Sentences with phrase «only picking up a point»

This is a clash that sees the home side take their share of the spoils with the away team only picking up the points on three occasions since 2005.

Chelsea's ambition in regaining their second place spot in English Premier League standings didn't work as planned with Antonio Conte's men only picking up a point from their midweek clash against Arsenal.

Hull City's ambition to keep up pace with the current top two seats in England Championship standings got halted as this weekend they only picked up a point against Blackburn Rovers.

Borussia Dortmund's ambition to move up into the top three seat in current German Bundesliga standings got halted this weekend as they only picked up a point from their game against Mainz.

Brighton and Hove Albion remain top of England Championship standing despite only picking up a point from their weekend travel against Bolton Wanderers.

PSV Eindhoven's ambition to keep up their chase for top spot seat in Eredivisie was halted this weekend as they only picked up a point against Willem II.

Ajax Amsterdam failed to maintain their three points gap at the top of Dutch Eredivisie standings after only picking up a point on their midweek tie against Heracles.

Manchester City and Napoli met in the group stage of the 2011/12 campaign and the Citizens only picked up a point in the two games.

It's imperative that Arsenal get back to winning ways after only picking up a point last weekend in their home fixture with Everton.

With that having been said though, they had a tough time against Malaga last season, only picking up a point and not scoring in their two league outings against them.

Inter Milan's push for that top four seat in Italian Serie A standings got halted again this weekend as they only picked up a point from their latest fixture against Cagliari.

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Rooney's side saw a lot of the play in a game they will feel disappointed not to have picked up at least a point, having had 70 per cent possession, and limiting Chelsea to only two shots on target.

Arsenal could not have picked a worse time to face Antonio Conte's side, who easily beat Swansea 5 - 0 two days ago while resting Eden Hazard, and who have only conceded one goal in their last 5 League games as they moved up to be Man City's closest challengers, albeit 14 points behind Pep Guardiola's side.

Real Madrid have after all only beat Athletico twice in the previous eight games between the two sides, excluding their penalty victory in the Champions League final and those expecting Atletico to take all three points can pick up a price of around 3/1.

By the time we face Chelsea on Sunday, Arsenal could have dropped to third in the table if both Leicester and Man City pick up points, so we really need to make a statement by beating our arch rivals by hook or by crook, if only to break our horrible record against them.

Indeed, the Blues have won only four matches, lost seven and picked up only 14 points.

The Gunners heavily dominated their last three Premier League matches against Manchester United, Southampton and West Ham, but only managed to pick up a total of two points from those matches.

We can only hope that the teams leading the way so far in the Premier League drop points before our match, but with Man City going to bottom club Crystal Palace who have yet to pick up a point or even score a goal, while their local rivals United play Southampton the chances are not good for us.

Looking forward to the next half of the season, if we wish to reach our goals, it is essential that the Men's Blues do not become complacent in BUCS — Cambridge are only 3 points behind us — and that we continue to believe we can beat the best teams in our league on Saturdays, while also fully focussing on picking up 3 points against the weaker teams.

He has since seen his Blues side struggle this term, picking up only one point from their opening two Premier League matches.

Clemson silenced upset - minded bracket - fillers who picked No. 12 - seed New Mexico State in the first round with an 11 - point win over the Aggies and followed up with one of the most impressive Ws of the tourney to date, a 31 - point beatdown of Auburn in which it allowed only 0.75 points per possession.

They have picked up three points from a possible 21 away from home this season but have lost only one of their last six at home.

... One key to the stellar play of Hornets center Vlade Divac (12.9 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game through Sunday): He gave up his habit of 10 to 15 cigarettes a day... After being traded twice in three days last month — from the Mavericks to the Nets to the Lakers — swingman George McCloud made only nine field goals in his first nine games with L.A. Twice this season with Dallas he made nine field goals in one game... «The pick - and - roll has been killing us,» says Kings guard Mitch Richmond.

We are definitely under pressure aside from playing at home we only picked up 5 points so far.

The only difference it they add 1 point for all draft picks after pick # 225 (they didn't have comp picks when Jimmy made up his chart).

