Sentences with phrase «only side in the league»

Arsenal are the only side in the league averaging over 20 shots per game, in fact Ozil, Ramsey and Cazorla alone have created 60 chances, now of those 60 chances, it is only probably the most difficult that has been converted, Olivier Girouds fantastic Volley Vs Palace.

Good news for Bolton fans is that their side has been scoring goals again but they are leaking just as many at the back and are still the only side in the league not to have kept a clean sheet this season.

Not exact matches

Now Louis van Gaal's side are looking to get back on track in the league, having won only two of the last six games in the English top flight.

The player has only made two appearances for Antonio Conte's side so far this season, with one coming in the Premier League 2, with the other coming in the EFL Cup for the Blues» U23 side.

This being said, Arsenal have supposedly had a long standing interest in the Lille striker and have been scouting the Moroccan forward since January, and are the only top Premier League side that could guarantee Boufal Champions League football, plus a position as first choice striker.

Obviously there is a vast difference in quality because we are seeing a major Premier League team coming up against a side that was only promoted to the National League last season.

Many Arsenal fans have never forgiven Wenger for selling Robin Van Persie to Man United and basically handing them the League title in the last year of Alex Ferguson's reign, and the only player to move between the sides since then has been the arrival at the Emirates of Danny Welbeck, who has hardly set the League on fire since his arrival.

Gameiro only moved to La Liga in 2013 but enjoyed a brilliant debut season, scoring 21 goals in all competitions and helping his side to Europa League glory.

We already knew that winning the league was not going to be easy though, and we should also remember that Barcelona were without Messi and Neymar in the side and that it was only a friendly.

Spurs home form, rather than their away, has been the reason the North London side only find themselves seventh in the league, at the moment.

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.

We start our campaign in three weeks away to Dinamo, the Croatian league winners who stayed unbeaten as they went onto win the title by 13 points, a feat only our beloved club can boast in England, but a major feat for any top tier side.

The two non-league sides were due to take each other on in their domestic league competition this weekend, only for it to be postponed by the pair reaching the unlikely heights of the FA Cup fifth round, and should an unlikely giant killing occur on Monday, they will earn the chance to take each other on for a place at Wembley.

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.

One of only two current United players — alongside Rooney — to play the last time these sides met in the Premier League in 2008.

As a result, it would surely require a player to head out first to make space for Werner, but having spent so heavily on their attack, it's only logical that they address their issues at the other end of the pitch given that they possess the worst defensive record of the top seven Premier League sides this season having conceded 36 goals in 27 games.

Despite Guardiola's worries over his side's defence, they seem to be coping pretty well so far, as City currently have the joint best defence in the whole of the Premier League, with the Spaniard's side only conceding 11 goals in just 16 games so far.

A few key contributors really struggled on the offensive side of the ball as their leading scorer and the leagues second leading scorer, Sterling Williams, was only able to muster 12 points against a very stingy Team Harlander D. Michael Halusek was able to put up 17 points while Chris Hicks chipped in with 10, unfortunately that just wasn't enough to get them past a very determined Team Harlander.

Arsenal have the bad luck to have to face the Champions - elect Man City just four days after being embarrassed in the League Cup final by Pep Guardiola's side, but Arsene Wenger is very hopeful that his team can pick themselves up to try and get revenge at the Emirates, where the Gunners have only lost one League game all season.

The Gunners lost to Nottingham Forest at the weekend to give up their chance to win a fourth FA Cup in only five seasons, losing 4 - 2 to the lower league side.

Arsenal are in the envious position of only needing one point to guarantee a place in the Champions League Group Stages next season, bur first of all they need to get their act back together and overcome a battling Sunderland side that also only need one point to avoid the drop.

In 2015 Arsenal only just pinched second place in the League by the skin of their teeth when Tottenham collapsed in the final games of the campaign, but Spurs got their revenge in style last season when they made sure of their second - place finish and ended 11 points ahead of a very disappointing Gunners side, that failed to even make the Champions LeaguIn 2015 Arsenal only just pinched second place in the League by the skin of their teeth when Tottenham collapsed in the final games of the campaign, but Spurs got their revenge in style last season when they made sure of their second - place finish and ended 11 points ahead of a very disappointing Gunners side, that failed to even make the Champions Leaguin the League by the skin of their teeth when Tottenham collapsed in the final games of the campaign, but Spurs got their revenge in style last season when they made sure of their second - place finish and ended 11 points ahead of a very disappointing Gunners side, that failed to even make the Champions Leaguin the final games of the campaign, but Spurs got their revenge in style last season when they made sure of their second - place finish and ended 11 points ahead of a very disappointing Gunners side, that failed to even make the Champions Leaguin style last season when they made sure of their second - place finish and ended 11 points ahead of a very disappointing Gunners side, that failed to even make the Champions League.

