Sentences with phrase «second home league game»

The second home league game of the season.

In 2013 - 14 on the last day of August we played our second home league game of that particular season at home to Stoke.

In our second home league game of 2014 - 15 we played Southampton.

Not exact matches

Arsenal have three home games in the Premier League left to play, as well as a second visit to Old Trafford to face Man United.

After giving up a game at home and apparent momentum in their second - round series with Golden State, the Spurs went into the most hostile environment in the league at Oracle Arena and quieted the madness by beating the Warriors to regain control.

After the disaster of losing our second Champions League game at home to Olympiacos, Arsenal produced arguably the best performance of the season to blow Manchester United out of the water and canter to a 3 - 0 win.

With Arsenal in dire need of winning our second Champions League group game after losing the first, a home clash with Olympiakos seemed the ideal game.

After Arsenal survived an early Champions League blow thanks to some last ditch defending, a few moments of magic from the second choice keeper David Ospina and some profligacy in front of goal from Edinson Cavani and Angel Di Maria, the Paris Saint - Germain fans were left cursing their luck after Alexis Sanchez popped up in the right place to rifle home the rebound from Alex Iwobi's shot in the final 12 minutes of our group game.

The on - loan Egyptian scored Fiorentina's second to help the Italians knock Tottenham out of the Europa League with a 2 - 0 home win and after the game, Montella said, «Who did better out of the Cuadrado exchange?

Arsenal's second - string side got past Cologne in the Europa League last week, and if anything this Caraboa Cup game at home to Doncaster should be even easier.

The first was to stick with David Ospina in goal for the second Champions League game at home to Olympiacos.

Arsenal may have drawn a blank for the second home game in a row, leaving us languishing at around the halfway point of the league table, but there are some positives to be taken.

like I've said before, Wenger is simply stating that Sanchez is staying so that he can regain some leverage when it comes time to make a deal and to shift the focus back squarely on Sanchez... this is 101 tactics in PR management... the very fact that he even mentioned RVP's name speaks to the utterance arrogance of a man that believes he answers to no one... before you harshly judge Sanchez think carefully about what the ultimate intentions of both parties involved... Sanchez wants to win trophies and get paid generously for his efforts, whereas the club wants to pull the wool over our eyes once again so that we blame the player for wanting the very things we told him we wanted when we brought him in... how many times do we have to go down this road before we realize the only common factor in each of these scenarios is the club itself... trust me, if we showed any ambition Sanchez's contract demands would be much different... just like in other major sports players will take a «home town» discount if they see those in charge making a truly honest attempt to fight for the highest honours in their respective fields... that being said, if they see a team trying to make disparaging remarks about them in the press and not following through on their promises, they will likely try to make them pay a premium for their services or seek greener pastures... btw if anyone simply looks at the score versus Bayern today and thinks that even for a second that this was a deserved victory, just watch the game and judge for yourself... actually save yourself the anguish and just know that if it weren't for Cech and Martinez this could have been a repeat of our Champions League flopping or worse

Well we are not even a third of the way through this second international break of the season and I for one am impatiently waiting for Arsenal's next game which is at home to Swansea City in the Premier League next Saturday.

Arsene Wenger has suggested that he will make one or two changes to the Arsenal starting line up for the Premier League home clash with Sunderland this evening, but with it being the second of three games in a week and looking at the injury situation, I think it will be more like three or four.

Jose Mourinho and Man United have Europa League games to worry about and their first group game is followed by a home game against Southampton who are also in the second European competition.

Their new manager, Ronald Koeman appears to have halted their relatively poor defensive record under Martinez, especially at home, and the eight goals that they have conceded to date in all league games is the second best record in the division so far.

He rose to head home a corner in the dying minutes of Serie A game against Udinese, becoming only the second goalkeeper to score from open play in the Italian league in the process.

It was only their second home defeat in 35 Premier League games.

For the first time in the Premier League two clubs scored over 100 goals (Manchester City - 102 & Liverpool - 101) despite the divisional total slumping to a five year low; (1052 vs 942); Jose Mourinho lost his first EPL home game in 78 matches and that victory helped Sunderland to become only the second team ever to survive the drop having been bottom at Christmas.

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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It's Hull up first for the Clarets in the Professional Development League as we look for just our second win of the season against a home side who, having started poorly, have won their last two games against Cardiff and Coventry with the second, a home fixture, being played in the KCOM Stadium immediately after a home first team game.

They struggled at home against Middlesbrough in their last game in the Premier League without Cazorla, drawing 0 - 0 with Aitor Karanka's side, and despite dominating Sunderland for much of the game, their failure to kill off the fixture allowed the hosts to come back with a second half Jermain Defoe penalty.

The league leaders do have a clean sheet in almost half of their home games this season and they have shipped 73 % of their home goals in the second half of matches.

