So seeing
a match with more goals than shots on target (see arsenal vs Psg) gets on the nerves.
Not exact matches
Any decent striker would easily have scored
more than 25 league
goals for Arsenal a season
with the number of chances our midfield creates in every
match.
If Arsenal allow opposition teams a good foothold in the game as they seems to always do nowadays and continue to play
with less than 50 % possession, they will have to score at least 3
goals or
more per game to win
matches.
He told Sky Sports: «The north London derby always tends to be an entertaining affair,
with a lot of
goals and a lot of talented players, and I think it has been
more interesting over recent years
with the teams being evenly
matched.
But this might have been
more to do
with the face the 16 - year - old was given Zlatan's
match day shirt as a gift following the surprise away -
goals win for the Ligue 1 champions.
I would not eqbt to see that
match... sure walcott can take the place of alexis when the second has been
more important for us in 3 years than the first in 10 years... im not ok
with alexis attitude yesterday but u do nt know if that was because he was sustituted... maybe he was not ok
with his performance or he want mire
goals, and thats ok for me, that attituted u will never see in theo because he born here under wenger and he is ok
with his wages that he do nt deserve and being 4th... im ok
with alexis attitud in boros game, because a draw was not enought for arsenal, and im ok
with him when he ask for the salary he does diserve... for me he is one of the best in the epl, maybe the best, and without any question who makes things happen in our team... he deserves 200 or 250k a week
more than any in our team, even moseur wenger... ozil deserve 180k only because he is going up
with his performances and have show
more attitud than ever... ur famous theo deserve 80k or go and play at west ham
Statistics now are kept on man - to - man performance — and if the man you are
matched up
with scores
more goals than you do, Harry, look out.
Arsenal fans should be happy that they will be able to keep their super-sub, who has already bagged himself seven
goals in all competitions, and will most certainly help our cause in the second half of the campaign, but it will make things
more complicated over the busy festive period
with Alexandre Lacazette rarely playing the full 90 minutes of the
match.
We were conceding loads of
goals when we were playing «back four» as well as «back three» so it's the training and the way the team is set up that determines the outcome of
matches We conceded 2
goals in the first half at Anfield
with «back three» and conceded another 2 in the second half
with» back four» though it could have been
more in both halves but for our goalkeeper's alertness.
Truth is once you take LM, CR and LS out of the equation you can put nearly every other striker out there in the 0.4 — 0.5 range for league
goals with the best in that range getting 10
goals more than the bottom of the range forward over 100 league
matches ie: just over 3 extra a season.
i saw the Liverpool and Southampton
match both teams are performing and scoring a
goals especially when i see the unlucky arsenal being taken to regrets and chelsea are the same but
with more interested group of players, staff and managers and ours is like we are conceding a lot of
goals due to defensive issues and old village idiot is asked whether they should have signed a defensive player old fool replies you people don't see the
match and not knowing what he said and the media has got the frenchie by his nuts and when squeezed blood is
more than just will come out, i can't say i hope he leaves cause the board only took questions they liked the BBC journo showed right down his throat asking cut - throat questions the way i like it.
And am sick of the he needs game time after injury argument... He's been
match ready for two months or
more and should be willing and able to prove he is a first team contender... instead each time he appears it's the jogging around plus the ocassional darting run on display again along
with the demonstrated ability not to be able to dribble
with the ball the failure to give real defensive support to full back and the persistent fragility in front of
goal... Should be part of a buy one get one free package
with wenger
When he scored against West Ham at the start of Decemeber it ook his
goal tally to eight and that
matched his best ever for Arsenal
with more than half of the season to go.
Even though the Gunners lost this game 3 - 1 and were hit
with the early setback of a
goal and losing Bellerin, we did have plenty of the
match with good chances and a lot
more opportunities to create them.
One reason for the difference
with our player award and the Premier League shortlist could be down to the Champions League
matches not reviewed in their analysis, but at the same time, the Basel
match was full of missed opportunities for Alexis, while Walcott was the man to bag both of the
goals in that
match, which should have been
more in favour of the latter.
Matches came week in week out and yet I found myself watching, each week
with a lil less contempt and a lil
more awe at thiery's abilities, pace, close control, skills, composure, his trademark
goals, celebrations,.......
It was starting to look like things were doomed to failure for Atlético in this
match,
with Real's defense holding up brilliantly and their attack slowly finding
more and
more opportunities to find a second
goal for themselves.
A play - off between us and Liverpool could occur should we draw our
match with at least 1
goal scored from each side,
with the Reds losing by a scoreline of 2 - 0 or
more depending on our result.
Man City would firstly have to concede four or
more goals in defeat away to Watford this weekend,
with us winning our
match.
Any fears that his powers as a striker are on the wane at 34 - years old should be eased by the fact that his last season in France has been his most prolific ever,
with 46
goals from 49 games, including 36 in the league at a rate of
more than one per
match.
