If Aston Villa lose this match it'll equal their worst tally of Premier League
defeats in a single season (20 — set in both 2013 - 14 and 2014 - 15).
Not exact matches
But not even unpredictable Tuss McLaughry could have planned the endurance contest that marked the Brown University
season of 1926 (Tuss's first) when 11, count»em, 11 Bruins
defeated Yale and Dartmouth on successive Saturdays and played all but the last two minutes
in a victory against Harvard two Saturdays later without a
single substitution.
The Arsenal team that won the Premier League
season in 2004 without a
single defeat have quite rightly got a big and possibly never to be rivalled position
in the history books.
Arsene Wenger will have a lovely warm spot inside him tonight as he can now relax and revel
in the fact that the Arsenal team of 2003 - 04 and the remarkable achievement of winning the Premier League trophy without suffering a
single defeat will not be matched, at least not this
season.
He also blocked a punt
in Central Michigan's first game, a 42 - 28
defeat of Eastern Kentucky, which leaves him three shy of the NCAA
single -
season record.
United's
defeat saw their 40 - game unbeaten run at home come to an end, while City's 14th consecutive league victory made history for the most wins
in a row
in a
single English top flight
season.
City are the only unbeaten team
in the country this
season, and as time goes on more and more pundits will start to wonder if they can replicate that famous Arsenal side of 2003/04 that went the whole campaign without a
single league
defeat.
While Chelsea do own the distinction of being one of only a small handful of teams to beat Arsenal at all this
season — they have not lost a
single match at home
in any competition since a 3 - 2
defeat against Olympiacos
in the Champions League... back
in September.
It has been almost 12 years since Arsene Wenger led Arsenal to our last Premier League title, which was almost unthinkable back then when Thierry Henry and all managed to complete the
season without a
single defeat in the league.
Starting the
season without a
single goal
in 270 minutes was not exactly the way to get the fans onboard, and a 3 - 2 home
defeat against Espanyol
in the next outing put Moyes under more pressure.
After looking doomed and gloomed earlier on
in the
season, Sporting Gijon have managed to give themselves a great chance of avoiding the drop following a run of four matches without a
single defeat in La Liga.
The former Germany youth international has grabbed a
single goal
in three meetings versus Borussia Dortmund, who have not tasted
defeat against Hoffenheim since the 2012/13
season.
Burnley then suffered their first
defeat in the second game of the
season, as a goal from Wales international — Hal Robson - Kanu — was enough to see West Brom run out victorious by the
single goal at Turf Moor.
Pep Guardiola suffered league
defeats home and away to the same opponents
in a
single league
season for the first time
in his managerial career as City are left to fight for a top - four place.
Pep Guardiola has suffered six league
defeats as Manchester City boss this
season - his highest tally
in a
single league
season as a manager.
Not only are they currently without
defeat in their last four matches
in all competitions, they are the only team left who haven't conceded a
single goal
in this
season's FA Cup — a stunning achievement when you consider that
in the last two rounds they faced Premiership opposition
in the form of Wigan Athletic and Fulham, winning both encounters 1 - 0 away from home.
6 — Pep Guardiola suffered his sixth Premier League
defeat in his first
season as Manchester City manager — the most losses he has suffered
in a
single season as a manager.
The fact remains that Burnley are undefeated at home this
season,
in fact, they've yet to drop a
single point, but that doesn't hide their abysmal away record of four straight away
defeats.
Alex McLeish sets his side up to defend
in numbers away from home, and it has been poor defensive displays, rare ones at that, which have cost them valuable away spoils this
season, with two of their three away
defeats suffered the direct symptoms of conceding three goals
in a
single outing.
In truth Villa contributed little to the dismal defeat in Glasgow last night but with six goals already this season, compared to just the single strike from Sanchez, he was surely discontent at facing another spell on... [Read more..
In truth Villa contributed little to the dismal
defeat in Glasgow last night but with six goals already this season, compared to just the single strike from Sanchez, he was surely discontent at facing another spell on... [Read more..
in Glasgow last night but with six goals already this
season, compared to just the
single strike from Sanchez, he was surely discontent at facing another spell on... [Read more...]
The win sees the Liverpool become the first side to beat a Guardiola team three times
in a
single season, while a whopping 14 % of City's games
in 2018 have been
defeats by the Reds!
Sport — Top seed Prajnesh Gunneswaran
defeated third seed and former Asian junior champion Nam Hoang Ly of... It was the eighth
singles title
in the professional circuit for Prajnesh, and the first of this
season.