Sentences with phrase «of goals for the home sides»

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Coming up against Arsenal, it would be a no brainer to see the visitors have large spells of possession and nullify whatever little threat the home side may pose; but Johnson, playing as the Right - Winger, could initiate counterattacks with his deceptive pace and has the ability to deliver that final ball for the likes of Steven Fletcher and Conor Wickham — who could start upfront for the Black Cats against Arsenal, to finish off a goal scoring chance.

However, particularly after Eric Bailly's own goal, the home side had to stand firm and withstand plenty of pressure to hold on for all three points.

Going against him is the need for Arsenal to stop the home side building up a head of steam or getting a vital first goal and Gabriel's defensive abilities would be better suited to that.

England them heaped more misery on the home side in the 92nd minute, after a good cross from Marcus Rashford found striker Kane, who had time to bring the ball down and slot home for his second goal of the night.

The former Borussia Dortmund forward congratulated Wayne Rooney on overtaking Bobby Charlton's record of 250 goals for Manchester United with a vital free kick that saved his side a point in a poor display at home.

The 18 - year - old has enjoyed an impressive season in the Championship for the Midlands side, which has included a remarkable goal against play off hopefuls Wolves where he slotted home after taking the ball for the entire length of the pitch in a 2 - 1 win over their rivals.

Burnley put in a dogged display at home today, but the best side won in the end, although the nature of the goal is most definitely a bitter pill to swallow for Dyche.

Spaniard De Gea starts in goal for the home side, with Chris Smalling, Victor Lindelof and Daley Blind set to start ahead of the «keeper.

The Argentine striker has led the lines for City in aplomb weighing in with goals including the hat - trick in the 4 - 0 demolition of German side Borussia Moenchengladbach at home.

Raheem Sterling found the net with one of five City shots on target to give his side the lead on 29 minutes, before his cross for Sergio Aguero deflected home off Tyrone Mings, who was credited with a 69th - minute own goal.

Jesus is undoubtedly worthy of inclusion as after his stellar performance in midweek against West Ham United, he followed it up with a brace against Swansea City to score his first home goals for his new club and seal all three points as Pep Guardiola's side look to have a new dynamic and energy with their new recruit in and Sergio Aguero on the bench.

After a spell of successive corners for the home side, Leighton Baines whipped in for 20 - year - old defender John Stones to rocket home with a bullet header for his first ever senior goal for the club.

It will be interesting to see how well Dembele does against a rejuvenated Bayern side who are on the back of five straight wins, in which they conceded only the one goal, but the Celts are famed for their performances in front of their home crowd, and you wouldn't like to write the Scottish side of at Parkhead.

His record of 6 goals against Arsenal in his 6 games against them is very worrying for the home side.

Wilson got on the scoresheet with his 20th league goal of the season, brilliantly rolling his marker before slotting the ball past Bogdan to round off an impressive evening for the home side.

The only goal of the match came on the 25th minute, after a fantastic over-the-top through ball from Chilean international Alexis Sanchez allowed Walcott to go clean through on goal before the England star produced a cheeky lob over the Doncaster «keeper to put the home side ahead, with Walcott scoring his 105th goal for the club in the process.

The home side caused trouble for us throughout the match with their game plan to attack aerially via long balls but our boys stood up well, scoring two goals either side of Mame Biram Diouf's equaliser to -LSB-...]

The teams had traded goals in a pulsating 3 - 3 draw but with the pressure on in the shootout Hollie Webb held her nerve to slot home the winner, sparking jubilant scenes for Danny Kerry's side and their passionate travelling army of fans.

The home side and champions - elect were two goals to the good - the fireworks were being set up as Manchester City were a mere 45 minutes away from winning the Premier League against the eternal enemy in front of their own fans who have waited decades and decades for this moment.

He played an hour of an Under - 21 game against Crewe at Rangers» Harlington training ground this week, as did Sandro, who scored the opening goal in a 3 - 1 win for the home side.

Phillipe Coutinho gave us the lead in the 30th minute but 2 goals either side of half time for Aston Villa gave them a 2 - 1 win and sent us home disappointed.

Wanderson and Juan Rodriguez scored for Getafe either side of two goals for Ajay Leitch - Smith for the home side whilst Pedro Leon was red carded for an alleged elbow.

Liverpool 4 - 0 Arsenal — August 2017 [English Premier League 2017 - 18 Match] 17 ′ 1 — 0 Roberto Firmino scores the opening goal for home - side in just 17th minute and rattled Arsenal who looked over-whelmed with intensity of Liverpool.

