Sentences with phrase «victory at home against»

Barca booked their place in the Quarter Finals of the 2013 - 14 Champions League with a comfortable 2 - 1 victory at home against Manchester City.

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Australian A-League side Melbourne Victory have released its brand new 10th anniversary kit, which will debut at the club's home game against Adelaide United on Friday.
I think the most likely victory will be in Week 16 at home against San Diego.
Sterling will he hoping to help the Citizens get back to winning ways at the weekend as they face a West Ham United that has already recorded victories against Arsenal and Liverpool away from home this season.
Brighton took a substantial step towards automatic promotion with a 2 - 0 victory over Wolves yesterday, while Newcastle dropped two points at home against Leeds Utd.
Saints are searching for back - to - back home victories when Arsenal visit on Sunday, after their 4 - 1 success against Everton last time out at St Mary's.
The Lakers have also dropped seven straight home games, with their last victory at Staples Center coming on November 21 against the Bulls.
Chelsea «s post-Jose Mourinho revival got off to a terrific start with a comfortable victory over Sunderland last weekend, but they found the going much tougher at home against Watford.
And now some of our curent players know this too, I read the Cazorla article here where he said we have to be smart in some games... Our victory against ManCity last season was planned by the players... Our team in my opinion should either play pressing football (as we did against UTD at home) or be pragmatic... possession footbal now is not really working for us
However, with the Jets coming off a 37 - 16 shellacking at home against the hated Pats, the betting public is fading the Tebow hype and sticking with Rex Ryan's bunch to bounce back and escape Mile High with at least a five point victory in the lone Thursday night game in the NFL.
Last Saturday night at home against Illinois Wesleyan, Phegley helped the Braves even their record at 2 - 2 by scoring 26 points in an 80 - 64 victory.
However, the big surprise was how well Christian Ponder played against the vaunted Packers D. With the sportsbooks adjusting their lines to take away a big point from the visiting Vikings, six out of 10 spread wagers are banking on Newton to lead Carolina to a four point or more victory at home.
They felt aggrieved in the middle of March when a refereeing error denied them a late goal — and an almost - certain 1 - 0 victory over title rivals Olympique Lyonnais, while they will be disappointed at having capitulated so comprehensively against Paris Saint - Germain at home last weekend.
In fact, the win at home against Dortmund was our only big game victory all season.
The former Lille wide - man was at the heart of everything dangerous for the home side today, with it being somewhat unlucky that he wasn't able to guide his side to victory against their London rivals.
A 3 - 0 victory for the Gunners at home against Chelsea, meant that Arsenal have beaten the Blues for the first time in the Premier League in ten attempts, whilst the Gunners also finally broke the record of having not scored against Chelsea in the last six games.
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Cincinnati Bengals: Both of these AFC North contenders are coming off a rather uninspiring Week 13 that saw the Bengals edge out a victory against the lowly Bucs, while the Steelers lost to a struggling Saints team at home 35 - 32, in a score that was nowhere near indicative of the play.
They've now lost three - straight games since those unimpressive victories, fired their offensive coordinator and still have a game at home against the Giants that may as well be called the Backslide Bowl.
Despite the sportsbooks adjusting their lines to give home dog Penn State an additional point, the betting public is sticking with Nebraska, with nearly eight out of ten spread wagers confident that Bo Pelini's boys can escape with at least a four point victory against Joe Paterno's scandal ridden program.
There has been an upturn in fortunes for Arsenal FC and us Gooners of late, with wins both home and away against Italian club AC Milan in the last round of the Europa League along with some much needed victories in the Premier League, so we are all hoping that carries on tonight when Arsenal take on CSKA Moscow at the Emirates stadium.
Any game in the premiership is difficult but we are playing at home against a newly promoted club so if we take the game seriously and not think a win will just happen we should be fully confident of a victory.
Considering that Michigan State is playing at home after an upset victory over Notre Dame, this might be the ideal opportunity to fade (bet against) the Spartans.
March was good to Burnley with a home win against Everton and victories on the road at West Ham United and West Bromwich Albion.
An atmosphere similar to that seen at that other Olympic Stadium (the one in Rome) on Tuesday night or in the home victory against Southampton should inspire the Hammers to a comfortable victory.
Preston have not won against Norwich at home since 2015, but they will be desperate for a victory to salvage their promotion hopes.
Those were both 1 - 0 victories for the Clarets and a Burnley 1 - 0 correct score option at William Hill for their home game against Swansea on the weekend is a great 5/1 quote.
In our two most recent games we shared the spoils, with a comprehensive Southampton victory (3 - 0) at the London Stadium just a fortnight after we had thrown away a two goal advantage in the home game against Watford last September, the catalysts for early season discontent which saw us sitting in a relegation place at the time.
