Sentences with phrase «back goalless»

In back - to - back goalless draws with Germany and Brazil in the past few days the 23 - year - old performed with assurance as the central defender in a three - man backline, and he was among the few players to feature for the entirety of both games.

They sit in eighth place in the Serie A table after 11 games, 12 points adrift of the top four, while they've been held to back - to - back goalless draws by AEK Athens in the Europa League over the last fortnight to really ramp up the pressure on Montella.

Their first game back in action will be away to Watford, and Betway currently offer United at 11/10 to keep another clean sheet — but given their shyness in front of goal, a better option might be backing a goalless draw at 15/2.

While the draw seems like good value in this clash, we're backing a goalless draw in this one, despite many predicting goals.

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It's been eight years and 20 matches since Arsenal and Tottenham ended goalless and with a number of injury doubts concerning key defensive players such as Shkodran Mustafi (Thigh), Hugo Lloris (Groin) and Toby Alderweireld (Hamstring), Arsene Wenger and Mauricio Pochettino may have to reshuffle their back - lines presenting a potentially open North London derby.

Meanwhile, the BBC pundit also offered Liverpool some transfer advice after suggesting that Ryan Bertrand is the perfect solution to their conundrum at left - back after the England ace produced an assured display in the goalless draw at Anfield with Southampton.

Though Hughes saw his defence hold up manfully during their goalless draw with local rivals Chelsea, QPR have on the whole looked suspect at the back, conceding 19 goals in ten Premier League matches this term.

The Belgian international's dip in form has coincided with Villa's goalless slump, as they have now not found the back on the net in 612 minutes of Premier League football.

The Gunners will be looking to bounce back from their disappointing goalless draw with Middlesbrough last weekend, although their win in the EFL Cup in midweek would have lifted spirits again.

Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp is desperate to see the visitors go for it and not produce a repeat performance of the goalless draw with Liverpool on Monday night, as he believes that there is enough talent and pride within the club to do more than just sit back and be happy with a point.

The centre - back put in a solid display alongside Sergio Ramos in the goalless draw on Tuesday night, but will have to cope with even more pressure the second time around.

Midway through a goalless first half, the Ireland right - back appeared to have got the better of Vertonghen on the halfway line.

He wasn't done there either, as he was back in action soon after as he pulled off another brilliant stop to keep the game goalless heading into the half - time interval which unsurprisingly led to comparisons to De Gea and the obvious question of who's better.

The Three Lions crashed out at the group stages at the 2014 World Cup as back - to - back defeats against Italy and Uruguay followed by a disappointing goalless draw against Costa Rica resulted in an early exit from Brazil without a win and just one point on the board.

The Red Devils were held to a goalless draw in Spain in the first leg of their last - 16 Champions League tie against the La Liga outfit, but they'll be confident of getting the result they need back at Old Trafford next month to advance.

The Gunners missed their creative spark during the goalless draw with Stoke last weekend, but the club should have their mojo back this week with the return of their two playmakers.

Hull played out a goalless draw with Aston Villa, but will find this a very hard game to get anything from.Everton have not lost at home for 12 home league games nows dating back to December 2012 when they last got beat at home 1 - 2 by Chelsea.

There hasn't been a goalless draw between the sides since way back in November 1985 — a run stretching back an incredible 28 games.

Felipe Luis squared the ball back to Griezmann, who ended his five - game goalless streak with a wonderful finish under Keylor Navas.

Then suddenly, after thirteen goalless outings, he was given a more attacking role by David Moyes, free from tracking back along the wing, and goes on to score seven times in the next eleven games.

Saints head into the clash off the back of a goalless stalemate at Liverpool - their second in as many fixtures.

Cambridge are also on the back of a four match unbeaten run too and nothing could separate the pair in this goalless match.

Leicester's last home game against Southampton ended up producing a goalless draw back in October 2016.

Chelsea's ambition to get themselves back into the runners up spot in English Premier League standings temporarily stuck as they were held into a disappointing goalless draw on Saturday by Leicester City.

Simeone's role as conductor / cheerleader is also highlighted, especially when Atleti secured a goalless draw against Barcelona in January (which, looking back, was when I first really believed that team could actually win the league).

