Sentences with phrase «straight home win»

The Trotters have won all seven previous encounters at The Reebok, not to mention the fact an eight straight home win on Saturday would also be their eight in a row in all competitions over that bubble - mad club, home and away.

Alexandre Lacazette's first - half strike set Arsenal on course for a 12th straight home win whilst a second - half blitz that saw Olivier Giroud score either side of goals from Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil ensured victory.

The Tigers would be at least two points clear of danger with a fourth straight home win, but the gap could widen to four or five points if 18th - placed Swansea can not find their own much - needed win at home to Stoke City.

Likewise, if a lower - ranked team goes to a title - chaser and parks the bus, but you expect the hosts» extra quality to tell in the end, the draw / home win bet will offer better odds than the straight home win.

Sir Alex's side were looking for a ninth straight home win when they took on struggling Watford at Old Trafford.

Sunday the LA Galaxy will aim for their third straight home win at the StubHub Center as Sigi Schmid's side take on an evolving Sporting Kansas City.

Varlamov made 43 saves for his first victory in more than a month and the Avalanche matched the franchise record of 10 straight home wins, beating the Canadiens 2 - 0 on Wednesday night.

The game - winning score came on a 31 - yard burst with just 0:58 seconds remaining, and the ensuing defensive stand ended Folsom's 30 - game winning streak and a streak of 43 straight home wins.

The positivity of two straight home wins lies shattered after the Pittsburgh Penguins iced away a 6 - 0 win, sending the Predators back home needing an answer to force a deciding Game 7.

Not exact matches

Tampa Bay beat Los Angeles, 4 - 3, at home on Saturday night, winning its second straight game, and improving to 7 -2-0 in the last nine contests overall.

Dating to the beginning of last season, the Avs have won three straight home games in this series, limiting the Jets to exactly two goals in each victory.

It was the first of 10 straight home games for the Jets, who have won seven in a row at Bell MTS Place and are 18 -3-1 there this season.

The Jets have won six straight contests at Bell MTS Place — the second - longest active home win streak in hockey.

It was also interesting to see how the closing total affected home - field advantage in terms of straight up win - loss records.

Since suffering a 36 - 22 loss at Florida State in 1980, Pitt had won 17 straight games and needed only a home win over rival Penn State to secure a winner - take - all Sugar Bowl battle against No. 2 Georgia.

PRO BASKETBALL — Ifthe Knicks were becoming guardedly optimistic about their chances of winningtheir first Eastern Conference title in 16 years, you could hardly blame them: In a 3 - 0 week, during which New York ran its home win streak to 13 games, itdefeated the Pistons, the conference champions, for the third straight time.100 - 93.

Texas A&M has won two straight, both on the road, heading into its regular - season finale on Saturday at home against Alabama.

Auburn has won 11 straight at home.

Instead, LSU won its sixth straight home game to take some momentum into next week's SEC Tournament in St. Louis, where the Tigers likely have to win out to get an NCAA berth.

Dallas has looked much better during the past two games at home — both without Rajon Rondo — but winning four straight games against the Rockets, including a pair in Houston, seems almost impossible.

The Avs have won nine straight games at Pepsi Center — their longest home winning streak since moving from Quebec to Denver in 1995 - 96.

The Islanders have won three straight at home in the series.

It's easy to forget, but heading into a home game vs. Virginia Tech on November 15, Duke was a resounding favorite to win its second straight ACC Coastal title.

The Avalanche beat the Anaheim Ducks, 3 - 1, at home on Monday night to pick up their seventh straight victory — Colorado's longest winning streak since an eight - gamer in 2005 - 06.

Everyone expected an emotional letdown to follow, but the Flyers won their 12th straight game that Saturday in Hartford, beating the Whalers 5 - 2, and on the flight home Keenan, so proud of his young team that his eyes misted over when talking about it, helped the stewardesses serve meals.

Colorado has not won consecutive home games versus Detroit since winning two straight from April 18 — December 2, 1998.

Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog had the goals for a Colorado team that returned home after earning two straight road wins, including Thursday in St. Louis.

If they beat us, there is nothing to stop them on the home straight and they can even win mathematically in that game if results go their way.

