De Boer departed on Monday, only 77 days into a three - year contract, after Palace became the first team in England's top division to lose their opening four
league fixtures without scoring since Preston 93 years ago.
Not exact matches
Man City will be
without their captain and talisman Vincent Kompany tonight as they travel to recently crowned Dutch champions Feyenoord in their opening Champions
League fixture.
Meanwhile the French side were
without key midfielder Jeremy Toulalan after he picked up an injury in the
league fixture against Caen last weekend.
We appear to be prioritising our Premier
League fixtures over the away matches in the Europa, and while winning all our home matches should put us comfortably through to the next stage, our fringe players will not be going out tonight
without the intention of three points.
Therefore, it probably goes
without saying that football is not played inside some Sky Sports maths computer, which uses an «algorithm to rank results, previous performances and the difficulty of upcoming
fixtures» to give probabilities on how the Premier
League will finish.
Real Madrid appear to find scoring fairly easy
without the help of Benzema, as an example the La Liga side have netted an astonishing 20 goals in their opening six domestic
league fixtures of which the 26 year old has registered just the one.
Arsenal will also be
without Gabriel Paulista and Santi Cazorla for the game against Spurs as both were sent - off against the defending Premier
League champions, with the latter set to miss the club's next three domestic
fixtures after being shown a straight red card for stamping on Diego Costa.
Spurs will have to contest the second leg of their Champions
League clash
without Juventus defender Serge Aurier after an incident occurred where the player picked up a booking in their 2 - 2 draw on Tuesday which rules him out of the return
fixture.
So it is ten games
without a win in the
league for Burnley now (D5 L5) and they have only collected the one point from their last five home
fixtures in the top flight now as well.
The Merseysiders have won their last two Premier
League games
without even conceding a single goal and will be looking to all earn three points against the Potters going into the
fixture against Manchester City on New Year's Eve.
They struggled at home against Middlesbrough in their last game in the Premier
League without Cazorla, drawing 0 - 0 with Aitor Karanka's side, and despite dominating Sunderland for much of the game, their failure to kill off the
fixture allowed the hosts to come back with a second half Jermain Defoe penalty.
Tottenham's form shouldn't be of concern, despite losing their most recent
league fixture 2 - 1 away at Everton, as before that they were unbeaten in their last nine in the league while they remain without defeat on home soil in their last nine Premier League fixtures, although that doesn't include their 100 % record at White Hart Lane in the Championship, beating the likes of FC Twente, Inter Milan and Werder Bremen with something to
league fixture 2 - 1 away at Everton, as before that they were unbeaten in their last nine in the
league while they remain without defeat on home soil in their last nine Premier League fixtures, although that doesn't include their 100 % record at White Hart Lane in the Championship, beating the likes of FC Twente, Inter Milan and Werder Bremen with something to
league while they remain
without defeat on home soil in their last nine Premier
League fixtures, although that doesn't include their 100 % record at White Hart Lane in the Championship, beating the likes of FC Twente, Inter Milan and Werder Bremen with something to
League fixtures, although that doesn't include their 100 % record at White Hart Lane in the Championship, beating the likes of FC Twente, Inter Milan and Werder Bremen with something to spare.
The First - Team return to action next Sunday with a home
league game against Clapham United while the Development Team are currently
without a
fixture.
Even more critical is how United have gone almost a decade
without winning a Premier
League fixture at Stamford Bridge, losing on six of their last nine visits!
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Europe is the goal for them this year, that despite showing the Europa
League next to no respect in their recent forages into Europe's second tier competition, but already they find themselves six - points adrift of the top - six and so a fourth successive match
without a win could enlarge that gap further, with the Villains having drawn one and lost two of their last three Premier
League fixtures.
The result means the Reds have navigated their eight summer
fixtures without a defeat in 90 minutes — and focus now turns to next weekend's Premier
League opener at Watford.
Man City have won six and lost only one of their last ten
league meetings with Bolton, who have succumbed to defeat on each of their previous four visits to Manchester for this
fixture − the last three three
without even registering a goal.
By the time kick - off comes around, Arsenal will have gone a whole month
without winning a
league fixture after failing to get anything positive from their games with Tottenham, Wigan and Man City.
Ironically, they probably could have done
without a home
fixture next time out, as while their record at The Reebok is outstanding for the 2010/2011 term (W9 D5 L2), not to mention winning their last four home
league games on the spin, the players are likely to be greeted by a lukewarm reception on Sunday, with disgruntled supporters still coming to terms with last Sunday's woeful display in unquestionably the club's biggest match since the turn of the Millennium.
It's definitely too soon in the season to say the alarm bells are ringing inside the Blackburn camp but the team have opened up a concerning four - game run
without winning a Premier
League fixture.
However, one factor which will stand them in good stead is heading into all three clashes with a win under their belts, while anything less would make them a mighty vulnerable outfit considering another win-less outing this weekend would make it five
league games
without a win, not to mention yet another very winnable
fixture passed up.
The injury to Courtois means that Chelsea are likely to be
without their first choice goalkeeper for big games against Arsenal, Southampton and Liverpool as well as Champion's
League fixtures against Maccabi Tel Aviv, FC Porto and Dynamo Kiev.
Their euphoric success in Europe in what is their maiden campaign in the Champions
League has now gone hand - in - hand with a steadily improving league campaign which seen them go through the whole of November without losing a fi
League has now gone hand - in - hand with a steadily improving
league campaign which seen them go through the whole of November without losing a fi
league campaign which seen them go through the whole of November
without losing a
fixture.
The Magpies have made an indifferent start to the season but have fared better than West Ham so far, although the Hammers boast the better form after going four games
without losing in the
league and will target this home
fixture with Newcastle as a perfect opportunity to double their tally of wins for the second, which currently stands at a miserly 1.
However, their last three
league fixtures at home have produced just the one goal in their favour, although you could counter that definite negative with a massive positive in that Joe Hart, the City keeper, hasn't conceded a Premier League goal at the City of Manchester Stadium since his side were thumped 3 - 0 by Arsenal back on October 24th — Going 4 - and - a-half fours without conceding at
league fixtures at home have produced just the one goal in their favour, although you could counter that definite negative with a massive positive in that Joe Hart, the City keeper, hasn't conceded a Premier
League goal at the City of Manchester Stadium since his side were thumped 3 - 0 by Arsenal back on October 24th — Going 4 - and - a-half fours without conceding at
League goal at the City of Manchester Stadium since his side were thumped 3 - 0 by Arsenal back on October 24th — Going 4 - and - a-half fours
without conceding at home.
-- The Trotters are yet to draw an away Premier
League fixture this season, going their first ten
without one.
-- Are
without a win in their last three Premiership games, though a 2 - 2 draw away at Everton in their most recent
league fixture did end a two - match losing sequence.
No it isn't that Wayne Rooney has gone over two months
without scoring in the Premier
League, it's that United's star man is a major doubt for the
fixture because of an hip injury he sustained in last week's narrow win at Swansea.
The plus point is they have already won a
league fixture in February, that being a sublime 1 - 0 win at home to Tottenham Hotspur, but they've now gone over three months
without a win on the road and we're having difficulties believing that Wolves will end their poor run this Saturday by beating a desperate Bolton side at The Reebok.