Sentences with phrase «possession than their opponents»

74» The Dynamo are 0 -4-1 when they have more possession than their opponent.

The Baggies look to be this year's over-achievers with a style of play that has seen them record less possession than their opponents in every single game they have played this season in the Premier League.

Not exact matches

You want answers to life's aggravating questions yourself, and you are obviously not yet in possession of those; I can't help but wonder whether or not this article was written precisely to provoke those you see as your opponents, simply to challenge them to give you something higher (you are the one who is searching, it seems)- than you have received through your own beliefs.

They were competitive in the AL East, in possession of a wild card at their worst, and even their stretch of poor play had them outscoring opponents and losing mostly due to the bullpen rather than any teamwide - issues.

A Wall, Beal, Oubre, Porter, Gortat lineup hits 2.9 3 pointers more than their opponents per 100 possessions and shoots the 3 at a % that is.098 higher than their opponents.

But the» 96 — 97 team, which lost in the NCAA final to Arizona, ran the same stuff with less famous personnel (guards Wayne Turner and Anthony Epps) and better statistics, forcing turnovers on 29.8 % of their opponents» possessions, a higher rate than any team in kenpom.com's database, which only goes back to 2002.

Their averaged 109.6 points per 100 possessions - a scant 1.5 points below their regular season average, and nearly 10 points more than Pacers opponents averaged during the regular season.

They controlled the ball 17 more minutes than the Bears, who had led 43 of their last 44 regular - season opponents in possession time.

Only three teams are more efficient defensively than the Mavericks, who allow opponents less than 96 points per 100 possessions.

Imagine a basketball team with 5 elite athletes that are bigger, stronger, faster and more athletic than their opponents, but their coach has them walk the ball up the court and milk the shot clock on nearly every possession — ignoring most opportunities for quick, fast - break baskets.

Atlético rarely pushed themselves after that opener but had more shots than their opponents and bossed possession, too.

Unlike his Dutch adversary, Klopp may not be a manager who seeks victory through smothering opponents with possession but he too requires a certain level of slickness from his players on the ball and coherency from his team as a group in order for his own tactics to be effective rather than wasteful and chaotic.

Inter had more than 60 percent of the possession and eight efforts on target to three from their opponents but it was Ljajic who made the crucial breakthrough in the 36th minute, finishing off...

Blind was equally of most value, if not crucial, when out of possession as he would instigate Ajax's pressing game (or «pressure play»): making the pitch as small as possible (compressing and closing down all space), enabling them to retain possession and win the ball back, at times, mercilessly — more often than not by provoking their opponents into making a mistake.

Against Leicester, he was left to look like a smaller clone of Michael Carrick for large periods, keeping and recycling possession rather than making the most of his positioning high up the field to use it to hurt his opponents.

Last year, we won three titles having the majority of possession in most of the games and creating more (goalscoring]-RRB- chances than our opponents.

It's not a system that we've ever really felt the need to use a great deal (and our online opponents have invariably had the same attitude), but it can certainly make it easier to pick out your strikers with crosses into the box — provided you can retain possession of the ball while you're using the right analog stick for your second player rather than using it to perform tricks and turns with your first.