We first played a top
flight away game at Newcastle in 1923, the year we played in the first Wembley FA Cup Final.
Not exact matches
And yet the
flight to physics rather gives the
game away, since measured any way you like — volume of papers, number of working researchers, total amount of funding — deductive, theory - building physics in the mold of Newton and Lagrange, Maxwell and Einstein, is a tiny fraction of modern science as a whole.
Because of the scheduling, Wednesday night
away and the early kick off on Saturday
away, and the fact that Arsenal were faced with a long
flight home while both of Chelsea's
games were at Stamford Bridge, Wenger would have been slaughtered for not resting some key players.
Robert Kraft is clearly unable to do anything halfway, so the team purchased two planes to retro - fit them so an entire team of football players can fly first class to
games rather than chartering
flights for eight
away games each year.
Elsewhere, top -
flight teams tend to rotate a little in the cups these days, which means that
away games against half - decent opposition can become potentially tricky.
Game finishes at midnight in Moscow, no chance of a flight home, cargo only that time of night, back to the hotel 1 - 30 am, 8 hours sleep, up at 10, get to airport 11 - 30, check in, flight 1 - 00 pm, lands at at Luton 5 pm, get away 6 pm, get home between 7 or 8 pm, in on Friday for some light training, fly to Newcastle Saturday for the game, get to St James's Park 12 Noon on Sunday for a 1 - 30 kick and they still couldn't let us have the late kick
Game finishes at midnight in Moscow, no chance of a
flight home, cargo only that time of night, back to the hotel 1 - 30 am, 8 hours sleep, up at 10, get to airport 11 - 30, check in,
flight 1 - 00 pm, lands at at Luton 5 pm, get
away 6 pm, get home between 7 or 8 pm, in on Friday for some light training, fly to Newcastle Saturday for the
game, get to St James's Park 12 Noon on Sunday for a 1 - 30 kick and they still couldn't let us have the late kick
game, get to St James's Park 12 Noon on Sunday for a 1 - 30 kick and they still couldn't let us have the late kick off.
Boycotts, or at least the threat of boycotts, are starting to rumble through top -
flight fan bases: several thousand Newcastle United fans stayed
away from their home
game against Tottenham, and around half of Liverpool's
away crowd stayed
away from their team's visit to Hull City.
San Francisco was up 5 - 2 in the ninth, three outs
away from earning a
flight back to Chicago for
Game 5, but instead, the bullpen bullpenned and the only reason the Cubs are going back to Chicago is to prepare for the first game of the N
Game 5, but instead, the bullpen bullpenned and the only reason the Cubs are going back to Chicago is to prepare for the first
game of the N
game of the NLCS.
The concern about that calf problem together with the long haul
flights involved and two full
games played will surely make Wenger's mind up once and for all to rest the overworked player, at least for the next Arsenal
game away to West Brom on Saturday and probably for the Champions League
game at home to Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday.
They are without a clean sheet in any of their last five
away games now in the top
flight.
They have managed to go undefeated in their last four
games away from home in the top
flight now, winning their last road
game out at Huddersfield.
This weekend we resume our battle for top
flight survival with a difficult
away game at Liverpool, who remain unbeaten at Anfield this season, although six of their thirteen visitors have come
away with a point.
In their last
away game in the
flight, they tore Brighton apart 4 - 0.
Away from home in the top
flight this season the Swans have won just one
game and they are winless in their last three road trips, losing the last two.
Everton are unbeaten in their last 11
games away from home in the top
flight against newly promoted sides.
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The Potters are winless in four
away games (D1 L3) and they have won just one of their last seven on the road now in the top
flight (W1 D1 L6) so that's a pretty shoddy record.
So overall, home and
away, West Brom have gone W2 D3 L2 in their last seven
games played in the top
flight.
They have however won two of their last three
away games in the top
flight, which is after winning just two of their previous 36.
Just 36 % of their
away games have gone over 2.5 goals and the Clarets have failed to score in 36 % of their road
games in the top
flight as well this term.
The Citizens have only won two of their last six
games in the top
flight now, not extremely top form, but those wins in that sequence did both happen
away from home in beating West Brom and then Crystal Palace last weekend.
