Sentences with phrase «score against tough»

That is the way to score against tough defenders.

Not exact matches

It then pulled out a much tougher win in overtime against Creighton as Jeff Hickman scored a field goal, made a steal and scored another basket in the closing seconds of the extra period to give Houston its 78 - 77 victory.

(Also, keep a thought for Aaron Judge, who smoked a ball with a runner in scoring position against a tough pitcher, just like he's supposed to, and got absolutely nothing out of it.)

In order to win PL / CL we need to perform on big days against tough teams and against those tough teams we get very few chances to score and giroud does not have those killer instincts to score on the slightest of hint of chance.

In case you are saying West Ham are tough defenders, then we have won 12 out of 14 games against them so and Giroud has scored 5 goals in 6 games against them.

10 man and trying to score against such defence is incredibly tough.

As a result, they were tasked with a very tough opening round match - up against # 3 Team Hanessian and came up just a little short, falling by a final score of 82 - 69.

Back in their Week 1 Playoff game against Team Lalez, Team Purimetla dropped a tough game by a final score of 80 - 64.

In the women's match, Oxford had a tough time against a very strong Cambridge side and, unfortunately, lost their match with a final score of 12 - 23.

He scored twice against the Blues in the Premier League recently, so they know they will be in for a tough ride.

He had 21 points and 15 rebounds in a tough 79 - 72 victory at DePaul, and scored 18 against Creighton, six of them in a 10 - point burst that broke open the game.

Having to score three goals is a tough task against any team, let alone in the champions league, in the last 16, away from home, against the team with the best defensive record in the competition, on a narrow pitch with little space to create chances...

Against a tough Memphis defense, Durant's scoring ability holds the key to a Thunder win.

and lastly he tends to score in patches and unfortunately his lean.patches MOSTLY seem to come during crucial moments and games, its alright scoring against the Norwich and Bournemouth of the league but at the end of the day goals against tougher opponents are much more appreciated by fans and means a lot more come end of season....

Anyway id welcome both Giroud and Lacazette, Giroud brings physicality up top and is great in the air he does score lots of headers and in tough away games against the likes of Stoke and West Brom he's a good tool to have..

Arizona State already has a better scoring margin than either Auburn or Missouri, and it achieved that margin against a tougher schedule.

After two tough losses against Navy and Wisconsin to open the season, FAU has quietly had one of the highest scoring offenses in the entire country.

Can score in big games against tough defenses 4.

Newcastle are a tough team to break down - did Utd beat them or score against them last week at old Trafford?

I like giroud... I think he's a good player... but as gooners, we need to ask ourselves «against tough or defensive teams, where u get only 2 - 3 clear cut chances all game, can u put ur money on giroud to score at least 1???»

The Tottenham forward scored on his international debut against Lithuania, but Italy and Chiellini will be a much tougher proposition for Harry Kane.

After a tough settling in period at Old Trafford, the ex-Bilbao man has begun to find his feet in the Barclays Premier League during the last month and scored a brace in United's 3 - 1 win against Aston Villa last Saturday, which lifted the club into third pace in the table.

His physicality and ability to retain the ball has made Spurs much tougher to score against.

Back in their Week 2 matchup against Team Reisner, Team Dean lost a tough one by a final score of 63 - 58 and will come out on Sunday night looking to make amends for that difficult defeat.

Week 3 in Baltimore will be tough for Cleavland scoring a single points against that defense.

The top - seeded Huskies are 9 - 1, perfect against California teams (beaten week zero by Utah power Orem), and dismantled the toughest opposition in the division (West Valley - Cottonwood) by a 31 - 0 score last postseason.

They were slated with a tough opening week draw against the defending champions Team Lalez and came up short, losing by a final score of 80 - 64.

In an extremely tough match - up against # 3 Team Harlander, Team Maione went down by a final score of 98 - 86.

Barring a tough away fixture against Everton, Arsenal had a relatively easy time of it during the month of August and, consequently, should have scored a lot more goals.

