Sentences with phrase «successive home defeats»

«London — Germany procured a smash - and - grab 1 - 0 victory over England in a friendly at Wembley on Tuesday, consigning their old rivals to successive home defeats for the first time since 1977.»

Two successive home defeats against title rivals Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur mean that Manchester City head into their game against Dynamo Kiev next week in poor form, and of their key players, the one who hasn't let his form dip has been the England No. 1.

Norwich, meanwhile, bounced back from an opening day defeat at Wolves with two successive home defeats to put them amongst the early pacesetters, although Adams will be without Leroy Fer after the Dutch midfielder was sold to Queens Park Rangers this week.

Not exact matches

After five successive defeats in November and December, Kenny Jackett's men have won 13 of 21, and games at Middlesbrough and then at home to Ipswich are likely to settle things.

Yeovil Town Ladies went down to a second successive 4 - 0 home defeat, but unlike the previous one against Liverpool, Yeovil offered a threat going forward, especially in the first half, which must bring them confidence ahead of 2 more home games in the coming days.

In last season's games we drew 2 - 2 at Carlisle with our goals scored by Tommy Wood and Shrimpton while the home game ended in a 3 - 1 defeat, the fourth in that run of nine successive losses we suffered at the end of the season.

The third successive win didn't happen but that's now three games without defeat for the under - 18 team whose next game is at home against Colchester a week today.

• Made his 500th appearance for Chelsea in their 1 - 0 home defeat by Manchester United in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League quarter - final first leg, and played a key role in the Blues winning the competition the following season by scoring penalties in successive rounds against SSC Napoli and SL Benfica.

The Trotters may have slumped to successive away defeats but at home, inside a rocking Reebok, they've been flawless.

It has, however, been a steep decline ever since − a 5 - 0 loss at home to Manchester United was their third successive league defeat, having lost to both Manchester City (2 - 3) and Liverpool (3 - 1) in August − and now the Trotters find themselves hovering precariously above the bottom - three in the table, just a point better off than Norwich.

Some unconvincing wins over West Ham and Bolton, both by a 1 - 0 scoreline in games they didn't create an awful lot in, would later be followed by a couple of successive defeats against Man Utd (2 - 0) and Blackpool (0 - 2), the latter an embarrassing result considering they almost went the entire year without losing to anyone bar Manchester United on home soil.

Throw in their ability to concede goals on the road, well over 2 on average, with their miserable away form of three successive defeats, five in their last six, and you have overwhelming evidence of a home victory.

Their form on the road has been a major concern, with five successive defeats in the league, but they had won their last two home matches and started this one brightly.

A second successive loss should be out of the question however, with Sunderland still unbeaten at home this season after two wins and three draws, while Stoke City (4.00 VCbet) will arrive at the Stadium of Light on the back of successive defeats and won't exactly be brimming with confidence.

In the knowledge that their form on home soil is fairly solid — just one defeat in six — that they concede on the rare occasions — Joe Hart in the City goal having kept a staggering seven clean sheets in ten at home, five in his last six as well, and on the back of successive TO NIL home wins over Aston Villa (4 - 0) and Blackpool (1 - 0), you really are struggling to find any dent in their armour.

The momentum is with the Gunners, though, after putting their bitterly disappointing 1 - 0 home defeat to Newcastle behind by clinching successive away wins over Wolves and Everton.

Whereas Fulham are striving to avoid a third consecutive home defeat in the league, after suffering back - to - back 3 - 1 losses against Everton and Tottenham, Liverpool are chasing their fourth successive away win − their fifth if you include Tuesday's defeat of Chelsea in the cup.

Stoke, victorious on their last appearance at the Brittania, have clinched all three points in just one of their previous four at home in the league, while Bolton haven't won an away encounter in the Premier League in nearly two months and arrive baring the scars of four successive away defeats.

Welsh side Bala Town suffered a second successive 2 - 0 defeat to Sweden's AIK Solna, while Glenavon were thumped 6 - 0 at home by KR Reykjavik to lose 8 - 1 on aggregate.

Granted they welcomed the Reds to Bloomfield Road on the back of successive defeats, as well as exiting the FA Cup, however previously they went five games without losing, four of those away from home.