Sentences with phrase «against the black cats»

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Personally, I would keep him on the bench for the Cup tie against the Black Cats and save him for the Gunners» clash against Liverpool at Anfield.

I think sanchez should star as a substitute against the black cats in other for him to regain more fitness and scoring instincts for the liverpool game.

In particular, experienced Czech Republic international Tomas Rosicky came back to the Emirates with a knock and is now considered a major doubt for the trip to Wearside, opening up a space for Ozil to fill against the Black Cats.

The Scot has been seriously off the pace and against the Black Cats he was arguably the worst player on the pitch, but with Michael Carrick, Marouane Fellaini and Ander Herrera all injured the options are limited.

Another crucial member of the side against the Black Cats was Mesut Ozil, who gave an inch perfect pass to Campbell to open the scoring.

The Ox has been asking for more game time and is coming off the back of a brace and a Man of the Match award on Tuesday so I would have no problem starting him against the Black Cats.

Our number 11 actually created five chances against the Black Cats and as reported by The Mirror that takes him onto an amazing 137 for the season so far, beating the previous record of 134 set by Chelsea star Frank Lampard in the 2008 - 09 season.

So true, Ospina saved us from disaster against those black cats and he's been preTty outstanding against the big boys, unlike that other guy who thinks he's a Polish commentator.

Lukaku had not scored for 11 games in all competitions going into the game against the Black Cats but managed to find the back of the net three times in 11 minutes over the course of the game.

Could be called in the place of Paddy McNair as United will feel they need less of a defensive presence on the wings against the Black Cats

However, now back to full fitness — and paired with Nigerian wonderkid in City's 4 -4-2 formation — Aguero shone, and made no mistake from close range against the Black Cats on Tuesday evening.

Arsenal v West Brom «It seems almost inconceivable that Arsenal would go three home games without finding the back of the opposition net, but they looked jaded and out of sorts against the Black Cats midweek and will be hoping for a confidence booster before Wembley next weekend.»

Ryan Giggs and Anderson, two players who didn't leave United during the international break, could well start together in the heart of midfield against the Black Cats.

That is Burnley's only league win in their last 18 games against the Black Cats (W1 D7 L10).

The Canaries have won three of their last four at home against the Black Cats and are 4/5 to win this one, with the draw at 5/2 and Sunderland at 7/2.

Chelsea home win: The blues will probably sign off the league campaign with a win against the Black Cats.

Sam Allardyce and the Dutch defender will come back to haunt their former club and van Aanholt is a massive 10/1 to score anytime against the black cats!

In the bet365 correct score market, a Norwich 1 - 0 result is a price of 6/1 but they did lose their last home game against the Black Cats.

With their form going against the Black Cats, they'll be confident going into this one.

As far as Manchester United's team news is concerned, expect a few changes in the starting XI that played against the Black Cats last weekend.

Maybe so, but on the showing of their first 65 minutes against the Black Cats, Arsenal will struggle against teams capable of actually giving them a game in the absence of Cazorla.

However the manager was cautious about their chances to play against the Black Cats, and it is likely that they will face a late fitness test before being committed.

They have now lost back - to - back games in the league against Manchester United and Crystal Palace meaning anything but a win at home against the Black Cats should be deemed a bad result.

Bolton lost 2 - 0 at Sunderland earlier in the season and it is going to be imperative that they don't suffer twice this season against the Black Cats on Saturday.

They Gunners are also unbeaten against The Black Cats in the last nine games in all competitions making it look -LSB-...]

They played out a 2 - 2 draw with Sunderland at the Stadium of Light earlier in the season and are good enough to go better than that against the Black Cats on home turf.

Club graduate Dominic Calvert - Lewin bagged an impressive double against the Black Cats last night, and Koeman admits that the Englishman has a good future ahead, should he progress in the right way.

Not exact matches

Coming up against Arsenal, it would be a no brainer to see the visitors have large spells of possession and nullify whatever little threat the home side may pose; but Johnson, playing as the Right - Winger, could initiate counterattacks with his deceptive pace and has the ability to deliver that final ball for the likes of Steven Fletcher and Conor Wickham — who could start upfront for the Black Cats against Arsenal, to finish off a goal scoring chance.

If Sam Allarydice decided to field a weak black cats side against the Gunners, it's his own business.

The Black Cats will now face the tough task of repeating themselves at The Stadium of Light against West Brom, who have won their last three matches.

The youngster is yet to make the squad for their Under - 18 side, due to his commitments to the senior side and the Under - 23 sides instead, and after impressing and scoring against Chelsea Under - 23, was given a full 90 minutes of senior football as the Black Cats defeated Shrewsbury Town in the League Cup.

The Black Cats were unlucky to lose against West Ham in gameweek 30, but struggled to create anything of note.

The Black Cats fought against relegation in 2012/13 and will be hoping to pick up some points against fellow bottom - half teams such as Fulham, Southampton and Crystal Palace in their opening three games, though they then face a tricky home game against Arsenal.

They remained unbeaten in their first five games, gaining further draws against Swansea, Liverpool and West Ham before a 1 - 0 win over Wigan, with new signing Steven Fletcher looking in lethal form in front of goal for the Black Cats.

Also the Black Cats have only beaten the Gunners once in our last 25 meetings so the odds are stacked against the home team today.

Despite showing promise for the Black Cats, his first moment of note was putting the ball in the back of his own net against Manchester City.

The Magpie would be staring down a big hole if they end losing this one and the recent head to head form in their derby matches against Sunderland is all with the Black Cats, who beat them 3 - 0 earlier in the season.

Back in the 2015/16 Premier League, Norwich went down 3 - 0 at home to the Black Cats but did win on the road against them.

The Black Cats have lost a total of 22 Premier League games against the Blues; only Manchester United have defeated them more times (23).

Brendan Galloway was not involved in the Black Cats» defeat in Wales, Matthew Pennington missed Leeds» match at Ipswich and Joe Williams sat out the first of three matches after his red card against Millwall last week.

Norwich have lost just one of their last six games against Sunderland in a W3 D2 L1 record over the Black Cats.

Impressive wins against local rivals West Bromwich Albion in both league and cup gave the team a springboard to go on and win at fellow strugglers Sunderland; a game in which they trounced the Black Cats by four goals to nil.

The versatile defender transferred to Sunderland and since then has helped the Black Cats in their annual struggle against relegation.

There was an exciting 3 - 3 draw at the Stadium of Light between Sunderland and Bolton earlier in the season and that leaves the Black Cats without a win in any of their last four against the Trotters played now (D3 L1).

Unfortunately their defence has been their Achilles heel on the road, having not kept a single shut - out on the road all season, and if Sunderland create half as many chances as they did against Blackpool just a few days ago then I don't see how Blackburn will keep pace with the Black Cats, whom had kept five clean sheets in their last six at the Stadium of Light before the visit of Blackpool during the week.

The one time the in - form Black Cats keeper was beaten was a Chamakh header that crashed against the bar when you could sense an air of desperation and frustration amongst the Arsenal players.

Sunderland: Victoria Williams is a doubt for the Lady Black Cats after going off injured against Everton after just 34 minutes.

Meanwhile, people were quick to troll McNair for costing Sunderland a point against Manchester City, despite the Black Cats putting up a great fight.

However, the Black Cats have lost 22 Premier League games against United and they haven't suffered more defeats in the competition against any other side.