Swansea City's season ended on a low note with their frustratingly familiar inability to
score in a goalless draw at home to Doncaster Rovers.
Not exact matches
The only hope would have been to stop Liverpool
scoring and settle for a
goalless draw, a task that look beyond them as the visitors were repeatedly given space and time
in the box.
Sturridge, Millner, Clyne, Origi and Emre Can all
scored goals, unfortunately the ball didn't find the back of the net last night as we had a
goalless draw against FC Augsburg
in the UEFA Europa League.
Les Herbiers knocked out Ligue 2 outfit Lens
in a penalty shootout on Tuesday following a
goalless draw in Nantes, with Lassana Doucoure
scoring a late winner for Chambly
in Wednesday's 1 - 0 win over top - flight Strasbourg.
Balotelli, who has
scored 11 goals for Nice this season, was dismissed for two yellow cards against Lorient
in October and received a straight red card
in the
goalless draw at Bordeaux
in December.
Everton do have the capability to
score goals though and it's hard to believe Coach Martinez can oversee two
goalless draws in a week.
For, not only do we normally expect Lukaku to
score against us, but we haven't
drawn 0 - 0 at home to Everton since 1988, almost 30 years ago, although a game at Goodison Park ended
goalless in 2003.
Last Saturday's
goalless draw against Lazio enabled Spalletti and co. to stop the rot they had fallen into and keep the Biancoceleste at arms» length
in the race for Champions League qualification, but with no win
in over a month and just 1 goal
scored in the last 6 games (
in all competitions) the risk is that it does little more than delay the crisis for a few days.
Gerard Pique
scored the winning spot - kick as Barcelona beat Manchester United on penalties after the sides played out a
goalless draw in Gothenburg.
United's recent run of form has come
in for scrutiny after
scoring just one goal
in over 400 minutes of play — including three consecutive
goalless draws.
Poland forward repeated his stance after failing to
score despite 10 shots on goal
in Saturday's
goalless draw at home to Hertha Berlin, which left Bayern 20 points clear
in the league table.
Newcastle on the other hand are coming on the back of a
goalless draw against Manchester United, and boast arguably the best Newcastle squad
in recent times, with Alexandre Mitrovic supported by Georginio Wijnaldum and Florian Thuavin — who might be making his full Premier League debut after
scoring one and assisting three
in the 4 - 1 win over Northampton
in the League Cup during the week.
-- City have failed to
score in three of their previous four away league games,
in defeats to Everton (1 - 0) and Sunderland (1 - 0) and a
goalless draw with West Brom.