Sentences with phrase «won by the home side»

-- Each of the last two Premier League meetings at Old Trafford were won by the home side, with United winning last season's corresponding fixture 3 - 2 − Steven Gerrard struck twice for Liverpool, who were 2 - 0 down at the time, but Dimitar Berbatov was the hero for United as the Bulgarian struck a match - winning hat - trick.

-- Each of the previous eight Premier League encounters at Old Trafford were won by the home side, Man Utd, whose last defeat at home to Bolton occurred nine - and - a-half years ago in September 2002 (0 - 1).

In the whole of last season, around 41 % of games were won by the home side, and 31 % by the away team, with 28 % drawn.

Not exact matches

We fought as football had taught us; convinced that the side with the better players and coaches and training had won, we came home happy champs, worried only by the fact that somewhere along the way we had misplaced the trophy.

As reported by Sky Sports the United manager believes that his side needs to win their final four games, which are at home to Leicester, away to Norwich, away to West Ham and at home to Bournemouth.

A 3 - 0 win over Reading stopped the rot, though they were then beaten 3 - 1 by Manchester United at Old Trafford, still they followed that up with a 1 - 0 away win at Southampton, and then even more impressively with a surprise 1 - 0 win at home to Manchester City, with none other than Adam Johnson scoring the winner against the side he left in the summer.

I know I am jumping the gun a bit here by assuming that Arsenal will continue to be more like the side we saw win away to Crystal Palace last week, rather than the one that slumped to a dismal defeat at home to West Ham, but the end of last season and the way we were playing in pre-season has given us good reason to think that will be the case.

The fact that the on loan Arsenal midfield star Jack Wilshere was widely regarded as the Man of the Match when our opponents for tonight AFC Bournemouth won their last Premier League match at Swansea does give the Gunners some hope that our own absentees will be somewhat offset by the home side's.

None of this will matter if Arsenal do not do their bit by putting the disappointment of two defeats in the space of a week away to Everton and Man City firmly to one side and start winning again, but I am pretty confident that the Gunners will get six points from the next two games, at home to West Brom and Crystal Palace.

Arsene Wenger was clearly disappointed after seeing his Arsenal team beaten at home by a strong and determined Watford side, and not just because it destroys the chance of the Gunners winning a third FA cup trophy in a row and all the records that would have gone with it, for the club and the manager as an individual.

With a point gained for every goal scored the Gunners are in a fine position to lift our home trophy tomorrow as we play the Spanish side Sevilla who won their own game by 1 - 0.

Despite his great qualities like speed, strength and aggression his inexperience has shown itself in crucial games, remember the Chelsea game, he put himself in a position to get a red card by falling for Costa's Antics (Arsenal would have won that game if we remained 11 or if Mertesacker was playing especially considering we were playing deep), he played Lewandowski on - side for Bayern's first goal in the champions league, the shaky first half in the home game against Liverpool.

As usual Jon you make some good points but with all respect to Leeds, Villa and Forest, no way would Spurs spend the amount of time in the lower leagues [just one year] that those three have spent recently and I'm sure you remember that great Spurs side in their double year dropping their first point after 14 games to Man City and suffering their first defeat to Sheffield Wednesday by the odd goal in three on Boxing day and almost beating our 66 point record [2 points a win in those days] which stood from the glorious thirties thanks to a shock home defeat on the last day of the season by West Brom with their frightening forward line of Jones, White, Smith, Allen, and Dyson and to make things worse the following year the signing of Jimmy Greaves, and don't let anybody tell different without doubt the greatest striker the English game as ever seen.

A win today would take Mark Hughes's side out of the bottom three by virtue of goal difference, ahead of a return home to face Chelsea next weekend.

Former England internationals Glen Johnson and Peter Crouch should both be fit for Stoke, but Geoff Cameron and youngsters Mark Waddington and Tom Edwards are out KEY FACT: Stoke have never beaten Leicester City at home in the Premier League MATCH ODDS: Stoke 29/20 Draw 9/4 Leicester 15/8 bet365 Pick: Both Teams To Score 3/4 ANDY SAYS: Tough game to call but think this well end up in a draw... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: Could be a good game this, I think Leicester might get the win... 0 - 1 SILKY SAYS: Not impressed by either side and can't see a winner... 1 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Riyad Mahrez at just over # 1 looks a bargain

He may have already turned an important corner to follow in the footsteps of Mkhitaryan and Martial judging by the comments made by Mourinho following his side's 2 - 0 home win over Watford — the reverse fixture to the 3 - 1 defeat suffered by United at Vicarage Road in September 2016.

With Seville trailing 2 - 1 away to Shaktar Donetsk in the UEFA Cup, keeper Andres Palop rescued the Spanish side by heading home from a corner four minutes into injury time to help keep his side in the competition that they went on to win in 2006.

This is likely to be tight, but back the home side and there's value in them winning by a one goal margin only.

