Sentences with phrase «league minutes»

Van Ginkel has played just 11 Premier League minutes for the club, but enjoyed a good run of games with AC Milan two seasons ago before scoring eight goals in 13 games for PSV last season as he began to prove his quality and make a case for a future in west London.

Wilshere completed almost 2000 Premier League minutes for the Cherries; his best return since the 2010/11 season, and something Arsenal must nurture this year if they are to get him back to his best.

Kurt Zouma is a defender who has clocked close to 2,700 Premier League minutes in the last three seasons.

For all of these leagues, we studied the percentage of domestic league minutes played by footballers under 22 years of age between 1st July 2009 and 31st December 2015.

Six teams having reached at least once the group stage of the Champions League since the 2009/10 season are among those always present in the top division during the period analysed where footballers played at least one quarter of domestic league minutes: Ajax, Nordsjælland, Anderlecht, Malmö, Dinamo Zagreb and Schalke 04.

Dembele has not been given too many Premier League minutes under new head coach Mauricio Pochettino, and you would have to say that, from what we have heard from the likes of Les Ferdinand, is that motivation is a problem for the midfielder, with the former assistant coach having to tell the Belgian that he was going to play for Real Madrid if he played well.

At present, United's group is 26 - strong, and that number excludes the new central midfielder, as well as youngsters Cameron Borthwick - Jackson, Guillermo Varela, Paddy McNair and Timothy Fosu - Mensah, all of whom played over 250 Premier League minutes last season.

Roma's Radja Nainggolan tops the list of potential candidates, achieving a stunning 83.9 % transfer match based on a number of factors, including the number of defensive errors leading to a chance (per 90 minutes) alongside other indicators such as their age relative to the peak playing age for that position, the relative status of their club and percentage of possible league minutes played.

That was not the first time this season that the big Frenchman has come to the rescue for the Gunners, despite his lack of Premier League minutes on the pitch.

Even after the Sixers invited him to Summer League minutes following the 60th selection, Philly's coaches grew increasingly skeptical McConnell even belonged on the Las Vegas court.

He also had 2 goals and 2 assists in 534 Champions League minutes against tough teams, including this piece of filth at Manchester City.

He played just 618 league minutes in the Bundesliga last season and failed to play a direct role in any of Bayern's goals.

Thanks in part to a series of minor injuries and an inability to unseat Marcelo from the starting leftback spot, Coentrao has never played more than 1,300 league minutes for Real.

Wilshere has been plagued by injuries throughout his career and has struggled to force his way back into Arsene Wenger's plans this season, playing just 25 league minutes so far.

By the 26th of January, he and Clyne had played every Premier League minute under Jurgen Klopp.

Though Blind, a # 15m purchase from Ajax, was second behind Chris Smalling in league minutes played last season, Mourinho does not believe the Netherlands international possesses the physical stature to be a first - choice in his defence and is well down a hierarchy of central midfielders.

The CIES Football Index measures the general performance of footballers over their last 1,000 domestic league minutes.

Although Ozil has played over 800 more Premier League minutes this season than the Man City man, our analysis shows that he has directly been involved in a goal, on average, every 207 minutes, compared to Sane's 254 minutes.

Van der Wiel has had a difficult season at PSG this year, playing just over 1300 league minutes for the French giants.

He played 13 Premier League minutes.

Drinkwater scored twice and provided seven assists in 3,039 Premier League minutes, while Dembele hit the net three times and laid on one assist in 2,273 minutes.

The Gunners star has played only 72 Premier League minutes this season because of injury.

Obviously these figures will change as the season unfolds, but as of now Morata has played seven more league minutes than Lacazette and he has been far more productive, registering three goals and two assists compared to the Frenchman's two strikes.

In total, Wenger has given Premier League minutes to 24 players of French nationality, with Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira, Robert Pires, Sylvain Wiltord, Laurent Koscielny and Emmanuel Petit among the most successful.

At the moment, Gnabry can not even get on to the West Brom bench and the loan deal that was supposed to bring him the regular football that would help to progress his career has so far yielded just three appearances and 12 Premier League minutes.

Did little of note during his cameo appearance but regular Premier League minutes will only aid his development.

There are still details to be ironed out, but at the moment, it looks as if though Origi will get the chance to accumulate some regular playing time — having played only around 2000 league minutes for the Reds in the past two seasons — while competing at the top level.

The closest competition for current Pjanic is the 2012 - 2013 vintage, during which he turned in slightly better numbers in chances created and key passes per 90 numbers, though it must be said that he only played 1,710 league minutes that season, a mark he'll surpass in his next match, so if nothing else, his performances haven't dipped with the heavier workload.

He's fourth on the team in league minutes and has played 90 minutes twice a week since the winter break ended in mid-January, Sunday's off day excepted.

DDR turned in only 2,154 league minutes this season, down from 2,724 minutes in 2013 - 2014, and yes some of this has to do with Roma participating in the Champions League for the first time in several years, but trace it back a bit further and you'll notice a trend.

Arsenal have officially announced that young defender Calum Chambers will go out on loan to Middlesbrough for the 2016 - 17 season, hopefully to get some steady Premier League minutes and continue the development that's somewhat stalled since his first season with the Gunners.

Emerson's arrival provides squad cover at left wing - back for Marcos Alonso, allowing Kenedy to join Newcastle on loan for the rest of the season in search of regular Premier League minutes.

But, having enjoyed regular action on the red and white side of north London for the first time in some years, clocking more Premier League minutes than he's managed for the Gunners since 2013/14, has Wilshere done enough to earn a new contract?

Wilson, Ejaria, Kent and Ojo are all either 19 or 20, which means that they are all at the point in their careers where they will need significant Premier League minutes to kick on.

There remains a debate as to whether Wilshere's stint at Bournemouth was a complete success, despite the fact he played more Premier League minutes this season than he had done in the five years prior.

«Hero», «Human Fulltime whistle», «Legend» were just some of the superlatives used to describe the Nigerian captain after he left Chelsea not having played a single Premier League minute this campaign.

This season has been particularly prolific, as Salah has amassed eight goals and four assists in only 1,010 league minutes, putting him on pace for career highs in both categories.