Sentences with phrase «straight home defeat»

A third straight home defeat for Palace leaves Roy Hodgson's men just two points above the drop zone, having played two games more than Southampton in 18th.

A fourth straight home defeat is still very possible, but I fancy the Reds to grab a point in an entertaining TV game.

Not exact matches

Aston Villa host West Brom today in a hugely important Midlands derby for the home side, who are looking to put an end to seven straight Premier League defeats

After Arsene Wenger and the players were jeered off the pitch by the Arsenal fans after the home defeat by Liverpool last weekend, the pressure is obviously on for the Gunners to bounce straight back and take all three points from our next Premier League match.

They currently sit 16th in League Two and come into this game on the back of four straight defeats, three of them at home.

Both look enticing on paper, but I like Crystal Palace to get a much - needed home win at +105, and Newcastle to get back on track after three straight defeats at +120.

The Gunners eased through a tough last - 16 tie against Milan 5 - 1 on aggregate, having gone into the first leg on a run of four straight defeats, and they are long odds - on for a home victory against CSKA Moscow in the quarter - finals.

I wasn't in the minority of fans in wanting the Italian to stay at Vicarage Road and even the most discerning of those calling for change would have done so with a heavy heart, but the writing appeared to be on the wall after the defeat to the Owls; the Hornets» fifth straight at home.

This week in Hammer's history begins on 27 September 1997 where a run of 4 straight defeats was brought to end with a fortuitous 2 - 1 home victory over a Liverpool side including Paul Ince and David James.

A crushing defeat at home to Aston Villa, at the feet of their token Belgian Christian Benteke, has changed everything, and in typical Liverpool fashion all the best made plans for the season of good will have gone straight out of the frosted glass effect window.

After all, it halted a run of four straight defeats and a difference in confidence was plain to see as they started the stronger of the two and unsurprisingly took the lead after 19 minutes as Aaron Cresswell's first - time cross was wonderfully swept home by Lanzini for his second goal of the season.

Niasse converted a Theo Walcott header across goal — just 57 seconds after he replaced home debutant Cenk Tosun — to end a run of three straight top - flight defeats for the Toffees.

Clinching their third straight Bundesliga crown this weekend courtesy of a 1 - 0 home victory over a surprisingly resilient Hertha Berlin and second - placed Wolfsburg's identical scoreline defeat at Gladbach, Bayern Munich now have no fewer than 25 domestic championships in the strong room and looking at the season's tale of the tape — just two defeats, 24 wins out of 30, 77 goals scored and only 13 conceded — the competitive deficit in today's top - flight is there for all to see.

Meanwhile Wolves, who go into the game on the back of consecutive away defeats to Everton and Chelsea, will look to record their second straight win at home following their 3 - 1 victory over Wigan last month.

Barcelona's shock 2 - 1 defeat at home to Valencia was their third straight defeat in the league for the first time since 2003.

Strong mental toughness has been evident this season by Loko, there have been some disappointing results such as home defeats to newly promoted Tosno and Amkar, yet immediately after these two bad results, Loko responded like potential future champions in their next two fixtures by recording two straight victories.

Wednesday's triumph away at Wigan helped Bolton end a drastic sequence of results away from home which had previously seen them rack up seven straight defeats, and four of those were without Bolton even plundering a single goal.

The fact remains that Burnley are undefeated at home this season, in fact, they've yet to drop a single point, but that doesn't hide their abysmal away record of four straight away defeats.

Swansea ended a run of five straight Premier League defeats but they could only manage a battling point as they drew 0 - 0 at home to Bournemouth on Saturday.