Sentences with phrase «league games this term»

The France international appeared in a few Europa League games this term but has played just three times in the last three seasons in the Premier League.
The Cottagers are currently bottom of the Championship table, having lost six of their opening seven league games this term.
19 year old defender Ake is yet to start a Premier League games this term so is perhaps the more likely of the two to be made available for a temporary switch.
Slaven Bilic's side have scored in all but one of their Premier League games this term, a record bettered only by Leicester.
So that is a failure from Burnley to score in two of their three league games this term.
The 26 - year - old has started 14 of his 15 league games this term, contributing eight goals and a solitary assist.
Whereas, Kane has bagged four goals in ten league games this term, with three of those coming against Bournemouth last weekend.
They have seven clean sheets in ten league games this term so the three goals they conceded against Chelsea were a bit of a surprise.
After scoring 11 times in 31 starts last season, he scored four goals in 17 league games this term before securing his transfer to Chelsea.
Cameron Borthwick - Jackson has averaged five defensive actions per Premier League game this term and is yet to make a defensive error.
Everton have now lost a staggering eight of their 16 home league games this term and could end the weekend in 14th in the table.
Mourinho has tended to rest Valencia for the Champions League games this term, and Meunier could prove the perfect fit for the latter stages of the elite competition, provided he does not get Cup - tied by making an appearance in the coming group stage games.
He has only started 14 league games this term but, with the title a formality, Guardiola has the chance to give him a sustained run in the side.
Chelsea lost 2 - 1 against West Ham earlier in the season but they do have that great record against the Hammers and they are yet to concede a goal in the opening 15 minutes of any league game this term.

