Tag: firsthalf

2 February 2025 Off

Watford 0-1 Norwich City: Josh Sargent scores first-half winner

By Total Football News

Impressive as Watford’s second-half response with 10 men was, they failed to create many clear chances and could easily have been trailing by more at the break.

Sargent’s surprising miss, after great work by Lucien Mahovo, set the tone as the Canaries took control and threatened – both through slick interplay and crisp passing and from set-pieces.

Defender Shane Duffy twice went close from corners, and Jacob Sorensen also had

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27 December 2024 Off

Arsenal 1-0 Ipswich: Kai Havertz claims first-half winner

By Total Football News

Kai Havertz scored the only goal as Arsenal beat a stubborn Ipswich Town side to move up to second in the Premier League.

The hosts claimed a 23rd-minute winner when Leandro Trossard picked the ball up wide on the left side of the penalty area and crossed for Havertz to tap in from close range.

Arsenal dominated and had 83.5% of possession in the opening period as Kieran McKenna’s side,

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7 December 2024 Off

Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton: Jhon Duran’s first-half winner lifts Villa to fifth in Premier League

By Total Football News

Russell Martin’s visitors showed promise, but a soft underbelly cost them in the 24th minute when Taylor Harwood-Bellis failed to deal with a hopeful ball to Duran and the striker raced clear to score.

“I love Taylor and I don’t want to criticise him, but what happened can’t happen,” said Martin.

“Smooth the game out and pass the ball to a team-mate or you defend and clear it and we

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5 October 2024 Off

Brentford 5-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Brentford score four first-half goals to beat woeful Wolves

By Total Football News

Brentford capitalised on a dreadful defensive performance from Wolves to claim their first Premier League victory since August and leave Gary O’Neil’s side still searching for their first top-flight win of the season.

Six of the eight goals at the Gtech Community Stadium were scored in the first half, with Brentford taking an early lead for the fourth game in succession when Nathan Collins nodded in Mikkel Damsgaard’s cross with

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