Sentences with phrase «league point against»

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In the AFC title game, against the Jaguars» league - best passing defense, Brady took control of the game, carving up Jacksonville to erase a 10 - point fourth - quarter deficit in minutes.

Facing off against a Texans team that gives the fifth most points up to tight ends in the league, he's a good play this week as well.

In the daily games, participants pay to compete for cash prizes against others in online leagues based on imaginary teams assembled from rosters of real players, which accumulate points based on how those players perform in actual games.

We also managed 4 out of 6 points against them in the league.

I gave up the league months ago, 3 points lost against Watford at home might be crucial in our hunt for the Wenger Trophy.

They are already twelve points behind league leaders Chelsea, but a win against the Saints will at least take them in to second.

As Blogging the Boys points out, the Packers are 0 - 5 against teams ranked in the league's top half when it comes to points per game.

The Blues sit top of the Premier League table by a huge seven points at present, with Liverpool able to close that gap to only six points should they win this evening against Stoke City.

Vidal continues to say that Munich is the best team in the world, and he can certainly point to Arsenal's humiliation against Bayern in the Champions League to emphasise the gap in quality between the two sides, but he believes that Alexis will make the Germans into an even better side.

I concede that the Premier league is the most competive professional league in world football and every team loses a game or two they shouldnt (especially on the road) but unfortunately when you only able to secure 7 out of 24 available points against Manure / Shitty / Spuds / Cheshit you CANT drop points in such fixtures.

So I can see us snapping the Carabao cup and Arsene saying look we won a trophy against City, while we drift 20 + points in the league sitting 6th.

We only took two Premier League points and people were saying that our title challenge was faltering but then we stormed back with three wins in a row and five of the next six, including the big game against title rivals Man City.

I still am not sure why Mick McCarthy opted to play such a weakened side, I know some would point out that the club went on to win their next fixture but its worth remembering that Wolves had also won their previous two matches prior to the Old Trafford clash so they would have buoyed up for the game and who knows perhaps they could have gotten a surprise result against the Premier League champions.

While the recent form of the Under - 21s side might be a strong argument against that with a group of talented young players on show, the point he makes about the Italian, Spanish and French leagues providing an obvious spine of homegrown players in their respective All - Star teams is true.

The Premier League champions will be looking to close the gap on Jose Mourinho's Chelsea, and with the Hammers taking just one point from their last six league games against City Manuel Pellegrini will be feeling confLeague champions will be looking to close the gap on Jose Mourinho's Chelsea, and with the Hammers taking just one point from their last six league games against City Manuel Pellegrini will be feeling confleague games against City Manuel Pellegrini will be feeling confident.

Hopefully, we grind out three points against a tired Lazio side that has been stretched between serie A, Europa league and 120 minutes of coppa italia while we've played just once in almost two weeks.

Brett Hull's controversial foot - in - the - crease OT goal won the Cup for Dallas in Game 6 of the final against Buffalo, but Nieuwendyk got the Stars there by scoring a league - leading 11 goals, and 21 points, in 23 postseason games against Oilers, Blues, Avalanche and Sabres.

Unfortunately the only people that can remove him is the ones that put him in charge of arsenal and the only way the board will move against wenger is when he does not meet their expectations, have you heard any one of the board members come out and say fourth is not acceptable, for several years he has guarantee the board money from the champions league, they also have several agreements or contract signed with major companies, all that points to money coming back to the board.

You can't keep giving up 120 - plus points every night and blowing big leads against some of the worst teams in the league and continue to insist that everything is fine, LeBron or no LeBron.

He closed the year by scoring 30 or more in nine of his final 10 games, including a 44 - point performance against reigning league champion Georgia Stars.

A few key contributors really struggled on the offensive side of the ball as their leading scorer and the leagues second leading scorer, Sterling Williams, was only able to muster 12 points against a very stingy Team Harlander D. Michael Halusek was able to put up 17 points while Chris Hicks chipped in with 10, unfortunately that just wasn't enough to get them past a very determined Team Harlander.

The home game against Hull City kick started a run of four winnable games in the Premier League for the Wenger's wizards who, owing to their insipid display, dropped two crucial points that surely would have hurt the North Londoners» prospects at the time.

Now we only need the FA to award us 15 points in lieu of all the bad decisions against us and hey bobs your uncle the league is ours.

There has been and will continue to be an awful lot of talk among Arsenal fans and in the football press about various behind the scenes goings on at our club, but right now the manager and the players need to focus on the next match and taking all three Premier League points from our home game against Manchester City.

They are second in the League in Points Against through 2 Weeks.

Captain Jon has a very athletic group, and even though their record wouldn't indicate it, they're actually leading the League in Points Against Per Game.

