Sentences with phrase «games against top»

Tottenham and United have competed in nineteen games against the top seven (including United's 3 - 0 win over Tottenham in August) with over posting a 15 - 4 mark in these contests assuming an average closing total of 2.5!

United have played this system in some of the games against the top six this term with the games against Chelsea at home and Arsenal away.

We have had some really difficult home games against some top sides and Southampton themselves are a very good side in this league.

They have scored one goal in their six games against top - four sides this season (D1 L5).

It's not good, to say the least, and in their last two games against top six sides, they have conceded five goals against Chelsea and Tottenham.

Well Tevez scored five penalties to Aguero's three, Tevez scored his 23 goals with four shots less (126 to 130) whilst both average one shot on target in each of the games against the Top 6 teams.

This has proved not to be the case and now with the majority of remaining home games against top half teams and the majority of away trips to lower half teams we look very vulnerable if past performance is at all indicative of future results.

It was one of the several heavy defeats for the club when it comes to games against the top teams.

But three home games against top - six opposition and potentially tricky away fixtures at Stoke and Burnley give the players quite a challenge in the run - in, and many will need to do so to prove their value for a position in the squad next season.

Villa have managed just seven goals in fifteen games against top...

In their other games against top four opposition this season, they lost at home against Tottenham and played out a 1 - 1 home draw with Liverpool.

Villa have managed just seven goals in fifteen games against top half teams so if you want to bet the over you need to be confident United can cover that line without assistance.

he controlled games against some top players in the most metronomic way but he is the type to do his role with minimum fuss and not for the highlight reel..

«The pre-season programme has been put together to ensure the manager and his squad have a great platform to prepare for next season with games against top - class opposition.»

Mark Hughes needs to change the mentality when going into big games against the top six.

Arsenal won just one of their six games against top - four opposition last term and go into the match at the Emirates on the back of a bitter 3 - 2 defeat by Olympiakos in the Champions League.

With half of their last ten games against top half opposition, they will need to raise their game considerably in order to stay up.

The Boilermakers have won six straight, including four games against top 50 opponents.

To put it more succinctly, how does Maryland's offensive efficiency in games against top competition compare with their overall efficiency for the season?

Granted, this effect was magnified by the fact that all four of Tulsa's games against top - 60 teams came on the road, but it's pretty easy to see where the line was for the Hurricane.

ATM we have dropped 5 points out of 2 games against top 6 teams.

If we win a few games against top teams we will be title contenders.

Could it be, the reason we lose 80 % of our games against the top 6 is because Wenger is a weak coach who has infected the team with his weak mentality?

We need to reserve judgment until after the season starts and untile after we play some games against top 7 teams IMO.

Trophies will depend to a large extend on games against top teams both in the PL and the CL and IMO, Giroud and Mertesacker are liabilities in those types of games, or at least they are players we can improve on.

We have had two games against top Australian opposition to break us in softly, then we have had two very difficult matches in the blistering heat of China against Bayern Munich and Chelsea.

The milestone factor can also come down to this same reckoning — both milestones fell on games against top teams.

But according to the Gunners legend Ian Wright it is easy for the German to perform against smaller teams but he has developed a reputation for going missing in the bigger games against the top sides.

«It's important in those games against the top teams, especially in the first half.

I don't see this team get to many points of our remaining games against top 6 opponents and we might struggle against Everton as well.

If we want to finish in the top 4 we have to start winning games against top 7 teams.

Ozil is great playing against weaker teams, I do nt remember him in games against top teams though Auba, Ozil, Laca, Mikhi, Ramsey, Bellerin, are good for next year, all the rest need better alternatives.

I like this b / c they got home - only games against top teams in the conference.

I think it was more the manner in which we approached away games against the top 5 or 6 teams last season, we looked completely unconvincing bordering on abysmal sometimes when we faced chelsea, city, man u, liverpool, everton.

First, these were games against top quality opposition.

We lost so many games against top 4 teams in the past couple of years, that one win won't erase it all (let's not get ahead of ourselves) but if we can keep getting such win by putting not only a fluid and great offensive display but also grit and composure in defence; our win today and the way it happened will be the first step in the right direction... our best players being fit will help too: it looks promising, as a GUNNER today I can celebrate and hoping for many more!!

If Wenger really knows, will we be losing so many games against top sides?

My heart says we can still mount a comeback but my brain knows that it means Arsenal winning all there games against top 6 oppositions: Liverpool, Man U, Man City, Spurs, Everton.

«In softball, you play your best and in the big games against the top teams there's always a break, a bloop single here, a spinning ball there.

A good manager should look at the opponents likeliest line up and must surely pick players who can get something from the game or a least stop the opposition from scoring in games against the top teams like Chelsea.

High pressure games are games against top clubs or in cup competitions rounds like Quarter finals and above against rivals that measure up in quality or have more quality than we do.

David Padgett's squad went a staggering 3 - 11 in Group 1 games, and while that number is similar to Baylor's mark of 4 - 12, Louisville went 0 - 10 in games against the top 30.

Apart from the games against the top six teams, I'd like Wenger to go back to 4 -4-2 with Giroud and Laca up top.Now I'm not a big fan of Giroud, I'd rather have Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, but he's all we've got.

But we haven't challenged for the PL title for many years, and these are the problems, that we seem to have constantly: 1) We are letting in too many goals 2) «Physical teams» often seem to be able to beat us 3) We always loose too many points in the internal games against top opponents 4) We always have too many injuries 5) We have many matches, where the team seem unmotivated for at least one half In a single match or even a few matches, you can blame individual players or even the whole team for problems like the above.

That was something that Jose said, he decided on Lukaku as Lacazette isn't a big game player... then I seen a stat of 5 goals in 35 games against the top 6 for Lukaku.

You could say that Alabama has the most to gain on Saturday; the Tide have only two road games against top - 20 teams, and if they survive Saturday's trip to Oxford, that leaves only one more (at LSU on November 8).

we still have 35 more games to go and obviously other teams will definately drop points and Arsenal needs to make sure they win their big games against the top teams.

In both games against their top - four rivals the Merseyside outfit failed to seriously test either goalkeeper and Rodgers wants that to change starting with the midweek fixture at Ewood Park:

Most Arsenal fans wouldn't use Ozil for tough games, or games against top teams.

He chips in a goal every 4 league appearances roughly, has bagged a few hat - tricks, has had good games against top opposition - he's not the player we hoped, but he's a far better bet than Oxlade - Chamberlain.