Sentences with phrase «by top flight sides»

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That gives them the most prolific attacking record out of all the sides in the top flight by some distance, with Liverpool in second place with 78 goals.

The paper report that Cheryshev has been admired by Premier League sides for a long time, claiming that his pace and direct approach would be well - suited to the English top flight.

The problem, though, for those three top - flight sides is that Dutch heavweights Ajax have by all accounts already agreed a deal in principle to land the youngster, whose current contract with Zagreb now only runs until June 30 2014.

Frosinone secured promotion to Italy's top flight for the first time in their history by beating Crotone 3 - 1 back in May and they will hope to make an immediate impact when they take on Torino at the Communale Matusa while another newly promoted side Capri, stocked with loan signings from Juventus and Fiorentina, will take on Sampdoria hoping for a surprise while Palermo face Genoa.

Top flight sides have to submit their squad list by 5 pm on Wednesday under new rules brought in by the league for the new campaign.

Three of their last four losses in the top flight have been by just the one goal margin and Boro aren't a particularly high scoring side.

Man City's dreams of a quadruple were ended at the DW Stadium by third tier Wigan Athletic, who added Pep Guardiola's side to their list of top flight conquests - they've already sent Wigan and West Ham out of the tournament, and have become the second team outside the top two divisions to beat three PL sides in the same FA Cup season (Millwall were the first one!)

The side bounced back to the top flight two years later managed by Luis Aragones and they have now repaired their tarnished reputation by winning consecutive Europa League trophies and the 2013 - 14 Spanish league title.

The Hammers are English football's 10th best side averaging a top flight finish of 15.2 over the past five decades, according to the Ultimate League table compiled by Sky Sports.

More than # 850 million has been spent by top - flight sides in the transfer window, which ends on August 31.

Ominously, though, United must beat the worst team in the top flight, Blackburn, the side with the second-most porous defence, by a minimum of five goals if they're to enhance their claims of ending the first day of 2012 atop of the Premier League − as Man City are expected to take home maximum points from their trip to Sunderland on New Year's Day.

Derek Boateng who played alongside the powerhouse midfielder for their country at youth and senior levels he is not surprised by the fact the 34 - year - old is still going strong playing in the Indonesian top flight side Persib Bandung.

Despite Claudio Ranieri's side needing just one more win to lift their first ever top - flight crown after Tottenham were held 1 - 1 by West Brom on Monday evening, Souness» selection includes only two Leicester players, with England striker Jamie Vardy the most notable omission.

Mauricio Pochettino's side stacked up a top - flight record nine yellow cards and eventually lost their advantage — and all hope of the title — to a stunning late strike by half - time substitute Eden Hazard.

After all, this club had a fraction of the resources of its rivals in the Championship; an increasingly capricious division populated by rich former top - flight sides like Aston Villa and Middlesbrough — neither of whom are in the automatic promotion places — and pugnacious, plucky scrappers like Burton Albion and Barnsley.