Lets be honest EUFA have always hated English football ever since the dark days of hooliganism and Brexit has only added to this, so to see the remaining two English sides in the Champions League drawn against each other plus Arsenal given a trip to Moscow under the present climate doesn't surprise me.

Arsenal appear to be leading the race to sign Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, after the player has revealed that he would only leave St Mary's for a side playing in the Champions League.

The Swedish side have only played friendly games since the League finished in December, and with temperatures not conducive to amazing football the Gunners just tried to say solid and take any chances they were given.

Only made the move to Spain from Reims in the summer, but if an offer came in from a Champions League side then the Poland international is bound to be tempted.

Surreal only begins to describe the NBA Draft Combine, a curious blip on the annual calendar in which the whole league gathers for two days at this West Side gym for the ostensible purpose of working out, measuring, and evaluating prospects.

David Moyes's side have lost only one of their previous 17 home league games, taking 36 points from a possible 51 in the process (W10, D6, L1).

The fact that the Magpies are in such a poor run of form will only add to the possibility of the Senegal international accepting an offer from a side that can offer the 27 year old his first taste of Champions League football.

As another old enemy, Michael Owen, said about the match in his Premier League betting preview: «Tony Pulis has lost only one of his last six Premier League home games with Arsenal and I expect to see his side bounce back after a couple of disappointing performances in recent weeks,»

This is only the sixth match they have played against each other in the Premier League, both sides have won two games each.

On the flip side, the Eagles are +11 in the turnover differential, but the Vikings have been pretty good this season about taking care of the ball with only coughing it up 14 times this season (third lowest in the league).

Spurs are currently second in the league and are the only unbeaten side in top - tier English football.

Only one side has ever won both the English FA Cup and Champions League / European Cup in the same season: Manchester United in 1998/99.

The Anfield side have suffered greatly following the sale of Luis Suarez to Barcelona and are keen to make a statement of intent in the summer transfer window and will push to bring in the South American duo though will only make the move if they have a Champions League berth.

We now only have Premier League leaders Chelsea standing in our way of lifting the FA Cup trophy, and Ramsey has moved to praise his side, although in a defensive manner.

My team were never challenging for the Premier League title when I began to follow them, and the joy I would experience when they would reach an unlikely cup final was immense, so I'm sorry if I don't feel any remorse for a fan who only followed a team when they were one of only two top sides challenging year on year, before enjoying an unbeatable Invincibles campaign in only his third term of supporting the side.

Muller, 25, has scored 26 goals in 62 games for his country, as well as 70 in 190 league games for club side Bayern Munich, who he's already helped lead to eleven major honours, despite having only made his professional debut for the club in 2008.

Several Premier League sides were rumoured to be interested in signing him last summer, only to miss out to Granada instead.

Victory for Louis van Gaal's side would lift them to within one point of the Citizens, who have only won one of their last five league games, in the race for the fourth and final Champions League league games, in the race for the fourth and final Champions League League place.

They haven't been great there either with coaching hires - Moyes and Van Gaal only making the Champions League once in their three combined seasons; Mourinho is doing better even though they lost to a less prestigious Sevilla side in the CL.

Despite enduring his fair share of criticism over his new side's playing style, Louis van Gaal had inspired United to third place in the Premier League and the quarter - finals of the FA Cup, with a Capital One Cup humbling at MK Dons the only major blot on his copy book.

Spurs, who beat Bournemouth 5 - 1 and 3 - 0 last term, are the only side yet to lose in this season's Prem, although they start the weekend behind Manchester City and Arsenal in the league table on account of winning fewer matches.

Chambers and Holding have been in our Europa League side, and although I admit that the opponents are not as strong as the English sides, they have still only conceded one goal in their last four matches.

Remember that was the only unbeaten side in the league and they get bullied.

Similarly, while Rakitic praises Arsenal as being one of the «best teams in history», but is this really an accurate description of a side who have never won the Champions League and who have won only two FA Cups since 2005.

Only three points separate the two sides in the Premier League standings though, and history weighs heavy on one of the biggest derby fixtures in the world.

The only thing Arsene Wenger should learn from the current season is, what we have been telling him all along, that we need a world class striker to lead the team, as Jamie Vardy and Harry Kane have been instrumental in their side's push to win the league, much in the way that Diego Costa fired Chelsea to the title last season.

Darren Ferguson's side are currently hovering above the bottom four in League One, adrift only by goal difference.

Since he secured his transfer from fellow Premier League side Burnley in the summer of 2015, the forward has only been able to make 12 appearances for Jurgen Klopp's side, scoring three goals in the process.