Tag: double

Swansea City 2-1 Norwich City: Vipotnik double sees Swans beat troubled Norwich
25 October 2025 Off

Swansea City 2-1 Norwich City: Vipotnik double sees Swans beat troubled Norwich

By Total Football News

Swansea were without Malick Yalcouye after his red card in the loss to Queens Park Rangers in midweek, with Alan Sheehan making four starting changes that included the return of Wales forward Liam Cullen, Vipotnik and Ronald.

Under pressure Norwich boss Manning, in contrast, resisted the urge to make any changes, sticking with the same 11 that started Tuesday’s defeat at Derby County – a loss that dropped the Canaries

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Bristol City 3-1 Southampton: Twine at the double as Robins see off Saints
22 October 2025 Off

Bristol City 3-1 Southampton: Twine at the double as Robins see off Saints

By Total Football News

After an uninspiring 0-0 draw at home to Swansea on Saturday, Southampton’s travelling fans left Ashton Gate before full-time in their numbers as their side fell to a fourth league loss of the season and continue to languish closer to the bottom three than the top six.

Saints dominated possession early, as Cameron Archer twice got in behind and saw one half-attempt go over the bar.

Adam Armstrong was then

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Aston Villa 2-1 Burnley: Donyell Malen double stretches Villa’s winning run to four games
5 October 2025 Off

Aston Villa 2-1 Burnley: Donyell Malen double stretches Villa’s winning run to four games

By Total Football News

Villa boss Emery cut a disconsolate figure after watching his team labour to a 1-1 draw at newly promoted Sunderland on 21 September, even describing aspects of his team’s performance at the Stadium of Light as “lazy”.

Fast forward two weeks, however, and last season’s Champions League quarter-finalists appear to be rediscovering their groove, although there is still ample room for improvement.

While the early stages of Sunday’s game were

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Coventry City 2-0 Middlesbrough: Jack Rudoni double secures Sky Blues a play-off spot
3 May 2025 Off

Coventry City 2-0 Middlesbrough: Jack Rudoni double secures Sky Blues a play-off spot

By Total Football News

Boro have been hunting a play-off spot all season, but a goalless draw at home to Norwich City last Saturday had seen their play-off chances slip out of their own hands.

But their results since the turn of the year leading into this game had brought just 27 points from 21 games.

Carrick added six players in the transfer window but they have struggled to replace the goals of Emmanuel

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FPl gameweek 31 tips: Captain Alexander Isak, double up on Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli
4 April 2025 Off

FPl gameweek 31 tips: Captain Alexander Isak, double up on Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli

By Total Football News

Emi Martinez, Aston Villa, keeper, £5m – Nottingham Forest (h)

The Argentine kept just his fourth clean sheet of the season in Wednesday’s win at Brighton but he is a differential keeper option for this week and the rest of the season.

Villa face goal-shy Southampton next week before a double in 33.

Forest are not an easy opponent for Villa but they are definitely not as threatening without injured

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Chelsea transfers: Blues complete £62.4m Quenda and Essugo double signing
20 March 2025 Off

Chelsea transfers: Blues complete £62.4m Quenda and Essugo double signing

By Total Football News

Chelsea have completed the double signing of Sporting midfielders Geovany Quenda and Dario Essugo for a combined fee of around £62.4m, the Portuguese club have said.

Winger Quenda, 17, will join Chelsea for a fee of up to £44m according to an announcement on the Sporting website, but will remain in Lisbon until the end of the 2025-26 season.

The teenager has broken into Sporting’s first team

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Plymouth Argyle 2-3 Derby County: Marcus Harness double keeps Rams survival hopes alive
17 March 2025 Off

Plymouth Argyle 2-3 Derby County: Marcus Harness double keeps Rams survival hopes alive

By Total Football News

Plymouth Argyle head coach Miron Muslic told BBC Sport:

“We simply gave away two easy goals from throw-ins that we could not defend.

“When you’re in a six-pointer and 2-0 down, we knew that nothing after the second goal would be easy for us

“But our response was positive and we managed to get back into the game and we found the right tactical approach and the right words at

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Crystal Palace 4-1 Aston Villa: Ismaila Sarr double helps Palace sweep Villa aside
25 February 2025 Off

Crystal Palace 4-1 Aston Villa: Ismaila Sarr double helps Palace sweep Villa aside

By Total Football News

Ismaila Sarr’s double helped a clinical Crystal Palace sweep Aston Villa aside at Selhurst Park to continue their push towards the top half of the Premier League table.

The Eagles’ home form has been an issue for manager Oliver Glasner, and before Tuesday night’s match Palace had won just twice in the league on their own turf.

It looked like that form was going to continue when Jacob Ramsey had

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Norwich City 4-2 Stoke City: Josh Sargent double for Canaries
22 February 2025 Off

Norwich City 4-2 Stoke City: Josh Sargent double for Canaries

By Total Football News

Norwich City head coach Johannes Hoff Thorup told BBC Radio Norfolk:

“We have some offensive stuff going on then that really gives us good opportunities and puts us in so many good situations. We could have scored more, that’s the positive thing.

“I’m not that satisfied with our defensive performance because we should never concede two goals in a game like this.

One clean sheet at home: “That’s a problem

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