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Great and beautiful win, kudos to all d players for their energy and passion and will to win but don't forget d real issues............ Now mertesacker is a great defender even
with is faint hearted block to Costa's
goal, even
with the way ospina conceded d
goal was enough reason why cech would av been better any day anytime and still wenger chose ospina at the most important
match, and because Ramsey equalised after we conceded under pressure when we were one man up, look at d replays, only Ramsey was not a pussy, d rest were scared of not conceding
more by staying close to our
goal, Ramsey ran forward and was d only player apart from Sanchez and ground looking for d winner.
pretty please, its true stats don't lie but it could be manipulated to tell different stories, the simple fact and bottoml line is Ozil created over 190 chances and ONLY 19 was put away by our misfiring duo of Giroud and Walcott, and the fact he had half of the season to
match and eclipse the assist record and failed says
more about Giroud's and Walcott woeful woeful finishing abilities and nought whatsoever to do
with Ozil, am can only do so much, what's next, blame him for number of
goals we conceded?
Gabriel Jesus»
goal early on gave City some glimmer of hope against the Reds, but Nevin was left fuming
with his lazy attitude to tracking back for most of the
match and was surprised
more pundits didn't pick up on it.
But unlike Mourinho's, Ranieri's and Simeone's pragmatic styles, they won the
matches with more open play
goals and the way they play is very entertaining.
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Already having beaten Manchester City this next tie seemed to be all the
more interesting to us,
with a game where we
matched them in every way only to be denied victory
with a late conceded
goal.
how many people noticed during the koln game that sanches lost the ball
more than 6 times few wont notice cos he was running at defenders and scored a good
goal, but believe, me if koln was a good side arsenal would have lost that
match due to alexis lost of possession in the middle, i will stick
with welbeck, and bring in alex later.
Bolton sit in 17th spot after a run of decent form, three wins in their last five Premier League fixtures, but the Trotters still find themselves in a relegation battle and have conceded
more goals than any other side in the division, 47 in 22
matches, so could do
with all the help they can get at the back.
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As if that is not enough, Chelsea have cruised through the gruelling December holiday season
with 4 clean sheets out of 5 games, won three by
more than 2
goals and only drew one of the
matches picking 12 points out a possible 15.
With four
goals in six league
matches now (and one of those sitting most of the game watching us get slaughtered by Liverpool), solid performances, and many quality touches I'm even
more excited than I was when we finally signed him during the summer, and trust me I raised a few glasses in celebration back then!
Giroud used his physical presences well in the
match and looked
more liked the france Giroud than the arsenal Giroud, especially
with theo playing close to him, got a
goal and made opportunities for many.
Giroud is a good striker, our style of football just doesn't
match up
with what he needs to fire home
more goals (i'm sure he would love to be faster to break behind the line).
Giroud has 4
goals in his last three
matches... haha actually he has 50 odd
goals with 30 - 35 assists in the last 3 seasons for probably around 10ish mil
more investment.
The return
match, played at the Olimpico, went
more smoothly —
with Roma winning 2 - 0, thanks to a Birmingham own
goal and another scored by Paulo Pestrin.
The north London derby always tends to be an entertaining affair,
with a lot of
goals and a lot of talented players, and I think it has been
more interesting over recent years
with the teams being evenly
matched.
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with West Brom
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Even though majority of the recent
matches for both clubs have ended up
with more than 2.5
goals and the reverse fixture also produced a similar outcome, this is a
match that could be a tight affair
with a lot at stake for both clubs coming into this
match.
The London side have scored two or
more goals in four of their last five meetings
with Saints, so backing them to win the game
with over 2.5
goals in the
match at odds of 5/4 could pay dividends.
April 2 — The big just keep on getting bigger,
with the gap to the minnows ever increasing, is the obvious conclusion from research looking at the percentage of
matches with a gap of three or
more goals across 29 European competitions.
As I expect the EFL Cup (it has had a multitude of names over the years — I remember it most as the basic League Cup) to produce
goals I will continue
with the same bets that were successful for us this week,
with two four - game accumulators each based on there being three
goals or
more in the
matches.
Over 2.5
goals has gone 6 - 2 in the eight meetings of the sides since January 2009
with five of those
matches seeing four or
more goals.
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The fact Hull have scored just twice on the road in 10 games shows the lack of a
goal threat they possess away from home, and whilst Arsenal were hardly impressive defensively in their past two
matches, conceding five
goals, they should be
more balanced here
with Mohamed Elneny back and I can see them keeping a clean sheet.
He wasn't alone in his failure to look sharp or secure in possession, but as the
match - winner, it seemed as though the state of the game had suited him; not as an opportunity for England's all - time leading
goal - scorer to show his class and reign over an otherwise mediocre contest but as a
match more in - fitting
with his own mediocrity.
Defensively the Magpies haven't been terrible this season
with two clean sheets and only Spurs have managed to put
more than one
goal past them in a
match this term.
Newcastle have conceded three or
more goals in ten Premier League
matches this season, which is a joint - high in the top flight along
with Aston Villa this season.
Arsenal sit one point behind Liverpool in fifth place,
with eight points from their last five
matches, and — thumpings of Huddersfield and BATE Borisov aside — have struggled to put the ball in the back of the net recently, failing to score
more than a single
goal in seven of their last nine.