Since then, Rovers have thrown away two priceless opportunities to enhance their stance in the top - flight further, losing away to Bolton 2 - 1, despite boasting a numerical advantage for most of the second half, as well as throwing two invaluable points away last weekend when drawing 1 - 1 with bottom of the league West Ham, Kean's very first game in charge and it was a game where Blackburn produced one of their poorest performances of the season, certainly at home, where Rovers were previously a force to be reckoned with under» Big Sam».

Cardiff City stunned the rest of the Premier League last weekend with an emphatic 3 - 2 win over big - spending Manchester City and they will host their second home game in a row on Saturday at 3.00 pm, as Roberto Martinez's Everton make the trip to Wales.

We're back at Wembley Stadium for our second of three home games in seven days on Saturday when we return to league action.

Anthony Okpotu who finished as top scorer in the Nigeria Professional Football League with 18 goals for Lobi Stars put the CHAN Eagles ahead, before Peter Eneji who starred for Nigeria League Champions put the game beyond the reach of the home team with Nigeria's second goal of the night.

Before their 4 - 2 reverse at home to United, a match in which the Hammers led 2 - 0 at half - time only to capitulate in the second - half and concede four within the space of 30 minutes, they hadn't tasted defeat for four games in the league.

-- Arsenal have scored precisely one goal in each of their previous five Premier League home games − four of which were netted in the second - half.

Bolton lost just three home games last season in League One but of course, they will be facing stiffer challenges this time around back in the second tier and this is not an easy opener.

Villa, who were previously unbeaten in seven heading into Christmas, have now lost back - to - back games in the league following the defeat at Arsenal, just two days before they succumbed to their second home defeat of the season to Liverpool.

But Jose Mourinho has yet to win away from home against a top six side for two years now (one goal scored in ten games) and given the next few fixtures for United — not least the monumental Manchester Derby which is scheduled for next week — there is a sense of now or never at United, even though they are comfortably placed second in the league table.

The Hammers handed Town their first ever Premier League defeat back in September via Pedro Obiang's deflected strike and an Andre Ayew effort both late in the second half in West Ham's first home game of the season.

The Tangerines will host just their second home Premier League game ever when they entertain a combative Blackburn Rovers at Bloomfield Road this Saturday, with Ian Holloway determined to guide Blackpool to their first home win of the campaign following an early programme which has consisted mainly of away encounters because of the time it took to complete their stadium alterations.

The next two games in the Professional Development League come a week on Monday and the following Friday, the first at home (Curzon Ashton) against Leeds and the second at Nottingham Forest.

Just at home, the DW Stadium, Wigan posses some of the league's worst records, like least amount of points registered — 11 from 11 matches, the leakiest home defence having shipped 20 goals and conceding nearly two goals every game on average, as well as the second bluntest attacking line (10).

Research has shown that the average Premier League football fan ducks - out of home games seven minutes and 37 seconds early to avoid the hustle and bustle of leaving the stadium and the inevitable traffic getting away from the ground.

We've been fortunate to get a home draw and our opponents will be Rochdale who have already beaten us this season at Gawthorpe, winning the league game 2 - 0 with two goals in two second half minutes.

The Magpies have made an indifferent start to the season but have fared better than West Ham so far, although the Hammers boast the better form after going four games without losing in the league and will target this home fixture with Newcastle as a perfect opportunity to double their tally of wins for the second, which currently stands at a miserly 1.

In stark contrast is that of Sunderland, who haven't lost a league fixture since being downed by West Brom in just their second game of the term, going unbeaten in their last seven matches and will arrive at St James» in buoyant mood after a 1 - 0 win at home to Aston Villa last weekend ended a run of five successive draws.

It was Best who struck the only goal of the game last weekend as well, as Newcastle edged out QPR, at home, to record their second consecutive league win, to go with their sensational 3 - 0 win over defending champions Man Utd, and climb above Liverpool into sixth, level on points Arsenal who occupy a Europa League league win, to go with their sensational 3 - 0 win over defending champions Man Utd, and climb above Liverpool into sixth, level on points Arsenal who occupy a Europa League League berth.

The only team able to win there this season is Chelsea with a last - second goal in the Champions League three weeks ago, so Barça will really need to be at the top of their game to get a good result in Atlético's new home.

-- Last week's 2 - 1 defeat of Aston Villa at home was Newcaste's fourth in five league games, and their second on the bounce following a 2 - 0 win at Blackburn the week before.

The Blues are the hottest property in the Premier League right now, having won eight of their last ten league games, collecting 25 points from a possible 27, while it was they who last beat Sir Alex's men in Manchester — Joe Cole opening the scoring before Didier Drogba leathered home Chelsea's second in a 2 - 1 win which all but sealed the title for the League right now, having won eight of their last ten league games, collecting 25 points from a possible 27, while it was they who last beat Sir Alex's men in Manchester — Joe Cole opening the scoring before Didier Drogba leathered home Chelsea's second in a 2 - 1 win which all but sealed the title for the league games, collecting 25 points from a possible 27, while it was they who last beat Sir Alex's men in Manchester — Joe Cole opening the scoring before Didier Drogba leathered home Chelsea's second in a 2 - 1 win which all but sealed the title for the Blues.