Going 27 - 16 ATS in that span MT @darrenrovell: Tom Brady has now won 43 straight home starts vs AFC opponents (last loss 2006 Wk 10 vs Jets)-- SportsInsights.com (@SportsInsights) December 14, 2014

It was their third straight victory in this series, but all three of those games were played on Phoenix's home floor; the Thunder have won their last 12 home contests against the Suns.

Corey Brewer started his third - straight game for the Thunder in Oklahoma City's 106 - 101 home win over the Kings on Monday.

Since 2005, favorites have won the opening game of the Stanley Cup Final in 9 straight years, while the home team has won the opener in 8 of 9 years.

Straight up, dogs have gone 102 - 169 during the first month of the season — not something to write home about — but have won 16.6 units, good for a 6.1 % ROI.

They had won 36 of 48 games from that day in August until the last one in September, and after sweeping the Phils in a bizarre doubleheader the night before for their 23rd and 24th straight wins at home, the championship of the National League East seemed within the Pirates» reach.

I fully understand we just lost one game and uts not the end of the world but am struggling to deal with is the consistent lack of mental toughness that are the hallmarks of all title winning teams... we need to be proactive and stop been reactionary, simples... we had what is in all honesty a good couple of matches begining of the season WINNABLE games but we already fell short at the first hurdle now all the talk is about bouncing back, whatever happened to eyes on the ball straight from the off... a Westham side with a new manager, some new players and a 16 year old making his debut beating Arsenal at home is just plain disgraceful and whatever happens next does not in any way mitigate against that.....

Well, when it's 23 degrees and feels like a million - below, when you have lost three straight games, when you are in a win - and - in or lose - and - go - home regular season finale / bid for the playoffs and when the brute Jacksonville Jaguars are in your grill, there is no room for niceties.

The Capitals lost to Nashville, 4 - 3, at home on Thursday, their second consecutive home loss after winning seven straight at home.

After returning to winning ways with a first victory in five Premier League games on Saturday, Arsenal embark upon the first of three straight home games on Sunday afternoon.

Baseball 1960 will be remembered as the year Ted Williams retired with a Frank Merriwell flourish and Stan Musial didn't; the year the Pittsburgh Pirates won a pennant and made the oldtimers happy by hitting behind the runner; the year the New York Yankees took a.001 lead into the second week of September then vigorously won the race with 15 straight and a record number of home runs (193); and the year nice guys Warren Spahn, Pete Runnels and Dick Groat finished first.

The home team were in excellent form, coming off a run of four straight wins in which they'd scored 13 goals.

Marco, a senior utility player and pitcher at Rocky Mountain High, struck out 11 and hit a three - run home run to help the Lobos to a 9 — 4 win over Ralston Valley and their fourth - straight state Class 5A title.

Arsenal are flying with 7 straight wins in a row, and have incredibly lost just one of their last 26 games at home in all competitions, so their confidence is sky high.

Cincinnati are strong at home regardless of the opposition, as they are in the midst of a 13 -0-1 home stretch and have won five straight over the Browns at Paul Brown Stadium.

It's also interesting to note that bettors are anticipating an upset, with 66 % of tickets and 99 % of the money taking the home underdog to win straight up.

In 2015, after just missing out at a third straight major at The Open at St. Andrews, where ZJ eventually won, a now - famous photo went around of Spieth borrowing Johnson's new jug on the flight home.

Average home attendance was over 20,000 for the fourth straight season, and Tech has now both attended and won bowls for four straight years as well.

The Packers averaged 39.8 points per game at home in those eight wins, and Aaron Rodgers stretched his personal record to 418 straight passes at home without an interception.

Atlantic leader Boston split two games with Milwaukee before winning its 21st and 22nd straight at home 112 - 108 over Seattle and 116 - 104 over the Nets.

Atlanta, which had won 15 straight home games before losing to Boston, continued its skid by falling 117 - 107 to the Los Angeles Lakers and 115 - 109 to Utah.

Our research shows that, since the start of the 2003 season, there have only been two home underdogs of at least 4 - points during the playoffs — both of whom won straight up.