Sentences with phrase «back home league games»

Chelsea did lose this corresponding fixture last season but haven't lost back - to - back home league games vs the Citizens since December 1983.

Brighton have won back to back home league games in the top flight for the first time since November 1982.

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The lesser fans of lesser teams will say it was because the Vikings got the game at home (as if the NFL knew back in 2014 when they gave the game to Minneapolis that the 2017 Vikings were going to be really good), but really it's because Mike Zimmer and Rick Spielman have built the best defense in the National Football League over the course of the last four seasons since Zimmer's arrival.

Surely now Arsenal are back at home where we had won 15 games in a row before the Man United debacle, and with the benefit of playing a very weak Newcastle side that has managed just one point from their last 8 League games, is the perfect opportunity to get this monkey off their backs before we welcome Liverpool to the Emirates next week....

As another old enemy, Michael Owen, said about the match in his Premier League betting preview: «Tony Pulis has lost only one of his last six Premier League home games with Arsenal and I expect to see his side bounce back after a couple of disappointing performances in recent weeks,»

It should be remembered that we beat Chelsea 3 - 0 at home back in September, but the contrast in fortunes following that game has been remarkable; the defeat ultimately galvanised Antonio Conte's side who went on to win thirteen league games in a row and ultimately run away with the title, while the Gunners let old habits bite them in the backside yet again as a very promising start to the campaign disintegrated after a number of poor performances and results.

The stats don't lie but don't forget either that the Gunners have just won back to back Premier League games away from home for the first time this season, so our self - belief is up and as an Arsenal.com report shows, Wenger believes that it will be a good day to be a Gooner.

But of course that is not the whole story, as the Gunners are back on home turf at the Emirates where they have only lost twice in the League all season and if you look at their last six League games at home it looks much more encouraging.

There have been two big questions for Arsenal fans this week as Arsene Wenger and the players prepared for the Premier League home game against Hull City with the need to bounce back quickly and put the disappointment of losing to Watford and Chelsea to one side.

-- Southampton have only lost one of their last six home Premier League games against Arsenal (W2 D3), though it was in the last such meeting back in May

The centre back told Arsenal Player, «If you want to win the Premier League, you need to win all you home games.

A week later we have Palace again back at the Emirates, and there are no more League games until the 30th of Jan when we visit lowly Swansea and then a 5 - day rest before Everton come to our home.

Drafted in the first round back in 2009 (25th overall), Trout tore through the minor leagues posting a.342 batting average, 23 home runs and 108 stolen bases in 286 games.

Arsenal may have bounced back pretty well in the Premier League after the shock of losing the opening league game at home to WesLeague after the shock of losing the opening league game at home to Wesleague game at home to West Ham.

Ok may be give the back up keeper some matches in the 2 domestic cups, but certainly not the finals, give him some dead rubbers in the champions league and may be one or dead cert home premier league games, against the likes of Norwich, Bournemouth, Watford, etc..

Houston won the same day the Indians lost, which puts the Astros only one game back of Cleveland for American League home field advantage.

The Nationals are 4.5 games back from LA in the National League home field advantage fight.

Although the Clarets lost 1 - 0 to Swansea on this season's opening day, that is actually there only home defeat in the last 17 League games, stretching back to before Xmas.

Houston also gained on Cleveland for American League home field advantage and are only two games back in that race.

They currently sit 16th in League Two and come into this game on the back of four straight defeats, three of them at home.

Los Blancos currently trail league leaders Barcelona by six points after 13 games, with their 4 - 0 home defeat to their rivals on November 21 setting them back and seemingly signalling the end of the road for Benitez.

I may be looking a bit too far ahead here, with Arsenal first having two crucial Premier League games away to Swansea City and at home to Man United to get through, with the international break sandwiched in the middle, but the news that Olivier Giroud will be back in training next week made me consider when the centre forward would actually be back in action.

Tampa Bay, which has a league - best 65 points, lost 5 - 1 to Calgary before its bye week and 4 - 1 to Vegas in its first game back Thursday - both at home.

After the shock defeat at home to Burnley in their opening EPL game Chelsea have bounced back strongly and won all four since, including an away victory at Tottenham and Leicester and at home to Everton, so you have to say they are doing well and for that reason the Gunners must approach Sunday's league meeting with caution.