It will probably be enough at the end of the day, but for a club who are on a seven match losing streak in the top
flight, the pressure could be on if they lost their next
game away at the rising Leicester City on the weekend.
Burnley have lost all three of their
away games this season in the top
flight and clearly have their vulnerabilities.
Their overall
away record in the top
flight reads W2 D2 L6 for the season and a half time draw at William Hill may be worth a flutter as the Magpies have been drawing at half time in five of their ten
away games so far.
Tottenham have only lost one of their last 17
away games in the top
flight and have won nine of those.
That's got to be a concern ahead of this
game away to Chelsea, a side who have one of the strongest home records in the top
flight.
It has been great form from the Blues and home and
away overall they have remained unbeaten in their last six (W4 D2) in the top
flight, and they have lost just one
game since that shock defeat against Crystal Palace back on October 14th.
United are now winless in their last two
away games in the top
flight and overall have gone W2 D2 L1 on the road.
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The Saints though have gone W3 L1 in their last three
away games in the top -
flight, but
away from home, they have posted a disappointing W5 D3 L8 record across the course of the season.
They have failed to take a clean sheet in any of their last eight
away games in the top
flight which means that they will be vulnerable in this one, even against an unconvincing Stoke side.
They are unbeaten in their last four
away games (W1 D3) and earned a good point at Watford in their last
away game in the top
flight.
So that is pretty reliable stuff from them and they averaged over two goals per
game away from home last season in the top
flight.
They have taken three clean sheets in their last four
games (home and
away in the top
flight) and everyone is fully aware of what they can do.
Since then, Rovers have thrown
away two priceless opportunities to enhance their stance in the top -
flight further, losing
away to Bolton 2 - 1, despite boasting a numerical advantage for most of the second half, as well as throwing two invaluable points
away last weekend when drawing 1 - 1 with bottom of the league West Ham, Kean's very first
game in charge and it was a
game where Blackburn produced one of their poorest performances of the season, certainly at home, where Rovers were previously a force to be reckoned with under» Big Sam».
Newcastle have scored just 13 goals in their last 24
away games in the top
flight, but have netted five in their last three on the road, so they are going for it.
Sunderland's
away record this season in the top
flight reads W3 D1 L14 and it's unlikely that they will put much more than just huff and puff into this
game.
That should earn him a start for this
game, and luckily enough Morata is going up against the side who have conceded the most headed goals
away from home in the top
flight.
PSG have averaged 2.8 goals per
away game in the top
flight this season and 50 % of their road
games have gone over 2.5 goals.
Pool weren't in the top
flight until 62 - 63, The Old fella took me to Anfield for the
away game that season, which we lost 2 - 1, but the home supporters were a great lot and we ended up in a local Pub after the match and Dad and his mates enjoyed a few drinks with them, none of which they were allowed to pay for.!!
They also rewrote a raft of other single - season top -
flight records, among them the longest winning sequence in a season (14), the best start (eight wins), the most
away wins (14 by early May), the longest spell without conceding a goal at the start of a season (495 minutes) and the biggest goal - difference (+76, with three
games to go), not to mention the most points and the most wins.
Key Stat: Bolton have lost 8 of 11 Premier League home
games this season, but Swansea have only been victorious on one occasion
away from home against top
flight opposition (0 - 2 Aston Villa).
Manchester United have netted exactly three goals in both of their last two
away games in the top -
flight and Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored eight goals in his last seven Premier League matches
away from home for Manchester United.
Manchester United have only managed to win one of their last four
away games in the top
flight and have won just one of their last seven home and
away.
The Tigers are winless in their last ten
away games in the Premier League and making reading even worse is that they have lost their last eight on the bounce
away from the KCom in the top
flight.
This their longest unbeaten
away run in the top
flight since August 2013 (13
games).
United are unbeaten in their last six
away games in the top
flight, winning four and they have big head to head form with the Foxes as the Red Devils have suffered just two loses in their previous 21 Premier League meetings with Leicester (W13 D6 L2).
Sunderland have actually failed to score in five of their last six
away games in the top
flight.
Manchester United have won only one of their last four
away games in the top
flight, that victory coming in their last road trip which was at Swansea at the start of November.
What will help bank that is the fact that Spurs have only managed one clean sheet in their last 12
away games in the top
flight.