They didn't give up a 2018 Round 1 pick, even though the points difference between # 2 & # 3 is 400, while between # 11 & # 9 it's only a 100 points difference.

Since the international breaks of 2013 - 14, Arsenal are only beaten by Chelsea for the number of points picked up from matches immediately after the international period.

Mourinho had a worse start to his Man U career than Moyes and Van Gaal, infact he had the worst start in a gazillion years for Man U, yet Man U are only 4 points behind us and are threatening to pick up some pace.

Arsenal are on one of their worst runs of form for many years, with 5 defeats out of their last 8 games, and the only wins have come against low - ranking teams in Lincoln, Sutton and Hull, so Arsene Wenger will be desperate to start picking up points again to try and keep pace in the race for the Top Four.

Last November, our beloved club only managed to gain two Premier League points, including a 1 - 1 home draw against North - London neighbours Tottenham, but the most worrying statistic would be the fact that our squad picked up as many as nine injuries.

The striker went onto insist the match will not be easy, despite their opponents having struggled in the league so far this season, picking up only seven points from a possible 12.

If we need evidence to back up such a claim, we only need to go back as recently as the Liverpool game earlier this month where he produced a stunning save to ensure his side picked up a crucial point at Anfield.

That form does not reflect equally away from home however, with the Clarets only picking up the sole point away from home all term, scoring only three times!

The inept dinosaur through years of negligence, mismanagement and stubborn insistence on playing favourites has weakened the team to a point where we are unable to not only compete with any of our rivals, but also to pick up any simple away points.

3 is a silent pick em so money line the game with a dog of 3 pts or less, 85 % of teams that cover 3 points as dogs win the game outright so why give the books any more than you have to, make sure you take dogs in first half ONLY, i cant stress this enough, more times than not if a dog will cover the game, (big dogs +7 or higher) they will show up early and you do not want to get screwed in the 2nd half by blowing the cover, these are things the sports books never would tell you but surely will save you a lot of aggravation in the LONG RUN

don't worry about Mr Wenger's feelings he doesn't take any notice of the fans they're opinions do not matter to that man if he cared remotely about the fan base of Arsenal FC he would of stepped down long ago, I'm sure he's aware of the tension and divide of the fans but he's only bothered about picking up his inflated unjustified salary while the team gets worse and worse to the point we've actually become a complete laughing stock!

Abel - unfortunately business is preventing me replying at length so I can only pick up on a couple of your points.

As a result, they need to pick up maximum points against CSKA in the upcoming back - to - back fixtures if they want to progress to the knock - out stages for only the second time in their history.

However, the Scot has picked up just nineteen points from twenty - four games, and leaves the Latics sitting second - bottom in the division — with only already relegated Blackpool below them — and eight points adrift heading into the final five games of the season.

The only points that Team DKE FR4 has been able to pick up so far through four weeks of the regular season was back in Week 2 when we had our Volleyball / Dodgeball double header.

Ogunbowale's ability to wind up off - balance, fade away from the hoop, and launch the most No - Way - This - Goes - In three - point shot over a future first - round draft pick to win the National Championship is the kind of thing only a legend does.

While it took Jenson Button until 2006 to pick up his first F1 win and 2009 to score his first and only F1 world title, the British driver spent many years in midfield machinery and was a consistent points finisher before finding success in the sport.

Even if we lose people could say, it's not a major problem as it's only the opening game and Arsenal can pick those points up in the following games or stages of their campaign.

There's only one factor when it comes to losing a football match and that involves who picked up the three points and where it puts them in the table.

Arsenal could only manage to pick up six points from their last four matches, allowing Manchester United to close the gap to within five.

Arsenal have lost before, and Wenger and the players have been slated before, but somehow they realise that it is only one game, it is only three points out of a season, and they simply have to pick themselves up, dust themselves down, and go out and fight in the next game.

The Eagles currently sit bottom of the table, and have picked up just one point since recording their first and only league win of the season, when they defeated Chelsea on October 14.

Yesterday at 08:00 am - Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger admits the Europa League now is the priority over the Premier League.Arsenal are down in sixth place only two points ahead of Burnley - after failing to pick up a point on the road this more on Tribal Football...

«We were aiming for a better start than only picking up two points in our first two matches.»