Sentences with phrase «scoring chances against»

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.

Allen's route running makes him a mismatch both in the slot and on the outside against nearly every mortal on the planet, and he could see an abundance of scoring chances against a Browns defense that's one of just five units to allow at least 22 passing touchdowns this season.

They had sizable advantages in possession and scoring chances against the Kings, too.

If only OX had scored his chance against Barca.

Not exact matches

Coming up against Arsenal, it would be a no brainer to see the visitors have large spells of possession and nullify whatever little threat the home side may pose; but Johnson, playing as the Right - Winger, could initiate counterattacks with his deceptive pace and has the ability to deliver that final ball for the likes of Steven Fletcher and Conor Wickham — who could start upfront for the Black Cats against Arsenal, to finish off a goal scoring chance.

Last season people where saying giroud only scores against lower team but let me tell you if welbeeck had put the chances he gets against those lower teams we would be right up there.

I think if LACAZETTE can keep this up, he's going to claim a place in the french world cup squad next year, his goal scoring instinct is sharp, he knows he won't get too much chances and makes use of the few ones he gets and he was unluncky not to have scored against chelsea and his header wasn't a fluke, he knew where the post were and he directed the ball, he will be handful for defender when our complete squad starts and luckily for us he's not an injury prone player, having him, Sanchez (if he stays), Giroud and Ozil fit will be vital for us this season and i see plenty of goals..

It's going to be difficult to score three times because they have defended well in the tournament so far, but if you look at our past matches and the way we played against Manchester United last week, I think there's a chance we can still progress.»

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.

Leo you said remy was crap against spuds but you have got to consider who he is playing with he is in a very poor team who create nothing for him put him in our team and with chances we create he will score goals he is a natural goalscorer and i think he would do a great job in girouds absence, think we should keep podolski for extra cover in forward area be realistic we will not get falcao or cavarni therefore remy would not be the worse option!!

So all you need to do to have a chance of winning this superb stocking filler is to predict the correct score of the game against QPR on Boxing day, the time of the first goal by any player from either side and the first player to score a goal for the Gunners.

Giroud is very good and scores but not consistent, misses chances and doesn't perform well against big teams / big moments and can't pull a goal from nothing) 4.

Giroud was very glad that Wenger gave him a chance to bounce back against Everton and he subsequently scored the opening goal.

But after scoring a superb hat - trick against West Brom on Saturday, the England international already had a very good chance of keeping his place against Aston Villa.

But Cazorla got the chance to impress at number 10 against Borussia Dortmund and had a huge impact, setting up Yaya Sanogo for the opening goal and claiming a second assist for Alexis to score the second.

Moreso I can't but say he hasn't grab his opportunity wif both hands, like le coq; if u wan na break into the team u sud try to score almost all ur chances wch walcott failed to do espcially against the hammers, if he had score a brace in dat match, he wud ve been our match winner in dat match and wud ve been back into the team.

Theo came from injury and has not played enough time to tune up, why cuz Le Frog insists playing his wonder boy, give the man a chance, same play time as GIROUD and then jump to conclusions, coming from Injury he scored a hat trick against West Brom, when was the last time GIROUD scored 3 goals in one game....

He has had a couple of good games there against schools for the blind (smaller clubs) but against good defences he will at most time one run ok and have 1 in 20 chance of scoring from it.

We need to win (at least at home) against big teams and there are fewer chances to score against them is, we do not get the 4 - 5 chances during 90 + minutes, only 1 - 3, so that's why there are WC strikers, they make goals out of nothing, are capable of creating them alone, that can't Girould do.

OG may well have scored 20 goals had he played 35 matches last season, but he has fluffed a lot of chances against tight defences.

The 29 - year - old scored the equaliser for the Hornets as they stunned Arsenal with a late comeback at Vicarage Road, and admitted afterwards that he often fancies his chances against Arsene Wenger's side.

Batshuayi was barely given any chances by Chelsea manager Antonio Conte despite a decent scoring record from the bench, including last season's title - winning goal against West Brom.

You need a striker that can create chances for himself and score against all odds.

when we played against Monaco in the 2nd leg, the team played with what you call players better than Walcolt in more than 70 minutes and created only four goal scoring chances but after his introduction he created a chance in just 1 minutes and another chance followed after just six minutes which resulted to Ramsey's goal.