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The home side were soon made to pay for those missed opportunities as Salah played a lovely one - two with Firmino, who backheeled the ball into his path, and stroked home his 22nd league goal of an outstanding season.

That goal came soon after Frank Lampard had brilliantly got us back on level terms with a thunderbolt of his own in an enthralling Premier League encounter that, for long spells, looked like it would finish in the home side's favour.

Radamel Falcao had given Atletico the lead inside the opening 10 minutes and the home side went on to dominate for large spells, but Mame Biram Diouf's goal against the run of play in the lead - up to half - time levelled the score.

Trailing 2 - 0 after 83 minutes, the midfielder tapped home his third goal of the season before Oliver Giroud's header snatched a point for Arsène Wenger's side right at the end.

Alexandre Lacazette's first - half strike set Arsenal on course for a 12th straight home win whilst a second - half blitz that saw Olivier Giroud score either side of goals from Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil ensured victory.

Scottish side Celtic are in pole position to reach the group stage of the Champions League for the first time since the 2013/14 season despite conceding two goals at home to Israeli side, Hapoel Beer Sheva.

Whether it be baying for the head of Alan Pardew on a stick or in cheering the home side as the goals go in, they will be loud.

It was the visit of Swansea at the tail end of the 2015/16 season that raised the first alarm bells as to the vulnerabilities of Slaven Bilic's side; notably showing up the shortcomings of players being played out of position as right back Michail Antonio was exposed for two of the goals in a 4 - 1 home defeat that finally ended any lingering Champion's League aspirations that we may have held.

In goal, Elche goalkeeper Manu Herrera wins our hearts after delivering a huge performance in the derby between Elche and Valencia as the less fancied home side held on for all three points dropping their neighbours into the bottom half of the table.

As Carlos Vela slalomed through a static Lyon defence to delicately chip home a fourth goal for Sociedad back in August, there were few doubts that the side were capable of beating some of Europe's top sides.

But Jose Mourinho has yet to win away from home against a top six side for two years now (one goal scored in ten games) and given the next few fixtures for United — not least the monumental Manchester Derby which is scheduled for next week — there is a sense of now or never at United, even though they are comfortably placed second in the league table.

Fortunately for Di Matteo, his side have been consistent enough at home in front of goal.

My only reservations with the home side regard possible absentees, as a strong Bolton XI really should tear a deflated Sunderland side who have lost four of their last five away matches, having also not mustered an away goal for over six hours, to shreds.

However, more alarming is the fact Birmingham haven't managed a goal at home for over two hours, while the only player to have scored at St. Andrews in a Birmingham shirt this season is that of Craig Gardner, whom will sit out the side's next three league fixtures with suspension following his red card offence at home to Wigan Athletic last Saturday.

Playing at Ewood Park was a good memory for United as they had some excellent away days there before the side were relegated from the Premier League, this one was not all that different, but the home side took the lead in the 17th minute through a Danny Graham strike, which silenced the United supporters as it was the first goal United had conceded in over 450 minutes of football.

Despite that, things soon changed for the home side, as Sanchez dived to nod Giroud's header across goal into the net and give the Gunners a glimmer of hope of taking back something, with 20 minutes to play.

Would still look for the home side in this one because of their long, confident, unbeaten run, so a Man City One Goal Winning Margin is trading at a good price of 12/5 at online bookmaker Paddy Power.

Still 1 - 1 in the 69th minute, Jose Mourinho opted to take Anthony Martial off, replacing him with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who immediately threatened the home side, firing the winner for United six minutes after coming on, assisted by Paul Pogba with an inch - perfect pass, chesting the ball down and finding the far corner to score his 24th goal of the season.

Barcelona have scored an average of 3.6 goals per game at home in the league this season and therefore a 2 - 0 correct score for them at a price of 15/2 looks a pretty sound bet as Sevilla are not a bad defensive side at all.

In a fixture both sides must win, although the pressure to attain all three points will firmly rest upon the shoulders of the home side, Bolton, the first goal could be crucial, especially for Bolton as they simply don't do comebacks.

Two goals in the last five minutes of the game saw Bolton produce a smash and grab effort to secure maximum points in last term's visit to the Brittania Stadium, home of a Stoke side who always give travelling sides a run for their money.

The Tangerines have endeared themselves to everyone and on Tuesday will provide Sunderland with one of their most testing home encounters in the whole of 2010 simply because they aren't like other sides, they've never heard of the word fear at inside a stadium which has been nothing short of a fortress for the hosts, and Holloway's men will go their with an attacking intent and a purpose to score goals, plenty of them as well.

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