Sentences with phrase «recent home league»

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And the home side will be buoyed by their battling draw against the league leaders Chelsea and a return to form after their recent slump.

Meanwhile, yesterday's loss at home to CSKA Moscow means they are likely to exit the Champions League at the group stages once again, continuing their poor record in this competition in recent years.

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,»

As he pointed out, all of our recent Champions League exits have gone the same way and that all of our second leg results would have taken us through if only we had drawn at home.

In recent years Arsenal have struggled a bit when we have had to play in the early slot on a Saturday after a midweek Champions League of domestic cup game, especially if that game has been on a Wednesday and especially if the midweek match was away from home in another country.

Arsene Wenger's side might be in good scoring form at home at the moment, before and after the arrival of the former Dortmund stars, but their recent away Premier League form has been poor with two defeats and a draw, which has led to them losing ground on Spurs.

While the Premier League may already be home to a large number of the very best footballers in the world at the moment, there could be even more world class names making their way to English clubs in the near future according to recent transfer speculation.

Naturally, there are examples which argue the opposite, as seen in the recent win at home against Liverpool, but McMahon wants to see the Red Devils play a more attacking game against City this weekend, in a game in which their rivals could land the Premier League title with a win.

Manchester United will be looking to end a wretched recent run at home to local rivals Manchester City in the Premier League when they meet at Old Trafford this weekend, and here's five reasons we think the Red half of Manchester will be celebrating at the full - time whistle on Sunday...

One of the brightest young stars in Major League Soccer and a recent No. 1 overall draft pick in the SuperDraft, Jack Harrison is already departing the league and heading home to England after New York City FC and Premier League side Manchester City agreed on a transfer worth nearly $ 6 million (# 4 million) for the 21 - year - old winger, and then loaned him to Middlesbrough for the remainder of the sLeague Soccer and a recent No. 1 overall draft pick in the SuperDraft, Jack Harrison is already departing the league and heading home to England after New York City FC and Premier League side Manchester City agreed on a transfer worth nearly $ 6 million (# 4 million) for the 21 - year - old winger, and then loaned him to Middlesbrough for the remainder of the sleague and heading home to England after New York City FC and Premier League side Manchester City agreed on a transfer worth nearly $ 6 million (# 4 million) for the 21 - year - old winger, and then loaned him to Middlesbrough for the remainder of the sLeague side Manchester City agreed on a transfer worth nearly $ 6 million (# 4 million) for the 21 - year - old winger, and then loaned him to Middlesbrough for the remainder of the season.

Still, if our league and especially the top teams was predominantly made up of home grown players (like the Spanish and French and Italian ones) we would have performed a lot better in recent years.

Right now the league is on pace to break the all - time single - season home run record, and there are several possibilities for this recent surge.

Having defeated Man United and Chelsea in recent weeks David Moyes saw his side lose at White Hart Lane but may feel that this win at home to the Tigers could get their faint hopes of a Champions League spot back on track.

They may have a horrendous fixture list including a double header Europa League semi-final with Spanish La Liga side Celta Vigo, but a look at the EPL table combined with their recent form shows, in my opinion, that they are the team most likely to take advantage of the weekend's slip up from Liverpool who lost at home to Crystal Palace.

While Zagreb are at home and are totally dominant in the Croatian league, they have a terrible recent UCL record; earning just a single point from their last group stage and losing every single game the time before that.

Perhaps Arsene Wenger has let the recent success of a change in the usual Arsenal formation go to his head, because at first glance it is pretty hard to work out what system the Gunners will be using tonight in our must win OPremier League home game against Leicester City.

It is the 11th time that the league's top seeds will be matched up in the big game since 1975 (when the NFL's playoff format began basing home field advantage on teams» regular season records), and recent trends favor a Seattle victory: the NFC has won the last six Super Bowls between No. 1 seeds.

The only recent bad game I recall from memory is the League cup game at home vs Southampton.

The home side will be desperate to stay in the Premier League, but a recent injury crisis has made that task a lot more difficult.

Toulouse have failed to score in their most recent two league games, but they have netted six goals in their most recent four home games in Ligue 1.

Wenger's pre-match comments had stoked the flames this week, with the manager saying fans had gone «overboard» with their criticisms, and that his team had played in «a very difficult climate» at home over recent months, contributing to their failure in the league.

Lionel Messi will not move from «home» to England, says Sergio Busquets Sky Sports Barcelona are preparing for the second leg of their Champions League last - 16 tie against Chelsea, but Messi played no part in their most recent game - a 2 - 0 win over Malaga - due to the birth of his third son.

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Ipswich have produced a W4 D2 record them this season in the league but suffered a 3 - 1 defeat against Bristol City in their most recent home fixture?

Speaking about Sevilla, the team that did not lose at home or away in the Champions League against Liverpool this season, showing just how good they are, despite recent defeats in La Liga, Mourinho stated:

Luis Suarez and Dirk Kuyt have been outstanding in recent weeks, youngsters such as Jay Spearing and John Flanagan have shown their worth, while even those who had previously under - performed under former manager Roy Hodgson have come good, with Maxi Rodriguez and Joe Cole both on target last Saturday, the latter bagging a hat - trick, as Liverpool recorded their third consecutive home league win over Birmingham City, running out impressive 5 - 0 winners.

Playing away from home didn't stop Palace from putting on a positive approach into that encounter as they were keen on continuing their recent good run in Premier League.

They get home soil in this League Cup third round tie, but home advantage hasn't offered them many returns in recent games against the Citizens.