It was goalless in Wales back in October and both of last seasons» meetings of the sides ended in 1 - 0 victories for the home side on the day.

Sturridge, Millner, Clyne, Origi and Emre Can all scored goals, unfortunately the ball didn't find the back of the net last night as we had a goalless draw against FC Augsburg in the UEFA Europa League.

The first match between these two sides this season ended goalless back in October when the fortunes of the home side looked far more positive than they do now!

Jurgen Klinsmann's side held Belgium to a goalless draw in the normal 90 minutes, and even after they went 2 - 0 down in extra time, they still rallied, pulled a goal back and even threatened to take the contest to penalties.

The Hammers head into the game on the back of a goalless draw away to Swansea, whilst Villa go into the game after losing 2 - 0 at home to Everton last time out.

The Sky Blues played out a goalless draw with Alaves on Wednesday night and a fully rested Real side should beat them while keeping a clean sheet, so back them to win to nil and a generous looking 19/10 with BetVictor.

Palace won this game 3 - 1 last season and held the Black Cats to a goalless draw back in the north east.

Thankfully, the Tottenham and Sunderland game being played back in North London was also goalless going into half time, and thus the reward were very much still up for grabs — for both sides.

They came back together to snuff out Chelsea's assembly of nimble attackers in a goalless draw two days before Christmas.

A scan on Sunday on the left - back's right ankle revealed the injury after Schmelzer was stretchered off with half an hour gone of Saturday's goalless draw at Freiburg.

After coming back into the side and impressing in last weekend's goalless Merseyside derby, Schneiderlin once again caught the eye with an energetic display mixed with neat passing and a composed presence alongside Gana and Wayne Rooney in midfield.

Southgate has utilised a 3 -5-2 system in England's last three friendlies — goalless draws against Brazil and Germany and the win over the Dutch — but used wing - backs in the wide roles rather than wingers.

A stoppage time Adrian Lopez strike was a cruel ending for Jurgen Klopp and his men who until the 91st minute appeared to be taking a goalless draw back to Anfield.

While the second quarter went goalless, the match burst into life in the third, as Rafael pulled one goal back for Goa.

Rangers defender Martin has been struggling with a back problem and Celtic full - back Tierney missed the goalless draw against Motherwell on Sunday with a calf complaint.

Lincoln City climb back into the play - off places with a goalless draw against promotion - chasing Wycombe at Sincil Bank.

Last week's frustrating goalless draw at home to Stoke was the seventh occasion this season whereby the Reds had failed to locate the back of the opposing net, while it also left them five points adrift of Chelsea in fourth who would move eight points clear of Kenny Dalglish's men with victory at Carrow Road over Norwich in the first of this weekend's top flight encounters.

Anderlecht come into this game on the back of a closely - contested goalless draw at home to title rivals Gent, to remain on course to win the Jupiler Pro League.

However, the Spanish forward doesn't tend to be goalless for long, and we can see him getting back into the swing of things with a strike against City.

Chelsea picked up a point against an in - form Tottenham side, after coming back from White Hart Lane with a goalless draw.

Manchester United to beat Everton 1/2 It's back - to - back games without a goal for Manchester United as they came away from Wembley as losing semi finalists before playing out a goalless draw with Newcastle midweek.

With Atleti and Barcelona playing out a goalless draw on Saturday it presented a real opportunity for Madrid to drag themselves back into the title race.

Newcastle on the other hand are coming on the back of a goalless draw against Manchester United, and boast arguably the best Newcastle squad in recent times, with Alexandre Mitrovic supported by Georginio Wijnaldum and Florian Thuavin — who might be making his full Premier League debut after scoring one and assisting three in the 4 - 1 win over Northampton in the League Cup during the week.

A goalless draw away in Marseille does mean it's advantage United heading back to Old Trafford, where they've not lost a single match, in any competition, all season long — 21 in total.

-- Newcastle are currently five unbeaten versus Queens Park Rangers, winning two of the previous three encounters on Tyneside, although their meeting at Loftus Road back in September finished goalless.