Not exact matches

Though Burgstone and Satchu had celebrated many short - term wins in their company's short history, pitching Sequoia meant they were suddenly thrust into a big game in the major leagues.
With the long - term injuries to Giroud and Debuchy, and with Sanogo still not recovered from his hamstring problem, Wenger will not have a large choice of players to choose from for tomorrow's Champions League game in Belgium.
Walker has provided five assists in 12 Premier League and Champions League matches this term, while Trippier has set up six strikes in 10 games.
Arsenal should win and we think they will, but the Gunners, who go into Sunday's game on a run of three league matches without scoring, are unlikely to have it all their own way against a side who have humbled Chelsea and Man United this term.
Diaby arrives at one of the genuine giants of the French game, but he joins a side in transition; Marcelo Bielsa's outfit missed out on Champions League qualification last term, and have since lost many of their key players.
Barcelona are currently unbeaten in the league this term, and if you count the seven games at the end of last season, are currently on a run of 37 consecutive games without defeat, just one game off equaling the record set by Real Sociedad in the 1979/80 season.
The team is made up of Oxford University and Oxford Brookes students, and this term has seen them hold their ground in the league having not lost a game.
We played Cambridge 2s in a BUCS league match in the second week of term and lost 6 - 0, we then drew them in the second round of the BUCS cup and lost 3 - 1, holding them at 1 - 1 for much of the game before conceding two late goals — I think the contrast between these two results (and the performances) is a testament to our hard work on and off the pitch and gives us a lot to be optimistic about looking forward to next term.
Walcott enjoyed one of his best campaigns in an Arsenal shirt last season, clocking up 19 goals in all competitions, but found himself predominantly benched this term with a new formation needing one less attacking players limiting him to less than 50 minutes of game time in the Premier League since the start of the new term.
With each squad in the bottom five of the league in terms of pace, the game figures to play like an even boxing match with each opponent trading jabs until the later rounds.
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Sissoko provided one goals and seven assists in 37 Premier League games during Newcastle's season of relegation last term.
Mertesacker is out of the picture for atleast 3 games and we have over 15 games remaining to catch up and win the league and with most of our long term injuries recovering id say we aren't in such a bad position.
The Gunners are one of only four top - flight teams who are unbeaten so far this term, but they are currently below City in the table, having drawn two of their three opening league games.
Herrmann has 10 goals in 56 league games for Monchengladbach and can in central midfielder or off a main striker — a role in which Spurs new - boy Gylfi Sigurdsson has struggled to impress in so far this term.
With Xavi being gradually retired, Kroos would have been the perfect player to replace him in the long term; and indeed the stats from the first ten games of La Liga this year show Xavi is the only player in the league with better pass completion stats than the German.
Van Rhijn, 23, played in 32 Eredivisie games last term, as well as making six appearances in the Champions League and two in the Europa League.
But that only applies for a match in isolation; across a league season, when those qualitatively inferior teams have longer term goals than just this game, here and now, then other factors come into play.
His absence would always be a blow to Claudio Ranieri, but comes at the worst possible time as Leicester have gone three games without scoring, after netting in every previous league match this term.
He inherited a fantastic side at Barcelona, he had Messi at his disposal (who will probably go down as the greatest player ever, and guarantee's you a goal a game), Pep also had a lot of other world class players that were so in tune which each others game, he had lots of money to spend, and Real and Barcelona were miles ahead of any else in the Spanish league in terms of quality players and finances.
Balotelli has failed to score in 11 Premier League appearances this term and hasn't started a game since November 1st but unless Rodgers were to sign a striker, or manage to speed up his capture of Belgian Divock Origi, it seems highly unlikely Liverpool would consider offers for the former AC Milan man.
But I do think that when the Welshman is setting up and scoring goals you can tell that he is on his game and with Santi Cazorla on the long term injury list Arsenal need to have Ramsey at his best if we are to challenge for the Premier League title or to lift any trophy this season and I think the player himself is well aware that he needs to contribute more.
It's funny how he said we are better than Liverpool overrall forgetting that in terms of players we were still better than them last season yet the beat us home and away.Liverpool team is not so good yet out of all the top four team they're the ones who play their hearts out.That's why Liverpool didn't lose a single game to a top four team last season though on paper they should have.As for Tottenham if you look at their team they just need a few more signings and consistency so I don't know what's the big deal about them.The painful this is they could've won the league if not for draws.It was a disgrace for any of those two to finish over us last season because on paper it shouldn't be so.This should tell you that it's not all about the team you have.Some it's about luck, sometimes it's about giving your best and sometimes it's just meant to be.
Chamberlain with huge price tag, being English can show lazy attitude and still get starting lineup under Wenger, where as Joel Campbell, being cheaper will never get a starting spot let alone a few games to get to terms with the league.
Dalglish has seen his Liverpool side struggle for goals this term, managing just 47 goals in 37 Premier League games to date, the same total as relegated Blackburn Rovers and now the Scot is looking at possible additions to help add strength in depth up front.
Distin has missed just three Premier League games in the past three seasons and could therefore be of good use to any team expecting to play loads of games, hence Aston Villa «s interest given their European hopes this term.
But now it seems (after another long term injury) that he is now back to full fitness, and now Wenger is saying that the 32 year - old is now back in contention for a place in first team squad after playing some games in the Europa League and the Caraboa Cup.
They are useful though as cover for short term injuries, international weeks, FA and League cup but not regular game plans unless they prove themselves in that role over the course of next season, which would then, be a bonus...
Arsenal are not the club that has had the worst fixture schedule in terms of the lack of time that the players have to rest and recover between Premier League games over this new year period, but we are not far off and with our usual lengthy injury list to cope with it makes life hard for the manager.
Arsenal are still in with the possibility of winning three trophies this season, but after a disastrous Premier League game - week the FA Cup may be our best opportunity to lift one this term.
The Gunners, of all the 20 Premiership teams, are right up there in terms of possession, enjoying 58 % of time on the ball in the 7 Premier League games alone.
We will never know if things would have been different for Arsenal last season if the Spanish international was fit and available to play for any more than the eight Premier League games he managed to play, but a lot of Arsenal fans think that the loss of Santi Cazorla to a long term injury had a large and negative bearing on our disappointing campaign.
Watford, westbrom, but to be honest i do nt blame losses on officials we get 90 mins to win games bit i think across the league its been poorer this year more than previous esp.linesman decisions i end up watching more than just the arsenal games but arsenal is where my heart and loyalty lies and its been week in and week across the league this year on officials i understand close offsides and fouls here and there cause football has a tremendous gray area in terms of constant action but linesman have missed multiple offsides by 5 yards and more and the consistency hasnt been there one week a call is this way next week the call is the other way but i am going to stop going on about officials as of now as you said and i agree its down human error an apart of the game
Mr Wenger got probably the second best squad of players in the premier League all he have to do is improve on the way Arsenal play in term of consistancy, effectiveness, effeciency and control games in which they score very early.
I did not realise at the time, and apparently neither did he, but when Wayne Rooney profited from a lucky rebound off the bar to score the only goal of the game to give United a jammy win at Liverpool, it took him past the Arsenal great Thierry Henry in terms of Premier League goals for a single club.
Well paid Debuchy Wilshere Chambers intersperse log term lay offs with the odd cameo against Doncaster Wigan Sutton or a 76th minute sub in a league game already won.
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