Sentences with phrase «win against a tough team»

A fantastic hard fought win against a tough team on a tough / compact pitch.

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Listing the 23 non-Alabama first - place votes seems counterproductive this week, especially because there's more solid reasoning to reward a team that isn't the Tide (which has a win over No. 29 Michigan and... that's it, really) for winning against tough competition.

In order to win PL / CL we need to perform on big days against tough teams and against those tough teams we get very few chances to score and giroud does not have those killer instincts to score on the slightest of hint of chance.

Better to get those weeks under their belts against tough Teams and then be able to lock up Wins against Teams they should beat later on..

The win sets up a very tough game coming up on Sunday night against # 4 Team Hampton.

With little to separate either team four weeks out from the opening kick, it's tough to go against the player just days away from winning the Heisman Trophy.

To be 2 - 1 in a tough building here in Boston, against a good team to get a good solid win, this is a little bit of a sign of maturity.»

When you're going against a team that has won 43 of its last 46 games, even the toughest of tough guy axioms might not help.

The Pittsburgh Steelers took the hard road to Super Bowl XL, winning three straight road games against the toughest teams in either conference.

That made it five wins from five games in their domestic league, so Arsene Wenger must prepare his Arsenal team for a tough test against a team that is clearly on a great run.

watching my team against Ireland yesterday even tough we won i wasn, t impressedit, we only start playing with purpose when we go behind and when we, re in front we slow down our play, i thought koscielny had a decent game with a couple of good clearance and his job was made more difficult by adil rami who is a burden on the team and always one mistake away, giroud can, t be blamed for his first half performance the guy was starved of any service and it, s only when griezman was moved to his favourite position that giroud started making the difference what a great assist, by the way shane long dived for the penalty but that, s ok we are square now with the irish we had henry, s handball & they had the penalty!!

Arsenal head into the final Champions League group match against FC Basel and will be hoping that they can secure the win against a team that's proven tough to beat for English opponents.

With a healthy Franklin and home games against the three toughest teams on that list, the Tigers would be positioned not only for a run at the SEC East title, but a run as the favorite for the East title following the win over Georgia.

The Golden Eagles were about to finish off a 16 - 14 win on the road against a tough Bellarmine - San Jose team.

They say this team might only have about a 58 percent chance of winning on the road against a Louisville team with one of the nation's toughest, most aggressive defenses.

In each of those years that Arsenal won, there were those draws against some tough premier league teams that were supposed to be potential banana skins for the team, yet they scaled those hurdles.

While this is clearly a step - up in talent level — they showed the ability to navigate through a really tough field of Teams and get Wins with their backs against the wall.

They've won their past three games against weak competition — the Kings, Warriors and Blazers — but haven't performed up to snuff against tougher teams since March.

The coach knows that the zone is a bad defense against that team, and has to make a tough decision: Do I dance with the girl I brought to the dance (the zone), or do I give my team a better chance to win by changing things up?

Wenger made a few changes before the last round tie against Burnley and we only ended up with a narrow 2 - 1 win with many scares before the end, and if we again play a weakened team we can expect an even tougher fight from the Tigers.

Barca supporters will be hoping that the right - back is slightly more serious on the pitch, with his team needing a win against their Bundesliga rivals ahead of their tough away leg at the Allianz Arena.

Upon winning the NCS title, McCollom and his players were fully aware of the tough competition that lied ahead, but remained optimistic about the opportunity to compete against some of the best teams in California.

«Coming out with this great group of girls, and competing and winning against a very tough team, it's like a surreal feeling.

The Nuggets figure to face an even tougher test against the Thunder (50 - 17), who have strung together 20 consecutive home wins over fellow Western Conference teams by an average of 17.0 points.

If they are all out, it will be tough for the Suns to win against any team.

KEY FACT: Palace have won only one of their last 11 Premier League matches against Man City MATCH ODDS: Palace 10/1 Draw 11/2 Man City 2/7 bet365 Pick: Over 2.5 goals @ 11/10 ANDY SAYS: I think my former team will find this mission a bit too difficult, has to be City... 1 - 3 GRAEME SAYS: I think this could be tougher than some think, but City just edging it... 1 - 2 SILKY SAYS: Two of my former sides here and I have to go with City, too easy....1 - 4 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Kevin De Bruyne remains the biggest bargain on the Index

Having won against Fleetwood this week, the youth team are back on their travels tomorrow with a tough away game against Bury who are currently second favourites to win the league for a second successive season.

While New England would have tough matchups against any of the remaining teams except Houston (all others rank in the top 10 in DVOA), the fact remains the Texans are an easy out and thus the Pats are the most likely team to reach and win the Super Bowl.

KEY FACT: Everton have lost only one of their last 19 Premier League matches against newly - promoted teams MATCH ODDS: Brighton 11/5 Draw 2/1 Everton 11/8 ANDY SAYS: I think Brighton could claim a home win here, against a poor Everton... 2 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: Tough call, I think Everton might just have too much for Brighton... 1 - 2 SILKY SAYS: I have to go with Everton, I think Brighton have been poor so far... 0 - 2 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Idrissa Gueye at 59p looks a great buy under any circumstance

David Moyes has experienced a tough start to life at Old Trafford, and will hope to bounce back from that defeat to Liverpool with a win against Crystal Palace, a team who they have not lost against in the last 8 league meetings between the two sides.

Matt Targett is the only player missing for Southampton KEY FACT: Stoke won only three of their last 15 home matches against Southampton MATCH ODDS: Stoke 19/10 Draw 21/10 Southampton 29/20 ANDY SAYS: Another close one, but I think Southampton are the better team so I will go with them... 1 - 2 GRAEME SAYS: Tough call, depends which Stoke turns up, home win but could go either way... 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: Two equally matched teams, close on — draw for me but with goals... 2 - 2 LADBROKES PICK: Stoke v Southampton BTTS — NO @ 20/23 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Virgil Van Dijk is back on the up, # 1.35 is still good value

KEY FACT: West Ham are unbeaten in their last five Premier League matches against Crystal Palace MATCH ODDS: West Ham 21/10 Draw 9/4 Palace 31/20 bet365 Pick: Both Teams to Score @ 4/5 ANDY SAYS: Tough call this one, but I will back my former club to take a point... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: A big game for both clubs, but maybe West Ham might just have the edge... 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: I think West Ham should and will claim the win here... 2 - 0 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Javier Hernandez might still be a good investment

The team had reacted positively to a tough 3 - 1 defeat against Tottenham in their opening Champions League fixture and put together a run of three Bundesliga wins that saw them score 14 goals and concede just once — the only goal allowed in their first six league games.

Spain is the favorite to win the tournament and it's tough to argue against what this team's core has accomplished on the international stage.

Wednesday's match against Real Monarchs SLC was always gonna be a tough matchup for Seattle Sounders FC 2; the Monarchs are just a better team who are much more concerned with winning USL than S2 is.

As poor a signing as he has proven, Sissoko showed promise against the tougher teams he played against last season — performing particularly well in a 2 - 0 home win against Manchester City.

Sports opinion: The St. Louis Cardinals MLB team recorded their seventh - straight win of the season against the Cincinnati Reds in St. Louis, MO, near Southern Illinois, but manager Mike Matheny's baseball team faces tough challenges ahead.