Tag: ease

Stoke City 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday: Potters ease past bottom side
6 April 2026 Off

Stoke City 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday: Potters ease past bottom side

By Total Football News

Goals from Jesurun Rak-Sakyi and Lamine Cisse helped Stoke City to victory over Sheffield Wednesday at the bet365 Stadium.

Sorba Thomas was the hosts’ standout man throughout, setting up the opener and playing a key role in the second.

It was a dominant performance overall, and they were hardly threatened by bottom side Wednesday.

The Potters remain in mid-table, 10 points off the play-offs, while Sheffield Wednesday have only won

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Campbell strikes to ease Charlton relegation fears
11 February 2026 Off

Campbell strikes to ease Charlton relegation fears

By Total Football News

Charlton made the early running, almost taking the lead in the sixth minute when defender Harry Clarke, a January loan arrival from Ipswich, hit the crossbar with a powerful header from a corner.

Stoke defender Phillips was then forced to clear desperately with his head from Dykes’ lob and Lloyd Jones missed another good chance.

However Stoke came into the game more as the half wore on with the dangerous

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Bristol City 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday: Robins ease past struggling Owls
25 January 2026 Off

Bristol City 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday: Robins ease past struggling Owls

By Total Football News

The hosts’ clinical edge in front of goal has been a persistent issue this season, such is head coach Gerhard Struber’s desire to add another striker before the transfer window closes on 2 February.

Without top scorer and playmaker Anis Mehmeti, who left for Ipswich on Friday, their lack of go-forward was further exacerbated as they enjoyed most of the possession but created few real chances during the first half.

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Leicester City 2-1 Derby County: Foxes ease pressure on boss Cifuentes
30 December 2025 Off

Leicester City 2-1 Derby County: Foxes ease pressure on boss Cifuentes

By Total Football News

The result means Leicester will sit 12th in the second-tier table at the start of 2026, a year in which the club mark the 10-year anniversary of their astonishing Premier League title win – a sporting triumph in which the 5,000-1 outsiders confounded expectations to gatecrash their way to English football’s biggest prize.

While Leicester are six places adrift of the play-off spots, and there remain loud grumbles of

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Sheffield United 3-0 Birmingham City: Blades ease to win over 10-man Blues
22 December 2025 Off

Sheffield United 3-0 Birmingham City: Blades ease to win over 10-man Blues

By Total Football News

Chris Wilder had not hidden his displeasure at his side’s efforts in last week’s reverse at the Baggies, calling them “lacklustre”.

He made five alterations from that game and one of them, defender Bindon, made a near-instant impact when he headed over Ryan Allsop in the away goal after just five minutes.

Things got worse for the away side when former Blades loanee Doyle sprinted in to an ill-advised challenge

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Thomas Frank: Spurs ease pressure on head coach with rare home win
8 December 2025 Off

Thomas Frank: Spurs ease pressure on head coach with rare home win

By Total Football News

Frank’s approach has been condemned as negative by his detractors – one more suited to Brentford than Spurs. That criticism was cranked up in November after the home defeat by Chelsea and the 4-1 loss at Arsenal in the north London derby, but the signs were positive here.

He has been hit over the head with poor expected goals (xG) statistics. So he can point to the fact that against

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Luton ease pressure on Edwards by beating Watford
19 October 2024 Off

Luton ease pressure on Edwards by beating Watford

By Total Football News

Luton boss Rob Edwards told BBC Three Counties Radio:

“It’s been a tough start to the season, a tough start for all of us, we’ve taken a few hits – we’ve even taken hits during the game today, we lost two more centre-halves.

“People don’t realise how hard this is at the moment, we finished off with two wing-backs at centre-back, who were incredible.

“I don’t know where we’ll be

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