As an unabashed fan of SES, this one is tough for me to write, and despite scoring a goal against Crotone, March saw a downturn from the Pharaoh, as he simply wasn't able to muster any consistency across those five matches.

KEY FACT: Troy Deeney has scored in all four of his league matches against Burnley at Vicarage Road MATCH ODDS: Watford 7/5 Draw 11/5 Burnley 12/5 bet365 Pick: Draw @ 11/5 ANDY SAYS: Should be a good game here, very close and I have to say a draw... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: Tough call but I think Watford might just edge this one... 2 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: James Tarkowski now an international and worth a look

KEY FACT: Burnley are unbeaten in their three home Premier League matches against Stoke MATCH ODDS: Burnley 13/10 Draw 11/5 Stoke 13/5 bet365 Pick: Both Teams To Score @Evens ANDY SAYS: Tough game this, but Burnley at home on a winter's night, have to go with them... 2 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: I think Stoke have been poor recently so have to go Burnley... 2 - 0 SILKY SAYS: Have to think Burnley will just about have too much for Stoke here... 2 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Xherdan Shaqiri is still a class act but not only jut over 70p

Those defeats were both 1 - 0 score lines against Burnley and Bournemouth, certainly not the toughest opposition that they will face this season.

Birmingham have scored in each of their last four away games, but getting on the board against Wolves is going to be tough.

Chelsea have actually failed to score in their last two home fixtures now in the top flight, but both were tougher games against Arsenal and Man City.

Lampard, who came on for the final ten minutes of the game and scored against Chelsea to stop the Blues from extending their 100 per cent winning start to the season, said it was «really tough» for him.

But for now, Immobile can hang his hat on the fact that he was able to put his tough first - full season in Serie A behind him and score one heck of a goal against the engine known as Spain.

Villa have the potential to score but against a tough home side I can not trust them.

Brett Hundley ($ 5,100 DraftKings, $ 6,400 FanDuel): It's great that Hundley just put up three touchdowns against the tough Steelers and now faces the Buccaneers, who are 30th in pass defense DVOA — but Hundley has scored more than a touchdown in just one game and has never passed for more than 245 yards.

In fact, Icardi already has scored seven more goals than Pratto, who has been playing for five more years than Icardi and against much tougher opponents.

KEY FACT: West Ham are unbeaten in their last five Premier League matches against Crystal Palace MATCH ODDS: West Ham 21/10 Draw 9/4 Palace 31/20 bet365 Pick: Both Teams to Score @ 4/5 ANDY SAYS: Tough call this one, but I will back my former club to take a point... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: A big game for both clubs, but maybe West Ham might just have the edge... 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: I think West Ham should and will claim the win here... 2 - 0 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Javier Hernandez might still be a good investment

The team had reacted positively to a tough 3 - 1 defeat against Tottenham in their opening Champions League fixture and put together a run of three Bundesliga wins that saw them score 14 goals and concede just once — the only goal allowed in their first six league games.

The Viola winger scored the match winning goal against a tough Bologna side away from home.

Odriozola has faced Manchester United before, at youth level in the UEFA Youth League where he scored against them in the 2013/14 season, giving United a tough challenge to get out of their group that season, which did not happen.

The Sounders will look to score their first goal and get their first result against a tough opponent this weekend.

«It's always tough when you go 1 - 0 down away from home, especially against good teams, but the lads stayed calm, Christian scored a fantastic goal to get us back in the game just before half - time and in the second half we really did better.

Three of these guys do bat from the left side which is tough against a hard throwing southpaw but all in all there is the potential for the San Francisco bats to get can get shut down a bit and we could very easily see both starters go deep into this thing in a low scoring affair that can go either way.

Stoke City was always going to be a very tough game for us, mainly as we'd not scored a goal from open play against them for about 8 years (one penalty, two own goals, no wins).

Paulinho and Ivan Rakitic will be at the heart of midfield with the Croatian having the responsibility of replacing Busquets, and Andrés Iniesta will start and look to provide Messi and Suárez with some scoring chances against a Levante defense that will be organized and tough to beat.

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.