Tottenham's form shouldn't be of concern, despite losing their most recent league fixture 2 - 1 away at Everton, as before that they were unbeaten in their last nine in the league while they remain without defeat on home soil in their last nine Premier League fixtures, although that doesn't include their 100 % record at White Hart Lane in the Championship, beating the likes of FC Twente, Inter Milan and Werder Bremen with something to league fixture 2 - 1 away at Everton, as before that they were unbeaten in their last nine in the league while they remain without defeat on home soil in their last nine Premier League fixtures, although that doesn't include their 100 % record at White Hart Lane in the Championship, beating the likes of FC Twente, Inter Milan and Werder Bremen with something to league while they remain without defeat on home soil in their last nine Premier League fixtures, although that doesn't include their 100 % record at White Hart Lane in the Championship, beating the likes of FC Twente, Inter Milan and Werder Bremen with something to League fixtures, although that doesn't include their 100 % record at White Hart Lane in the Championship, beating the likes of FC Twente, Inter Milan and Werder Bremen with something to spare.

Recent history would indicate that Arsenal are the more likelier to come out on top, with the Gunners currently unbeaten in their last six competitive matches with the Reds — three wins and three draws — and haven't lost a Premier League fixture at home to Liverpool since 2000; with a record of six wins and four draws since that reverse.

At home their record in 14 encounters is W8 D3 L3, the most recent a 2 - 0 defeat against Barcelona in the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg.

But it's Arsenal's domestic form, where they crashed out of the FA Cup at home to Watford on Sunday and lost ground on Premier League leaders Leicester over recent weeks that Keane believes epitomises a «weak group of players.»

The Trotters have struggled immensely away from home in 2011 and will no doubt appreciate this weekend's home encounter, regardless of who it's against — especially as they were 2 - 1 winners over Arsenal in their most recent league encounter at the Reebok, their fifth consecutive home win.

So the problem is unlikely to have disappeared over the summer, although their record at home to Wolves in recent Premier League contests is incredibly strong and would suggest Blackburn are primed to score yet more goals against Mick McCarthy's men, after notching up ten goals in their last four clashes alone, six of which were netted whilst playing at home.

Head coach Chris Ramsey, despite refusing to name Hoilett, hinted that he did not want to select him for QPR again following his display in the recent League Cup defeat at home to Carlisle.

Rovers were then beaten in their very next away outing at Birmingham and the same feat could occur on Saturday as Blackburn drew their recent league game 0 - 0 away from home at West Ham United — A team in close proximity to Hull City, a team they drew 0 - 0 with before they lost their next fixture back in December.

A 2 - 1 victory over Arsenal in their most recent league encounter at home was arguably their most impressive win of the season, not to mention their fifth on the trot at home for the Trotters (pun very much intended).

Despite a recent 3 - 1 home loss against Manchester United, Spurs have won ten, drawn two and lost just two of their Premier League home games this season.

Despite a recent loss in the FA Cup at home to Premier League Club Hull, Southend were unbeaten in the previous seven league ouLeague Club Hull, Southend were unbeaten in the previous seven league ouleague outings.

After their recent EFL Cup semi final clashes, which yielded a home win for both, it is down to Premier League business now for United and Hull.

Everton won home and away in the league last season against Man City, while their recent record against the Citizens is imperious: They've won each of the previous four meetings, as well as seven of the last eight, including each of their last four visits at Eastlands.

West Brom could open their accounts in 2011 in style were they to ground out some form of a result at home to Manchester United, whom they've never beaten in a Premier League contest and in their most recent meeting with the Red Devils at The Hawthorns, during the 2008/2009 league campaign, shipped 5 as United ran riot winning League contest and in their most recent meeting with the Red Devils at The Hawthorns, during the 2008/2009 league campaign, shipped 5 as United ran riot winning league campaign, shipped 5 as United ran riot winning 5 - 0.

United's recent run has seen them slip six points behind Premier League leaders Leicester City and they can not afford to let further points slip at home to struggling Norwich.

An infuriating 3 - 3 draw at home to Aston Villa at the weekend has left the Blues back at square - one and no nearer to a revival in fortunes, but surely even they can produce a performance good enough to despatch of the league's basement occupiers Wolves, who were beaten 2 - 0 by West Ham on New Year's day and 2 - 1 by Wigan Athletic in their most recent home encounter.

Liverpool have stood up pretty well to City in recent meetings and they are W4 D1 L1 in their last six Premier League games home and away against the Citizens.

Nikica Jelavic, signed from Rangers that January and the recent recipient of the Premier League's Player of the Month award, added a second, before Johnny Heitinga nodded home after the break.

However, it's their recent form which has got us believing in Tottenham's Champions League dream, as Spurs are enjoying a run of five successive home wins in the Premier League, with their last two coming against Arsenal (2 - 1) and Chelsea (2 - 1).

Such a tough one to call, this; Fulham's recent home form is strong with three wins from four, including impressive scalps of Arsenal and Liverpool, but Newcastle arrive in fine form themselves — they're searching for their third consecutive league win — and are usually so well organised under Pardew.

Furthermore, the Potters, while they were victorious in their most recent home fixture — Kenwyn Jones on target in a 2 - 0 triumph over Everton; Jones registering his first league goal in seven matches — have won only one of their last four at the Brittania, and two of those were defeats to sides currently situated in the lower half of the table in Blackpool 0 - 1 & Fulham 0 - 2, the latter against a side who had not won away from in 28 attempts.

Finally the team is scoring goals again − they scored twice last time out, at home to QPR in the league, three on recent league skirmishes to Chelsea and Wolves, and another two at Arsenal in the FA Cup last weekend.