading the line in Holland but failed to replicate the immediate impact he had against Liverpool last Saturday evening as United crashed to a 2 - 1 defeat in their Champions League opener.

He referred to other recent failures like Monaco in the last 16 last season and the Premier League opener with West Ham and he gave a theory about why these things keep happening.

It might be a bit of a stretch to say that Theo Walcott is a secret weapon for Arsenal, as the England international flyer has already showed us some great form in pre-season to back up the brilliant way he signed off at the end of last season, with a stunning hat - trick in our final Premier League game and the FA cup final opener at Wembley against Aston Villa.

All 12 games in league cities on its first weekend drew smaller crowds than the preseason openers in those cities last year.

United should be ready for their Premier League opener on Sunday 13th August 2017, entertaining West Ham United at Old Trafford, after this pre-season, which is much better than last, which saw United play fewer matches, one of which was cancelled.

The veteran boss spoke honestly during his pre-match press conference ahead of last Saturday's Premier League opener with Crystal Palace, which the Gunners won by 2 - 1, indicating the Gunners» four summer acquisitions could soon be added to.

After missing out on Champions League football last season, Chelsea are back and they have a comfortable home opener as they take on debutants Karabakh.

-- Last season's St James» Park encounter finished goalless despite Man Utd dominating possession and creating more scoring opportunities, while their first league meeting of this season, at Old Trafford, also finished as a draw, 1 - 1, with Demba Ba converting a dubious penalty to cancel out Javier Hernandez's opener for Man Utd.

Bolton lost just three home games last season in League One but of course, they will be facing stiffer challenges this time around back in the second tier and this is not an easy opener.

The league opener against Crystal Palace this weekend will be another opportunity for Giroud to create a fine partnership with Sanchez as the Frenchman seeks to build on from where he left off last season.

Strangely they have only gone W1 D1 L3 in their last five Premier League openers, which have all been at the Emirates, just like this one is.