Sentences with phrase «while keeping a clean sheet»

And we still created chances and made them count while keeping a clean sheet.

The Sky Blues played out a goalless draw with Alaves on Wednesday night and a fully rested Real side should beat them while keeping a clean sheet, so back them to win to nil and a generous looking 19/10 with BetVictor.

Villa gained a fantastic win at Stoke last weekend and did so while keeping a clean sheet, of huge importance to the team's overall confidence.

So far, Inter has shown good signs of recovery and they were off to their best start since the Hector Cuper era by winning two of their opening matches while keeping clean sheets in both.

On paper they might not seem like a threat to a rampant Reds side who netted eight in their last two matches while keeping clean sheets in both games.

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Sergio Romero has been signed on a free transfer, and while he featured against Spurs — and kept a clean sheet — he may be set for a backup role.

Crystal Palace, West Brom and Watford have all been tighter at the back than the ninth - placed Blues this term, while only Bournemouth, Norwich, Sunderland, Newcastle and Aston Villa have kept fewer clean sheets in the top - flight.

Wenger and the Gunners will be expecting a spirited showing from Swansea in their first match under new manager Bob Bradley, but they are still on a terrible run of six Premier League games without a win and in none of those games have they kept a clean sheet, conceding 12 goals while Arsenal have scored 14 in our last five.

Petr Cech won the golden glove, while Ospina kept 2 clean sheets as well.

While seeing Monreal play central CB has been painful we must remember that our def kept 50 % clean sheet after formation change and that is a good consistency IMO.

Szcz should be kept for 12 months, I know Szcz needed to grow up but he appears to be doing so at Roma, he has played 2 games more than Cech and he has kept 8 more clean sheets while conceding 6 less goals.

While in 56 appearances, Cech has kept 23 clean sheets, narrowly edging Courtois by one per cent (40 %).

The Gunners have already kept three clean sheets from six games, including the Community Shield and were unlucky with that equaliser from Leicester because of the injury to Koscielny, while Everton's second should not have stood for two reasons, so with all the players up to match sharpness, I am not too worried about the defence.

However, while Montpellier again drew a blank, this time they failed to keep a clean sheet and were breached by Oscar Trejo's 47th - minute effort.

The Czech international has kept three clean sheets in a row for the Gunners, while Chelsea are suffering while conceding 12 goals so far — more than any other team in the Premier League.

Elsewhere, Crystal Palace secured a huge result with a win at West Brom and having kept a clean sheet, Sakho deserves credit for his role in that while Manchester City and Southampton picked up three points with wins at Sunderland and Watford respectively.

Assisted the set - piece that undid Bayern, while we still kept a clean sheet against one of the most potent attacks in the world.

The tactics were right as we did not become reckless at any stage so kept a valuable and confidence building clean sheet while still having more than enough attacking threat top win the game comfortably.

The 25 - year - old has kept 17 clean sheets in 37 appearances in all competitions this season, producing a string of quality saves, as seen in the video below, while also being a pivotal part of building attacks for Roma too given his competence in possession.

However, while only managing to keep 49 clean sheets in his 165 Premier League appearances, Jones is set to become one of the highest - paid defenders in Premier League history.

And while Arsenal were still far from our best, we got the much needed points, kept another clean sheet and built on the improving morale and form.

Unlike a few team - mates, Davies got better as the season went on: against Man City in March he made 21 clearances, including 17 with his head, while in April's Swansea game he made 16 clearances, seven interceptions and two tackles as the Tigers kept a clean sheet.

Matt Ritchie (FFT's No. 1 Football League player) has created a mega 15 goals, while on - loan Southampton goalkeeper Artur Boruc has kept 12 clean sheets in 32 appearances.

«The boys have put in a strong display, we've kept another clean sheet and created plenty of goalscoring opportunities while playing some very good football at times,» Allegri said.

Ryan Seager watched from the bench as his Yeovil side enjoyed one of the standout results of the weekend — a 6 - 2 win at promotion - chasing Coventry, while Ollie Cook helped Barrow to a welcome clean sheet at Boreham Wood to keep his temporary employers outside the relegation places in the National League.

Both teams have been defensively sound, Napoli not conceding a goal in their last 5 matches while Inter have kept a clean sheet in their last 4 matches.

The Blues have failed to keep a clean sheet in eight, while they've recorded one away clean sheet in the league in 2018.

Twenty nine goals have been scored in QPR's away games while Stoke have conceded 12 times at home this season... keeping just two clean sheets in the five matches where they've hosted bottom half placed teams.

I have no doubt that Luis Suarez will weave his way in and out of an unconvincing Arsenal defence, one which doesn't fill any pundit with confidence but has nevertheless kept an impressive amount of clean sheets at home this season (12/16), while Andy Carroll will be a constant threat from the air, especially from set - plays, which was incidentally where he scored the winner for Newcastle on his last visit to the Emirates.

As critical as pundits were of Manchester City's second - half capitulation away at Everton on Saturday, although no - one was more infuriated with the final score than their manager, City can wrap up fourth with victory over their nearest challenger at a ground which while it hasn't served them well in recent meetings with Tottenham, has been a fortress for them this season — where they've a record of W11 D4 L2; having scored 30 goals and conceded just 12, and where Joe Hart has kept no less than ten clean sheet.

For a while we have not kept a clean sheet, and if you want to play at the top you have to keep clean sheets.

The Gunners» defence hasn't conceded a single goal in any of its last four home games, not since Everton's Louis Saha scored a controversial goal on 1 February, which shouldn't have stood for offside, while in total Arsenal have kept 12 clean sheets in 16 league games at the Emirates in 2010/2011.

Both sides score for fun but leak goals regularly; Liverpool have only managed two clean sheets in their last nine games while Spartak have kept just three in their last twelve.

Gael Givet, Jason Lowe and Michael Salgado are all doubtful in defence, a defence which has yet to keep a clean sheet, while midfield duo David Hoilett and Ruben Rochina both failed fitness tests ahead of last week's Sunderland game but should come into contention for West Brom.

The former England No. 1 has kept three clean sheets on home soil this season, while only Burnley, Sunderland & Tottenham have put more than one goal past home at Ewood Park this season, whereas just about the entire world and his missus has scored a hat - trick past him away from home.

As previously mentioned, Leo Jaba scored a fantastic winning goal on his debut against Amkar Perm, while Philipe Sampaio has been a mainstay in a defence which has kept three clean sheets in three games.

While Torino's attacking trident of Iago Falque, Adem Ljajic and Andrea Belotti can trouble any defensive unit in the league, they are coming up against a very in - form defence that has kept clean sheets in its last five matches.

Nevertheless, Eastlands is quickly becoming a fortress for the Citizens who, while they have won only two of their previous six home encounters in the Premier League, have conceded only seven goals, kept six clean sheets in ten and have conceded in just one of their previous five at home — Everton scoring twice just before Christmas.

The Tangerines have spirit and tenacity in abundance, while they can't be knocked for their enthusiasm, but, however, what the boast in zeal and zest they lack in quality, especially at the back, and I fear for their defence on Sunday, Matt Gilks in particular, who was sensational in keeping a clean sheet at Newcastle last weekend but will need to be exceptional if he's to keep the in form trio of Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka and Florent Malouda at bay.

Bolton have kept just one clean sheet all season while Blackpool have been a genuine threat when going forward.