Sentences with phrase «top flight opposition»

While the visitors are the big favourites and they are expected to win with a rotated squad, they're facing a team who have belief against top flight opposition, at a ground which will be packed full of fans hoping for a cup shock.

Key Stat: Bolton have lost 8 of 11 Premier League home games this season, but Swansea have only been victorious on one occasion away from home against top flight opposition (0 - 2 Aston Villa).

As the last in form, top flight opposition Chelsea face that could realistically still win the title the ownus is on us to score.

Not exact matches

Luton, of the fifth - tier Conference National, won 1 - 0 at Norwich through an 80th - minute Scott Rendell goal to become the first non-league team to eliminate top - flight opposition in 24 years.

Reading have allowed the opposition more shots on target than any other top - flight side this campaign (158).

Even someone like Alexis Sanchez, presently the apple of every Gooner's eye, must be having his seemingly endless optimism tampered by several others pointing out to him the miniscule percentage of points Arsenal has been able to claim against top - flight opposition in last eight years.

Given that Oztumer was never supposed to make it this far, the chance to see him test his talent against top - flight opposition is probably one worth taking.

Elsewhere, top - flight teams tend to rotate a little in the cups these days, which means that away games against half - decent opposition can become potentially tricky.

It no longer feels special to trounce a fellow top - flight club, or Champions League opposition, for that matter.

Brighton have lost seven and drawn one of their last eight away FA Cup matches against top - flight opposition — their last away win of this kind was at Newcastle United in January 1986.

With Leonardo Ulloa on the opposition team sheet, O'Driscoll welcomed the chance to test himself against a proven top - flight striker, and was pleased to have sealed a hard - fought point.