He has created 6 chances from open play, scoring 1 goal that came against Aston Villa at the Emirates and completing 80 % of his attempted passes.

For Sexton, this matchup was a chance to leap his name into top - 5 pick consideration for his defense against Young, and showcase his scoring talents against one of the nation's best teams.

Did u see bother seeing cazorla stats... who is a better no. 10... cazorla for me... those chances that ozil created are not clear cut chances... that giroud goal against cp was that a clear cut goal scoring oppurtunity... NO

Lethal combination as both are known for scoring goals (Giroud some what less effective but sometimes he can score good goals like last against man utd last match, Pod needs gametime but once he get chances we all know how lethal he is).

His main job is to take his 4 or 5 very good chances created against a Monaco team that Wenger knew the «REAL» Arsenal should have won not just mainly scoring when the team is winning.

Dixon's four scores gave him 87 for his career, two more than Navy's Keenan Reynolds (who will have a chance to take the lead back on Dec. 28 against Pittsburgh).

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...

As we thought would happen after his goal scoring Premier League starting debut against Swnasea at the weekend, Joel Campbell gets the chance on the right side of our front three once more, with Olivier Giroud leading the line and Alexis Sanchez on the left.

Shots were way up, scoring chances were way up, high danger chances way up (and chances against were way down), and consequently goals were up.

I watched a match by chance in which he score a brace to help is win against Villa.

The thing is that we created so few chances and could score only ONE against WBA, who were obviously struggling and poor.

He's got great record against the Hammers and his last chance he scored a brace but also defended like a full - back.

Best formation i ve ever seen, actually with Flamini in our team, our chances are bigger by 50 %, he scored against strongest defence in europe against Spuds, he will score against poor side like Bayern, ALL HAIL FLAMINI

what i have seen in copa america that guy would be like to like replacement of giroud.His finishing was so poor he had sony many chances to score against venezuela.Even his hold up play is not even close to top class.i would bring in griezmann as RW and stick with this same front line, if no other strikers are available.

Fair play to him scoring 8 out of 8 matches but his major problems are the facts he needs 5 clear cut chances before putting one away, just like with the opening match against Romania, he already missed 3 sitters before netting, I will love to see the stats and look at how many chances he had in these 8 games before scoring the 8, probably 20 to be conservative.....

Anyways, The Ox is looking up for it this season and has scored two quality goals, one in pre-season and one against Liverpool, so hopefully he will continue to improve And maybe Campbell will get a chance to shine aswell, We have plenty of cover In midfield, at the moment lol So we can concentrate on worrying about the other areas for now!??

Diego Costa gave Cheski this season what they needed, he scored goals in an important match, remember the match arsenal played against chelski at the bridge, arsenal dominated the game and Costa was anonymous almost on the entire game but just a single chance he got from Fabrigas pass, he killed us and that is what a Top striker needed to do.

My 3 main priority's for us against chelsea on sunday, remain focus, defend well, and most important take our chances when given and «score»!

This is not going to change as long we have strikers who turn their backs against the goal and strikers who somehow cant score besides creating chances on their own (Danny).

I must admit even though he runs round like a headless chicken he took his chance well against Brighton & scored a good goal.

So now everybody has forgotten that Ollie couldn't score a single goal at home against Monaco when he had at least 5 good chances.

if they must score it certainly has to be the type he scored against Leicester where u have no chance missing....

Previewing the game against burnley, Olly was given no chance on the ball and was over crowded, pushed, hassled, and bruised repeatedly, did nt expect him to score game by game but he had broken all barriers even in the face of critism (constructive or not) and with all the media nonsense and transfer talks and he stood tall (plus he the most handsome lad in epl, the GOLDEN MIRROR attests for that).

What are the chances that he would score against his old club?

Evidently, he's desperate to get every goal he can as he's still locked in a battle to secure the top goalscorer award this season, and so scoring against Brighton will have boosted his chances.

Crucially though, is the fact that Welbeck also adds the pace that Giroud lacks and while Wenger will be hoping that Arsenal dominate, the chances are that a counter attack against a strong and in form side on their own ground could be the best scoring option.