It was great to be back with Liverpool Ladies FC, they played against Birmingham City at home and sealed a 1 - 0 victory when Van De Sanden scored the winner!
KEY FACT: Stoke have won seven of their last nine home Premier League matches against newly promoted sides MATCH ODDS: Stoke 6/5 Draw 9/4 Brighton 11/4 bet365 Pick: Half time score 0 - 0 @ 6/4 ANDY SAYS: Stoke win for me here, think Paul Lambert will get the win... 2 - 0 GRAEME SAYS: Stoke have improved and they should just about claim the three points... 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: I can see a home win, think Stoke will take the victory... 2 - 0 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: At # 0.69, Jack Butland has to be a good buy
Burnley are a better home side than they are away from home, but the Cherries took a recent victory on the road at Stoke which suggests that they can go to Turf Moor and collect all three points against the low - scoring Burnley.
Benfica have picked up 13 victories from their last 15 European home games, posting five in succession at the Estádio Sport Lisboa e Benfica since their only home loss in that sequence — 2 - 1 against FC Schalke 04 in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League group stage.
So while the fact that Arsenal scored five goals away from home is impressive in itself, that it was against a side six points adrift at the bottom of the table takes some of the gloss of the victory.
They are are on a three match winning streak at home against Nottingham Forest and haven't shipped a goal in any of those three victories against the Tricky Trees.
Palace have actually won two of their last four against Chelsea in the top flight, but those wins were at Stamford Bridge and they have lost their last three in a row at home against the Blues since a 1 - 0 victory over them back in 2014.
With this victory Barca move forward with an aggregate score of 4 - 1 in two legs against a team which terrorized defending Champions Bayern at their home.
Also start the season's first Champions League match with a victory against English giant side Arsenal by 2 - 1 goals at home.
Roma opened with a home draw against Atletico Madrid and then posted a 2 - 1 victory out at Karabakh.
Arsenal have won the last four at home against Spurs in all competitions and two of those victories have been 5 - 2 scorelines.
If succeeded Barca will most probably face Real Madrid who secured a 3 - 0 victory against La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid at home.
A dramatic game sees Chris McCann's late stoppage time goal snatch a 4 - 3 victory for the Clarets against Bristol City after the home side fought from 3 - 1 down to tie the game at 3 - 3.
Incredibly, they scored four goals in one match away from home at Palace at the beginning of February, but that was their last win, with the previous four victories against Bournemouth, Hull, Leicester and Watford all coming within the space of about six weeks in November and December.
Heading into Saturday's clash against Leicester on the back of a victory is crucial - the Blues can ill - afford to allow the gap at the top to increase and with no Premier League wins in four home games, an Etihad win is crucial.
Other New Year's Day successes came with: a 4 - 0 away win at Orient in 1980 (Pearson 2, Devonshire, Pike); a 4 - 1 home victory over Leicester in 1987 (Cottee 2, McAvennie, Dickens) and a 4 - 2 win at Upton Park against Barnsley in 1990 (Keen 2, Dicks, M Allen).
Next up for Wolves is another home game on Saturday, this time against Burton Albion, and a victory really would cement their place at the top of the table, and put them in a great position from which to achieve promotion back to the Premier League.
In the big encounters this season, up against those expected to finish in the top - six, United have been very impressive as victories over Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, both at Old Trafford, as well as a 0 - 0 draw away to locals Man City, help give them the edge considering the Gunners failed to beat Liverpool at Anfield and were beaten by both Tottenham Hotspur at home and Chelsea away.
Butler jumps into a tie for second with Xavier at 11 points after a 1 - 0 victory against St. John's at home.
Rovers currently occupy 18th place, the first of three relegation spots, but victory on Saturday at home to 17th placed Wigan Athletic would guarantee Blackburn's stint in the bottom three would be a brief one, while even a draw would stand them in good stead of escaping the drop zone, although victory is somewhat imperative considering fixtures as golden as this, against a team in close proximity and a fixture they would highly rate their chances in, don't come around too often.
When Blackburn aren't scoring four at home − doing so on two occasions against Arsenal and Swansea, both in victories − then they are struggling to score any at all.
KEY FACT: Watford's only home Premier League victory against Southampton came in December 1999 MATCH ODDS: Watford 6/4 Draw 12/5 Southampton 2/1 bet365 Pick: Southampton to win @ 2/1 ANDY SAYS: Another close game, but I think Southampton might get something... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: With Watford missing so many players, could be a bore draw... 0 - 0 SILKY SAYS: Have to side with Watford, Southampton have been so poor... 2 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Nathan Redmond at just under # 1 looks a great buy
Now that's a big concern, going a little over four months without an away win, but it can be put right with a victory at Turf Moor on Saturday against a Burnley side who boast an even worse away record then Rovers yet have been equally as bad at home of late.
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