Sentences with phrase «league points this season»

They are yet to secure a league point this season in Zaha's absence and he again demonstrated his importance to their ambitions when he tested Loris Karius early on.

Their run of 14 straight wins in all competitions came to an end and it is only the second time they have dropped league points this season at the Allianz Arena.

Bolton conceded at least one goal in 75 % of their home matches and 72 % of their league points this season have been earned at home.

Not exact matches

Elena Delle Donne's third season was the best of her short career, as she led the league in scoring with over 23 points per game on 46 % shooting, to go with over eight rebounds, a steal, and two blocks per game en route to winning MVP.

Kovalchuk leads the KHL, the second - best hockey league in the world, in points this season.

Playing in his second full season in the NHL, he recorded career - highs in goals (25) and assists (51) for 76 points which ranked him 13th overall in league scoring.

Why does Poch get all the plaudits when he has 3 of the best 11 premier league players [4 of them last season] and can't win anything / is 6 points behind us.

And at a point in the Premeir League, the Gunners will one season beat Chelsea 0 - 6 at the Bridge, beat Man Utd 2 - 8 at Old Trafford and also beat Liverpool 1 - 5 at Anfield possibly this season.

Jose Mourinho's reigning champions are 16th in the Premier League table, only one point above the relegation zone, after their worst start to a season for 37 years.

Despite his side's 10 point lead at the top of the league, at such a late stage of the season, Mourinho refused to rule any side out of the running for the title and said, «I don't care about other things.

If we lose this we will be twelve points off the lead, and that will effectively end our season as far as hoping to win the league is concerned (as laughable as that notion was to start with).

In the season before they had finished 2nd with 78 points, 5 points behind the league winners.

Averaging a league - best 34.4 points while going 8 - 0 on the road this season, the Cowboys have every reason to believe that they can conquer Lambeau Field and advance deeper into the post-season.

A sensible suggestion from the Dane as United have now moved to within a point of fourth - placed Manchester City and will be desperate to qualify for the Champions League next season.

The Merseyside club secured their third successive season without Champions League football last term, leading to the sacking of manager Kenny Dalglish, and his Northern Irish replacement has been charged with the responsibility of improving his playing staff in the pursuit of closing the 17 point gap between their eight place finish and a top four finish.

If we lose this weekend we could drop down to fourth place in the table and possibly nine points behind Premier League leaders Chelsea, and if we really want to stamp our claim for this season's big trophy, then we should be going all out for the win.

The Blues look set to reclaim the Premier League title this season, as they boast a nine - point lead over their nearest rivals and look in formidable shape heading down the stretch.

League scoring leader Dave Bing of DETROIT (27 - 26) managed only eight points — his low for the season — when the Pistons, 1 - 2 for the week, lost to the 76ers.

But regarding this one, I have spoken to the writer re ziol's comments above and he see's his point, but the article he saw (linked to in article so you can check yourself) clearly said: Arsene Wenger admits he needs another striker at Arsenal if his side are to challenge for the Premier League title this season.

Our first league game of the season, at home to West Ham, may look like a nailed on three points, especially with the way we have been playing over the last few weeks, but the Hammers are already into competitive games in the Europa League and we could find that their fitness levels are higher, so we will need to be ready for a toughleague game of the season, at home to West Ham, may look like a nailed on three points, especially with the way we have been playing over the last few weeks, but the Hammers are already into competitive games in the Europa League and we could find that their fitness levels are higher, so we will need to be ready for a toughLeague and we could find that their fitness levels are higher, so we will need to be ready for a tough game.

Two of Marshall's four returning starters were the best underclassmen in the league at what they do — 6» 2» Skip Henderson scores (21.0 points per game last season) and 6» 7» Rodney Holden rebounds (8.8 a game).

At the end of the season Arsenal topped the league with 90 points, 12 points better than the previous season.

He hopes to have the spirit — it was known as Ibalieve around campus last season — that helped the Bears pull out five of their 10 league wins by three points or fewer.

Wenger is just too stubborn is the problem.we have a very strong chance of winning it this season (bpl) but if Wenger had gotten two outfield players in d summer (a fwd and cdm) we would have been sitting at d peak with at least 9 points off the rest d rest by now.but alas his egocentric stubbornness and blind loyalty to some average players in d team is giving us heart aches.however I still see us winning d league this season only that we'll b doing it in a cinderella story way

The worry has to be that our next game however is a trip to Stamford Bridge, where we have conceded 10 goals without reply in recent years, and we now have to go there and target all three points, otherwise any hopes of winning that illustrious fourth Premier League title will be gone for another season.

