Tag: secures

Fulham 1-0 Hull City: Alex Iwobi goal secures first Premier League win of season and eases pressure on Alvaro Arbeloa
17 October 2026 Off

Fulham 1-0 Hull City: Alex Iwobi goal secures first Premier League win of season and eases pressure on Alvaro Arbeloa

By Total Football News

Fulham boss Alvaro Arbeloa says securing the club’s first Premier League victory of the season before a crunch period of games for them was “massive”.

The Cottagers had been winless in their previous six league matches but secured all three points against Hull City thanks to Alex Iwobi’s 33rd-minute strike.

The result offered respite for head coach Arbeloa, who succeeded Marco Silva in the Craven Cottage hot seat in July

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Nottingham Forest 0-1 Coventry City: Jay Dasilva’s strike secures first Premier League points for Sky Blues with win at City Ground
20 September 2026 Off

Nottingham Forest 0-1 Coventry City: Jay Dasilva’s strike secures first Premier League points for Sky Blues with win at City Ground

By Total Football News

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Birmingham City 0-1 Blackburn Rovers: Todd Cantwell secures vital win for visitors
5 April 2026 Off

Birmingham City 0-1 Blackburn Rovers: Todd Cantwell secures vital win for visitors

By Total Football News

Blackburn Rovers manager Michael O’Neill told BBC Radio Lancashire:

“I’m exhausted a little bit to be honest. It was one of those games, especially with seven additional minutes, where we put everything into the game.

“We had said to the players, we had to show that we wanted it more than the opposition, given the league position of the two teams.

We had to frustrate them at times, which we

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Portsmouth 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: Ibane Bowat’s first Pompey goal secures vital win
15 December 2025 Off

Portsmouth 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: Ibane Bowat’s first Pompey goal secures vital win

By Total Football News

Both sides went into the game at Fratton Park in dire need of three points, with Pompey having won just once in their previous 10, and Blackburn having drawn three on the bounce to continue to languish just above the bottom three.

The visitors were boosted by a first start in two months for skipper Todd Cantwell following injury, but both sides lacked invention and chance creation in a lacklustre

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Oxford United 1-2 Preston North End: Daniel Jebbison secures victory
13 December 2025 Off

Oxford United 1-2 Preston North End: Daniel Jebbison secures victory

By Total Football News

Oxford fans might have hoped their good recent record against Preston, with six wins in their last 10 meetings, might help them out of a rut that has left them precariously sitting just above the bottom three.

The fact that Rowett had not previously tasted defeat as a manager against Preston, with eight wins and seven draws from 15 prior to this game, spread over spells with Birmingham, Derby,

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Queens Park Rangers 3-2 Hull City – Burrell goal secures home win
23 November 2025 Off

Queens Park Rangers 3-2 Hull City – Burrell goal secures home win

By Total Football News

Although sitting in the bottom half of the table, Rangers’ Dunne was optimistic before the November international break, believing there was still a reason to be “looking up” to the play-off places in an “open” Championship.

There was good reason for the Republic of Ireland international to have that view with only six points separating them and Hull before kick-off.

His side well and truly backed his view up by

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Brentford 0-1 Manchester City: Erling Haaland goal secures Pep Guardiola 250th Premier League victory
7 October 2025 Off

Brentford 0-1 Manchester City: Erling Haaland goal secures Pep Guardiola 250th Premier League victory

By Total Football News

City knew they would claim ground on title rivals Liverpool – who lost again on Saturday – with a win and remain in touch with leaders Arsenal.

Three wins in their past four matches keeps Guardiola’s side firmly in the mix after two defeats in August – but he will still want City to punish their opponents when they are on top.

For all their dominance in possession, City could

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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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Sheffield United 0-1 Millwall: Josh Coburn secures win for Lions
9 April 2025 Off

Sheffield United 0-1 Millwall: Josh Coburn secures win for Lions

By Total Football News

Despite having 65% possession and 25 shots, the Blades could not cut through a watertight Millwall defence that was missing Japhet Tanganga.

For much of the first half the hosts’ attacks lacked any kind of cutting edge, with one of their best chances coming in the opening exchanges as the in-form Rhian Brewster flicked a corner just wide.

From then on it was the visitors who had the better of

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