Sentences with phrase «fixtures against them last season»
Norwich aren't the easiest side to beat, our fixtures against them last season prove so.
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Losing 2 - 0 over two fixtures against Chelsea was an upgrade vs. last seasons performance.
The former Borussia Dortmund man has scored 30 goals in his two seasons at Bayern Munich but last season was dropped for crucial encounters, including two fixtures against Barcelona in the Champions League, and was also left out of the starting eleven for the opening Bundesliga match of the season.
Gerrard doesn't possess many happy memories in fixtures against Chelsea, not least his now infamous slip which effectively ended Liverpool's title hopes last season, and applauding Jose Mourinho's side onto the pitch would be slightly awkward.
Burton have a decent record against Birmingham in recent times, having beaten them convincingly home and away last season, although this one looks like a fixture in which the away side will be looking for a result.
The 24 - year - old was sent off in their game against City last season, meaning he missed crucial end - of - season fixtures against the likes of Chelsea and Crystal Palace, when Liverpool dropped crucial points before eventually conceding the title to this weekend's opponents.
Goals from Gary Cahill and Diego Costa handed the Blues a victory in the reverse fixture earlier on in the season and the Merseyside outfit are without a win against Chelsea in the last seven meetings between the two in all competitions.
Victory at Old Trafford means United have won the last three meetings between the two sides and Mata, who netted three times in the two fixtures last season, hailed the importance of the latest win against the Merseyside outfit:
Grenada managed to beat them on the opening day of the Spanish league season while the former La Liga winners had to rely on a last minute penalty from Joan Cuenca to get a draw against Rayo Vallecano in the last round of fixtures.
Did Man City win their home fixture last season at the Ethiad against us?
Liverpool have won just one of their last 10 Premier League games against Arsenal (W1 D6 L3), and Arsene Wenger's side haven't lost in this fixture for the last five seasons.
Having created one and scored one in the last three fixtures in all competitions, the 22 - year old goes into their biggest game of the season — in the right frame of mind and will be gunning to prove it at the big stage against one of the biggest clubs in the world.
Emerging from group stage fixtures against Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund with three wins and a draw suggests they are ready — and last season's runners - up, whose progression was only confirmed on the final matchday, do not quite seem the proposition they would have been a year ago.
His final goals of the season came against West Ham United in the last home fixture of the season when he bagged a brace to finish the season with nine goals in all competitions.
Liverpool are easy winners out on the road over West Ham earlier in the season and that have gone W2 D1 in their last three league games against the Irons, scoring a total of ten goals in those fixtures.
The Clarets won this corresponding fixture 1 - 0 last season and they are unbeaten in their three previous Premier League home games against Stoke (W1 D2).
Martin O'Neill will be cursing his luck after leading scorer Steven Fletcher was stretchered off in Scotland's international fixture against Wales last weekend and it has been confirmed that the former Wolves man will miss the visit of Manchester United and the rest of the league season, the same goes for Lee Cattermole who will look to regain fitness for next season as injury has prematurely cut short his 2012 - 2013 campaign.
Burnley won the Championship last season to move into the Premier League for a third time, and just under a week ago the 2016/17 fixtures revealed that we would kick off with a home game against Swansea City.
It's Hull up first for the Clarets in the Professional Development League as we look for just our second win of the season against a home side who, having started poorly, have won their last two games against Cardiff and Coventry with the second, a home fixture, being played in the KCOM Stadium immediately after a home first team game.
The Clarets dug out a point in this corresponding fixture last season and they are D2 L2 in their last four against the Red Devils in the top flight.
There is no direct comparison for this fixture but Liverpool did lose away to a promoted side — Burnley and drew against another — Hull City last season.
The Blues romped to a 5 - 0 home win over the Toffees in last season's corresponding fixture and they have remained unbeaten on home soil against Everton since a defeat back in November 1994.
Okay, so maybe the middle two fixtures don't mean much in the grand scheme of things, but that last game of the season against Barcelona certainly does.
The Senegal international excelled in both Premier League fixtures against Liverpool last season and in total he has struck 21 goals for the Saints over the course of two years.
