Sentences with phrase «home against a big team»

When you play at home against a big team, you want to win.

But Leicester were unlikely to push up much, since their style — certainly away from home against a big team — is to sit deep and counter.

They have had good results away from home against the big teams this season.

Not exact matches

I would rather have us win the so called lessee teams home and away and drop a few points against the bigger boys.

I'm annoyed we yet again couldn't win a big game against a big team, not even at home, it's 2 points lost rather than 1 gained in my opinion.

playing draw on our own home soil against the big teams is total crap if we think we are a big team as well.

We need to win (at least at home) against big teams and there are fewer chances to score against them is, we do not get the 4 - 5 chances during 90 + minutes, only 1 - 3, so that's why there are WC strikers, they make goals out of nothing, are capable of creating them alone, that can't Girould do.

New Orleans makes it 3 - 0 against the Panthers this season with a big home win over Newton's team.

We need a strong performance, and match their home - advantage intensity with our newfound good form against big teams.

Biggest 2017 game: Symbolically, Doeren could use a Big Win, preferably at home against a team like Louisville (Oct. 5) or Clemson (Nov. 4).

Not only did that cup win end a long wait for a win against our old rivals, it gave the players another big reason to believe that we can stand up to any team, home or way.

Two out of three were at home, with only one being against a big team (Dortmund).

But we should have beaten Liverpool in the second leg.There was also no justification of that.We might as well lose all our matches against the big teams and justify on the basis of it being a match against a big team.I mean home and away defeats is just unacceptable.Champions must also find ways to possibly win all their matches against the big teams no matter which ever way it goes.This is because that can make all the difference in winning the league.

I wanted to know we could challenge the best to win, and I just don't think there is as much appeal in a victory against this liverpool team as there was last year, just feel like I'm waiting for that game where we turn up away from home against a big club and show them we can play and win

We made many teams against all the big teams away from home.

Apart from the keeper who had a bit of a shocker with two big errors which he was lucky to get away with, this FA cup win for Arsenal over Sutton United came through a good team performance against an impressive and committed home team.

Also encouraging that we play against a big team away from home and are able to get the better possession and more shots.

I was convinced that our terrible injury problems were the main cause, and there is no doubt that it was a big problem, but after watching Arsenal freeze for the second home game in a row against Liverpool, I wonder if the accusation about the team's winning mentality and not holding it together for a full season could be a factor.

Playing badly against a big team, away from home and still rescuing a point is encouraging, even though the performance wasn't.

A shit team wouldnt have got that much at home so its wenger fault for not adapting the tactics for away matches and big 6 matches are mostly won by which manager got his tactics right e.g pep fiasco against liverpool.

I'm telling you, boycott one home game against a big team and see how fast things change.

My own algorithm to determine if we are on track with my expectations is: Beats all Average teams home away means 28 wins = 84 pts plus 1 win or 3 draws against big teams and we have 87 pts.

Why the media got it for Arsenal, we bottle some games we are expected to win, proving some pundits that hates the club right time after time, games are not comfortably won, last season we had a better away record than home, We have an overall poor result against the big teams for the past 5 years, we haven't won the league for 12 years now, we haven't made a proper challenge in Europe for 10 years and on top of it we have an Owner who doesn't care about football, just the money he makes, so many reasons.

Again we lost big to Liverpool away, haven't won any of our away matches and all our home wins are tight wins against lower half teams.

They don't lose many games at home, they are a stable team in the Premier League and they have a good record against many big teams.»

What will be most intriguing for me is how we will fare against in - form big teams, especially away from home after all these past years of beatings & lack of mental toughness.

We have shown many times our character this season and we have done that on a Wednesday night at Olympiacos and against big teams at home.

The Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has slowly been improving his side over the years and this summer he has managed to persuade the PSG star Jese Rodriguez to join the club on a year's loan and has also brought in defender Bruno Martins Indi from Porto, and he is hoping to see the team improve on last years home performances against the big sides, starting with Arsenal tomorrow.

The only performances in last 2 seasons against big teams, I remember where we played good football are Man U home (2015), Leicester Away (2015) and Chelsea home (2016).

Half the trick is getting clubs to fear u before a ball is kicked... Drubbing teams like west ham at home is critical if we are to carry that in to bigger games against lpool Chelsea etc....

Lockay yu are right bro Wenger is taking our rivals for granted we cant win against a big team at hom and ppl think a draw at home is ok and as long as wenger is therewe wont win anything.

There can be games where we use the two together in a Chelsea type Matic - Ramires park the bus style for games against the bigger teams away from home.

We play the same away from home and against big teams too and it just doesn't work.

Liverpool and Tottenham both slipped up at home and drew against inferior teams, cashing big lines for draw bettors.

Many of the top teams are big favorites in Week 11 but one of the more crucial games will be USC / Washington, where the Huskies are -8 at home against a Trojans team who is really...

Chelsea are big favorites at home against a Swansea City team that may be surprising people early on.

Arsenal may only be a single Premier League point better off than our opponents today, but you would normally expect a team like Watford to approach a game against us or any of the big hitters with some degree of caution, even though the Hornets are at home today.

Arsenal would win against weaker teams at home, but struggling on away and when against other big teams.

Many of the top teams are big favorites in Week 11 but one of the more crucial games will be USC / Washington, where the Huskies are -8 at home against a Trojans team who is really putting things together.

The biggest game in English football is set for The Big House — the giant home stadium of the University of Michigan football team — with Manchester United and Liverpool aiming to draw an even bigger crowd than the 109,318 attendance for United's friendly against Real Madrid in the stadium in August 2014.

In the 20 - game conference schedule, teams will play home and away games against seven Big Ten schools.

-- A big home series for the U of L baseball team against Virginia begins tonight.

I really like the home team in this spot as they've already shown this year against Chelsea that they can rise to the big occasion.

However, they've played United and Spurs only out of the big teams at home, and only picked up a late point against Spurs, although they were impressive.

He has Washington in contention for the College Football Playoff and is a big favorite in Week 5 against Cal but his teams perform much better against - the - spread on the road than at home.

O'Neill always gets his teams up for a battle, especially against the big guns of the EPL and any game in which they are listed as home dogs warrants consideration from bettors.

Spurs v Arsenal (Arsenal -0.25 / 2.75) I really like the home team in this spot as they've already shown this year against Chelsea that they can rise to the big occasion.

By the same token, Blackburn haven't beaten a» Big Four» this season, home nor away, and so while avoiding defeat would complete a decent look set of home results against the league's elite teams, they would love a win and could very well get one against an Arsenal side reeling after their last away loss at Wigan Athletic.

A somewhat anticipated defeat at home to Chelsea this weekend would almost definitely see the team drop down into the relegation zone for the first time this season, but Rovers raised their game against the» big boys» at Ewood Park last term, Chelsea included, so who's to say Blackburn won't give the current league leaders a bitter taste of Deja Vu when the two sides meet on Saturday, with last season's encounter finishing honours even in a 1 - 1 draw.

Liverpool usually do well at home against the traditional big teams and I expect them to get the better of Chelsea again on Saturday.