Had the home side taken all the chances they created in the first half, they would have had the match won by the break, as has been a recurrent scenario of late.

They have been a good home side, by and large, this term with a W12 D2 L5 record on the board and they did manage to take a 1 - 0 win on Tyneside against Newcastle earlier in the season.

Fifth - placed PSG closed to within four points of the Champions League places by winning 2 - 1 at Caen, while Lyon were the only other side in the top five to win, putting a tense week behind them to prevail 3 - 0 at home to Lens and climb to third.

The home team has won just one of the last eight EPL meetings of the sides and that can be attributed to the huge pressure placed on the home team by their fans.

Moreover, the Baggies have also plundered at least one goal in 14 of 16 at home this season, as well as scoring in each of their previous eight, but that run will come under threat at the weekend by an in - form Liverpool side who have kept three clean sheets in their last four away from home, not to mention having won all nine of the previous Premier League meetings between the two sides, all without conceding a single goal.

Antonio Conte's side arrived at the home of Spurs off the back of thirteen straight wins in the Premier League, chasing a record of fourteen straight wins to beat a record set by Spurs» North London rivals Arsenal.

MARTIN SAYS: United's 3 - 2 win at City on Saturday was the ninth time in Premier League history they have won having trailed by at least two goals away from home, four more than any other side.

As the supporters made their way to the stadium by the banks the River Ebro they had reason to be optimistic, with an home record of 10 wins, 2 draws and just the one defeat they found themselves sitting as sole Leaders of their group with an healthy lead over second placed Ponferradina, a side who's big cup adventure came to an end two rounds ago in the Santiago Bernabeu, being swept away by Real Marid 7 - 1 on aggregate.

By the same token, Blackburn haven't beaten a» Big Four» this season, home nor away, and so while avoiding defeat would complete a decent look set of home results against the league's elite teams, they would love a win and could very well get one against an Arsenal side reeling after their last away loss at Wigan Athletic.

Considering Southampton were only 1 - 0 winners when the sides met at St Mary's back on August 20, 2010 perhaps not especially as it's Millwall who go into the tie with the momentum − they've won two on the spin whereas Southampton were beaten 2 - 0 at home by Leicester earlier in the week.

Then on Sunday, the in Ford's Super Sunday line - up sees Newcastle (13.00 SKyBet), fresh off the back of their 5 - 1 mauling of bitter rivals Sunderland, tackle an Arsenal (1.30 StanJames) side who have won their last three Premier League contests but were beaten in midweek in the Champions League by Shakhtar Donetsk and will return home slightly jaded and perhaps with their confidence knocked a little as well.

A header by Pedro midway through the second half and a sharp late finish by Diego Costa sealed their place in the quarterfinals, but the home side, who had won at Liverpool in the fourth round, were the better team in the first half and the scoreline was harsh.

That despite Sir Alex Ferguson insisting changes are imminent, something he attempted in last season's competition only to end up with egg on his face on two separate occasions, both, incidentally, at Old Trafford: A much - changed United failed miserably to break down a mediocre Rangers defence in their first home game in the group, drawing 0 - 0 with the SPL side, while Valencia almost came away with a famous win on Match Day 6, albeit with the Reds already through to the latter stages, only to be denied by a second - half strike from Anderson.

It really is a tantalising prospect: a Chelsea team buoyed by their progress in the Champions League going up against the current Premier League pacesetters, a Man City side who didn't quiet make the grade in Europe this season but have set the benchmark back home by winning 12 of their first 14 league matches in a simply stunning unbeaten sequence.

Cup scalps of both Man City and Man Utd are very impressive indeed, but it's one win in five in the league for Kenny Dalglish's weary side, after they were held to a goalless at home by Tottenham on Monday − the third occasion in their last five Premier League matches in which they have failed to even score.

The plus point is they have already won a league fixture in February, that being a sublime 1 - 0 win at home to Tottenham Hotspur, but they've now gone over three months without a win on the road and we're having difficulties believing that Wolves will end their poor run this Saturday by beating a desperate Bolton side at The Reebok.

Defeat at home to Arsenal last time out, where they were comprehensively beaten by a Gunners side who strolled to a 3 - 0 victory at St Andrews, has meant Birmingham find only mediocre Wolves below them in the league, a harrowing sight in itself, though safety is just one win away and it is that factor alone which should provide motivation for the Birmingham camp.

Neil Warnock's men have won just two of their last eight games in all competitions, one of them a big 4 - 1 victory out at Mansfield in a replay after they were held at home by the League Two side 0 - 0.

On a day that saw Wales» rugby team seal a Six Nations Grand Slam, Brendan Rodgers's side — off the back of a shock 1 - 0 win at home to Manchester City — were barely threatened by the Whites, whose individual errors Sigurdsson exploited to take his tally to five goals in eight matches since joining on loan from Hoffenheim.

I gave my K2 to my daughter, but before she took it home I did a lot of side by side comparisons for the features I use, and the Touch won, hands down.

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