Man City are reeling from their Champions League exit in midweek and will be looking to bounce back against a side that embarrassed them 4 - 1 last season in this fixture.
Since the first two games were against promoted sides this is the first match to offer a chance of improving the points tally from corresponding fixtures last season.
Stoke won their last home fixture 3 - 1 against West Brom just before Christmas and they have managed only the one clean sheet on home soil all season.
They won this corresponding fixture last season 4 - 0 and they have only lost one of their last eight home games against QPR (W6 D1 L1) so that is a pretty strong record.
Suárez also loves playing Chelsea — the striker scored headed equalisers against Chelsea in both fixtures last season.
They've had no such problems against their main rivals, though, and on Sunday they'll look to once again rise to the occasion when they welcome table - toppers Man City to Anfield aiming to repeat last season's epic performance in the corresponding fixture back in April, when Andy Carroll scored his first goals for the club in a comprehensive 3 - 0 victory.
Although games against the newly - promoted sides aren't necessarily a test of your credentials, this is a fixture City simply must win, and handsomely as well, something they rarely did last season against the lesser, if they're to truly lay down a marker — as there are still many out there who aren't convinced that Roberto Mancini's men really are contenders for the Premier League.
Liverpool played their first home fixture of the season last night against Bournemouth and won the game 1 - 0 thanks to a goal from their marquee summer signing Christian Benteke.
It's the same old story as far as Newcastle are concerned, as the Toon suffered 41 significant injuries last season and Davide Santon (hip), Loïc Rémy (muscle strain), Massadio Haïdara (knee) and Jonás Gutiérrez (hamstring) will all be unavailable for selection, whilst Steven Taylor will also miss the game after picking up a straight red card for using his arm illicitly against Sergio Agüero in their opening fixture.
Birmingham lost this corresponding fixture against Brentford last season, suffering a 3 - 1 defeat but they did win out on the road against them.
Troughton is one of a number of players who featured in the LX Club fixture against the Oxford Greyhounds last season who are pushing for higher honours this season as the battle for a Blue at Twickenham on Thursday, 7 December comes even more sharply into focus.
In February last year Sutton United, a tier below English football's fourth professional league, staged the biggest game of their history, a fifth - round FA cup tie against 12 - time winners Arsenal with the eyes of the world on the most romantic fixture in that season's competition.
This may have surprised Wimmer a little after he filled in so well last season when a place in the side became available due to injuries, and may be looking for more playing time, having only featured in the games against Arsenal, Chelsea and in the EFL Cup and one Champions League fixture.
Sunderland, who won their home fixture against United last season, haven't managed to beat United in successive top flight games since 1951.
Sheffield United took a 2 - 0 win in this corresponding fixture last season and but that is their only success in their last five home fixtures against the Lions (D2 L2).
United won 4 - 1 in this corresponding fixture from last season and they scored a total of nine goals in their three games against them last season (two league, one Community Shield).
Arsenal, last season 4rd place holder will host their 5th match on the season against Stoke city as per league fixture.
The Blues will be hoping for a repeat of last season's corresponding fixture against Everton at the Bridge, which we won 5 - 0 with a performance Kante believes was our best of the campaign.
Arsenal have won just one of their last eleven games against Manchester United, but that came in last season's corresponding fixture.
Spurs won this corresponding fixture last season 3 - 0, ending a 14 match winless streak at home against the Red Devils (D6 L8).
Norwich City will be present for the last game at Elland Road on April 29, with the season concluding with an away fixture against Will Griggs and Wigan Athletic on May 7.
They have gone W3 D1 at home against them and won last season's corresponding fixture 5 - 0.
They have only lost one home game in their last twelve European fixtures on home soil across the Champions League and Europa League (W9 D2) though and that was against Celta Vigo in last season's Europa League round of 32.
They have won just one of their last four at home in the top flight against the Citizens though (D1 L2) but that win was in last season's corresponding fixture, a big 4 - 0 one at that.
Real Madrid were frustrated to a 1 - 1 draw in this corresponding fixture from last season but they are unbeaten from eight previous matches against Eibar in all competitions, having won six of those games.
City took a 4 - 0 win in this corresponding fixture last season and they have a great winning streak going against the Baggies.