Sentences with phrase «opening league matches»

The start of the season was a disastrous one for Stoke City as they were not able to secure a single victory in any of their 7 opening league matches of this current season.

The year before that Arsenal won the Asia trophy, the Emirates Cup and the Community Shield as we won every game before losing our opening league match 2 - 0 at home to West Ham.

When it comes to scoring goals, Raheem Sterling has not managed to stand out in any way as he has only scored 1 goal out of the 10 goals that Manchester City has scored from their 4 opening league matches and the young player has had a lot of opportunities to find the back of the net but seems to struggle.

CSKA Moscow and Zenit Petersburg are 2 of the clubs that have a real chance of winning the Russian Premier League of this current season, both of them have gathered 39 points from their 20 opening league matches.

It's always a tough game regardless of the circumstance, and even tough Barça have won all three of their opening league matches and look very strong at the moment, this is still a match they can somehow lose.

At the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo - home to Tippeligaen side Vålerenga - they will meet Premier League team Tottenham, who have just completed their own grueling preseason tour in Australia and are only eight days away from their opening league match against Everton.

There have been similar cases in the past such as that of Players of Kano Pillars in Abaji, near Kogi, on their way to Imo state to honour their opening league match.