Arsenal have the small matter of an away game with the spuds and a home game against Leicester City to get through first, both in the Premier League, and then we are back on the trophy trail.

like I've said before, Wenger is simply stating that Sanchez is staying so that he can regain some leverage when it comes time to make a deal and to shift the focus back squarely on Sanchez... this is 101 tactics in PR management... the very fact that he even mentioned RVP's name speaks to the utterance arrogance of a man that believes he answers to no one... before you harshly judge Sanchez think carefully about what the ultimate intentions of both parties involved... Sanchez wants to win trophies and get paid generously for his efforts, whereas the club wants to pull the wool over our eyes once again so that we blame the player for wanting the very things we told him we wanted when we brought him in... how many times do we have to go down this road before we realize the only common factor in each of these scenarios is the club itself... trust me, if we showed any ambition Sanchez's contract demands would be much different... just like in other major sports players will take a «home town» discount if they see those in charge making a truly honest attempt to fight for the highest honours in their respective fields... that being said, if they see a team trying to make disparaging remarks about them in the press and not following through on their promises, they will likely try to make them pay a premium for their services or seek greener pastures... btw if anyone simply looks at the score versus Bayern today and thinks that even for a second that this was a deserved victory, just watch the game and judge for yourself... actually save yourself the anguish and just know that if it weren't for Cech and Martinez this could have been a repeat of our Champions League flopping or worse

They have only dropped 2 points out of 10 League games in this campaign when they drew at home to Everton back in August.

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.

When the Arsenal and France international centre back Laurent Koscielny was sent home after meeting up with his French team mates and being diagnosed as suffering from «acute tendonitis «in both ankles, it was said to be merely a precaution and that the 29 - year old centre back would be fine to play the Premier League game against Hull City on Saturday.

Wilshere could come back down to earth with a bit of a bump when he most likely finds himself back on the bench for the Premier League game at home to Brighton on Sunday as Wenger looks to rest those who suffered the punishingly long trip to Belarus.

On the manager, well what can i say, it seems that what ever the outcome he will get a anew deal and for me that's a shame because i still don't think wenger is the man he was when he first came and if we fail to win the league or any trophy for that matter it will only hammer home my point BUT hey thats me!!!! As for the game tonight will more than likely win and so too will chelsea and city because as i sad a while back the small teams have been worked out and Arsenal have always beaten them when they have to so its going to come down to head to head between the top 4 or 5.

Historically they have a far superior record in games against us with 68 wins in 136 matches, and we have only beaten them once in the league (either home or away) in the last ten years (3 - 2 at Goodison in 2016, after coming back from two down).

While they come into the game on the back of impressive performances, they have yet again begun life in Champions League with a loss at home against Juventus.

Crystal Palace are coming into this game on the back of 3 - 1 defeat in the hands of Arsenal and they will fancy their chances at home against current league leaders City to get something out of this match.

The last time that Burnley beaten Liverpool in the league was back in September 1974 (D2 L5 since) and they haven't scored in their last six home games against the Reds either.

The Reds haven't lost a premier League home game against a newly - promoted side since back in the 2010/11 season when Blackpool turned up and surprised them.

In the National League, Jason Gilchrist was surprisingly an unused substitute for Chester given they failed to score in a 0 - 0 home draw against Southport but Alex Whitmore played the whole game at the back for Gateshead in a 2 - 0 win at Torquay.

Hull did win their last home game against Burnley in a league contents that was a 3 - 0 for them in the Championship back in 2015.

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Next up the Reds are back at Anfield for their Barclays Premier League home game against West Ham Untied on Saturday, 3 pm Kick - off.

Fulham go into the game on the back of a 4 - 3 defeat to Leicester in the Carling Cup in midweek, with fans wanting a vast improvement from Martin Jol's men with the Whites winning only 1 of their 4 home games in the Premier League this season.

Burnley have been a decent home side this season and they actually won their last Premier League home game against the Citizens back in March 2015.

Wolves have gone W3 D1 L1 in their last five league games home and away against Reading and have won back to back home games against them with a clean sheet in both.

They struggled at home against Middlesbrough in their last game in the Premier League without Cazorla, drawing 0 - 0 with Aitor Karanka's side, and despite dominating Sunderland for much of the game, their failure to kill off the fixture allowed the hosts to come back with a second half Jermain Defoe penalty.

Lamela could potentially make his first Premier League start for Spurs, Sandro could fit back in defensive midfield for his first start, as Chelsea's midfield will offer more in attack; which will mean more defensive work for Mousa Dembele, but in such a big profile game, Villas - Boas may keep the same 11 that have won at Cardiff away and Norwich at home.

Away from home in League One this season Bury have just a W1 D5 L10 record but they have collected four points in their last two away games, their solitary away victory for the season coming out at Oxford back on January 20th.

After some coupon - busting midweek Premier League games, fair play to anyone who backed Watford to win at the Emirates by the way, we've looked at home and further afield to find you the best football betting value this weekend.

Newcastle have not been behind at the break in any of their home games this season in the league so a half time draw could be worth backing.

Aleksandar Mitrovic is a 2/1 anytime goalscorer option for Newcastle in the game with Georginio Wijnaldum back at 9/4, the latter being the top goalscorer for the club with all nine of his league goals coming at home.

On top of that, the Blues have hit the back of the net in each of their last 21 home league games against West Brom, so it all points to being a good afternoon for the Blues.