With the Stamford Bridge outfit five points and a game in hand clear at the top of the Premier League and still in the Champions League there is a chance this could be the Portuguese's best season yet as a manager.

We know now for sure that the trip to Goodison Park will not be easy as the Toffees yesterday knocked Chelsea out of the Cup, and our annoying neighbours have no chance whatsoever of getting anything from this season as they are even 9 points below a Europa League position.

I think 90 points can win the league this season.

The Gunners MUST step it up in the 2nd half of the season to unfailing collect 51 points out of the 57 on offer to reach 90 points to win the League.

ALL main rivals have been out of sight below us for most of the season, it doesn't get any easier... yet now we are 6 pts behind Spurs and 9 pts behind Leicester despite being just 2 points from the league leaders at Christmas — with 8 games to go.

Patience will be indispensable for Wenger's men, who, irrespective of the kind of threat Palace might render, should win, and secure all three points in their first league outing of the season.

The criticism seems to increase year on year, and you can bet your life that the first time Arsenal drop points this season, the verbal attacks will resume once again, but the fact is that every single team in the Premiership is investing in players in that race for the title, and it is not getting any easier to win the League.

Results have not been as expected this season, with the Portuguese tactician failing to make the team competitive in the title race again as they fall 16 points behind league leaders Manchester City.

Both teams are unbeaten in the League this season, and I for one wouldn't complain if we came away with a point.

This is despite Tottenham currently being ahead of both Arsenal and Liverpool in the Premier League table at the moment, and just two points behind Chelsea, having also been their closest challengers last season.

10 goals in a one team league that is 21 points clear at the season halfway point.

The 22 - year - old has scored six goals in 13 league appearances so far this season, with Inter holding a four - point lead at the top of the standings over nearest rivals Fiorentina and Napoli.

The Red Devils are now eleven points behind City, who have won a record 14 games in a row in a single Premier League season.

We are also preparing to start the season without Koscielny and Giroud due to their international campaign with France, and should we fail to pick up some crucial early points, we could struggle to get back on terms with the big teams this year, especially when we have to start juggling Champions League football also, where the likes of United, Chelsea and Liverpool do not.

«Without Petr this season I don't think the club would be champions because he played six important matches in the Premier League and without these points we probably wouldn't be champions.

With Man United's win over Norwich ensuring that Arsenal still need points from our final two games to secure a Champions League place for next season, the manager must get his team selection and tactics right and with more options than usual he has a tough job on his hands, but one of those choices for me has to be Santi Cazorla in the box to box role.

-- Give that crap a rest pronto, no team in Premier league history goes from 12 points off the year before to being nailed on for the title the following season.

Barca are well on course to win major honours this season as they have a nine - point lead in La Liga, have advanced to the Champions League knockout stage and are still in the Copa del Rey.

So it is not just Premier League points that Wenger and Arsenal need tomorrow, but a display that will bring back some confidence and find some much needed for for Arsenal as we prepare for a match with Man City that could be the last chance of rescuing something from this sad season.

Last season he had personal major league lows in home runs and RBIs, and at one point in September he got so fed up that he refused to enter a game as a pinch hitter.

Despite the disappointment of eventually finishing in third place in the Premier League last season, Spurs are evidently keen to keep the same nucleus of the squad in place and build on their success last year as they currently sit with eight points from their first four games of the season leaving them just four points off top spot.

Although injuries have put a serious damper on the season's first quarter, undoubtedly its high points have been the matchups between the league's best teams.

If Liverpool lose the Champions League final, finish 1 point behind us, and we finish 2nd and lose next round or the FA Cup final, then in my opinion they have the better season.

Unless you're just saying points relative to first place in a given season in isolation is all that matters and performances are meaningless and nothing can be extrapolated or projected, in which case our 14/15 side was closer to winning the league and subsequently required less improvement than our 17/18 one, a notion I'd call preposterous.

With the Premier League over for another year, here's a list of 25 of the biggest talking points and lessons learned from the 2014/15 season, including analysis on Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and more...