We currently sit 5th in the league and have shown we can take points off any team in our league, with a draw against top of the league Surbiton (0 - 0), and a win against second in the league Teddington (2 - 1).

They can get baskets from multiple guys at multiple positions on the floor and are becoming very difficult to contain but their true improvement is on the Defense end where they are allowing just 61.2 points against (3rd best in the League).

We have already mentioned two of the top three Defensive Teams in the League (based on points against)..

Two wins out of our last 8 League games, 11 points from a possible 24 — and all we ever hear about is how the referees are biased against us.

An attributable factor to our dropping of points in winnable games on Saturdays was almost definitely our domination of our BUCS league on Wednesdays and, therefore, complacency against stronger Saturday opponents.

The Gunners need to win both of their remaining Premier League matches to have any hope of reaching the Champions League places, and first they will have to take all three points from their home tie against the already - relegated Sunderland.

Arsenal went into the game against Sunderland on Saturday, having picked up a single point in their last two Premier League games.

The Gunners heavily dominated their last three Premier League matches against Manchester United, Southampton and West Ham, but only managed to pick up a total of two points from those matches.

The Blues have been dominant this season, and after the 3 - 1 win against Leicester City on Wednesday night, another three points on Sunday versus Crystal Palace would see the Premier League trophy return to Stamford Bridge for the first time in five years.

Looking forward to the next half of the season, if we wish to reach our goals, it is essential that the Men's Blues do not become complacent in BUCS — Cambridge are only 3 points behind us — and that we continue to believe we can beat the best teams in our league on Saturdays, while also fully focussing on picking up 3 points against the weaker teams.

United currently sit 16 points behind rivals Man City at the top of the Premier League after the Citizens» 5 - 1 win against Leicester, so a win here would be absolutely vital in keeping their slim title hopes alive for this season.

If you see the league table since the New Year we have taken the maximum points and I am glad the results against Man United and Bayern Munich are another proof of that.

The offense that had scored at least 34 points in three straight games from Weeks 7 to 9 was as bogged down as it has been in recent weeks, albeit against one of the best defenses in the league.

Barcelona top La Liga and will extend their lead to four points with a win against Real Madrid, going some way to sealing another league title at the Nou Camp, and will be high on confidence after comfortably knocking Manchester City out of the Champions Lleague title at the Nou Camp, and will be high on confidence after comfortably knocking Manchester City out of the Champions LeagueLeague.

United are in the perfect position to chop and change as they sit 12 points clear at the top of the Premier League, allowing Ferguson to rest several key players against Norwich before their decisive Champions League last 16 second leg encounter with Real Madrid on Tuesday.

It may only have been against the EPL's bottom club Swansea City but it will have given our opponents a nice boost as it keeps them in the top half of the league and was their third win in six games and a rare three points on the road.

Put against all actual evidence, we more often than not find ourselves more than 10 points behind the champions in the final league table.

Raheem Sterling netted twice and Luis Suarez scored his customary goal against the Canaries as Liverpool moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League.

This was the vital game though for Real who trail leaders Barcelona by 16 points in La Liga after a poor campaign and it is their best chance of picking up some silverware outside of the Champions League, in which they are evenly poised against Manchester United after a 1 - 1 first leg draw at the Bernabeu.

Seven points clear in their domestic league with four games to go and through to the last four of the Portuguese Cup, Benfica are also into the last four in the Europa League after Spanish striker Rodrigo bagged a brace at the Estadio da Luz to clinch a comfortable aggregate win againsleague with four games to go and through to the last four of the Portuguese Cup, Benfica are also into the last four in the Europa League after Spanish striker Rodrigo bagged a brace at the Estadio da Luz to clinch a comfortable aggregate win againsLeague after Spanish striker Rodrigo bagged a brace at the Estadio da Luz to clinch a comfortable aggregate win against AZ..

Unfortunately for them, Arsenal's form at this point really picked up, and despite another Bale - inspired win on the final day against Sunderland, Arsenal's win at Newcastle meant they were consigned to another season below their North London rivals and another season of Europa League football, despite their record points tally in the Premier League with 72.

It hasn't always been convincing though, particularly in midweek in the Europa League against Zorya Luhansk, but against a Stoke side currently sitting in 19th place in the Premier League table, they'll be confident of getting all three points.

The Portuguese has become a hero at Chelsea, and their win against Hull City on Saturday makes him the quickest ever manager to get to 400 points in the Premier League.

As you can see, Rob, Lawro and Merson all fancy Leicester City to begin the defence of their Premier League title with three points and a clean sheet against Hull City, who barely have enough players to put a team out.