Tag: sides

12 September 2026 Off

Chelsea 2-2 Hull City: Joao Pedro spares home side’s blushes

By Total Football News

In-form striker Joao Pedro scored a second-half equaliser as Chelsea rescued a point at home to promoted Hull City.

The reigning Premier League Player of the Month curled a shot into the top corner in the 66th minute, but Chelsea were unable to find a winner.

Morgan Rogers had given Chelsea the lead in the seventh minute, but Hull went into the break ahead after Mohamed Belloumi scored twice.

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5 September 2026 Off

Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham: Scrappy draw leaves both sides still winless

By Total Football News

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21 March 2026 Off

Preston North End: Paul Heckingbottom delighted with his side’s character

By Total Football News

Preston boss Paul Heckingbottom praised his side’s character after they came back to beat Stoke and end their seven-game winless run in the Championship.

Heckingbottom feared it would be more pain for Preston when Stoke took an early lead and was delighted with the way his side responded with Alfie Devine scoring twice and Milutin Osmajic once.

He told BBC Radio Lancashire: “Listen, I’ve been saying it’s about the wins.

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5 December 2025 Off

Derby County v Leicester City: First East Midlands derby for nearly 12 years ‘pivotal’ for both sides

By Total Football News

Waghorn topped the scoring charts for both his former clubs in the East Midlands.

The 12 goals that made him Leicester’s highest scorer in the Championship in 2009-10 came when the Foxes had only just returned to the division from League One.

He left Leicester for Wigan Athletic in January 2014, just months before they won promotion to the top-flight with a team that formed the nucleus of the one

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29 September 2025 Off

Preston North End 0-0 Bristol City: Both sides stay in top six

By Total Football News

Mehmeti could have given the visitors the lead in fine fashion early on when he latched on to Zak Vyner’s delivery, but his low drive towards goal was well tipped away by Preston keeper Daniel Iversen.

Bristol City kept pushing and Iversen was forced into action again soon afterwards when Mark Sykes sent in a deflected effort which was pushed over the bar.

North End hit back before the break

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6 March 2025 Off

West Bromwich Albion: Mowbray and Corberan on ‘opposite sides of spectrum’

By Total Football News

West Bromwich Albion winger Jed Wallace says life since new boss Tony Mowbray took charge is “completely different” compared to under Carlos Corberan.

The Spaniard left Albion in December to take over at hometown club Valencia after two years with the West Midlands side.

The Baggies then reappointed Mowbray, who re-joined the club after he was forced to depart Birmingham City due to health concerns in February 2023.

“When I

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19 December 2024 Off

FPL gameweek 17 tips and team of week: Chelsea and Fulham should spark against struggling sides

By Total Football News

Mohamed Salah (captain), Liverpool, £13.4m – away at Tottenham

We are going back to the Egyptian King as captain this week.

Last week was the first time he had failed to score since gameweek seven and he still got an assist.

I’m looking at that Tottenham 3-4 Chelsea game a few weeks ago and picturing the same scenario on Sunday.

Spurs can’t defend and are also injury-hit at the back

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24 November 2024 Off

Middlesbrough: Carrick enthused by side’s recent goal glut

By Total Football News

Emmanuel Latte Lath led the way at the Kassam Stadium with a hat-trick to make it five goals in three games, having managed just two in the previous 13.

The Ivory Coast striker is back towards the player who grabbed 18 goals in his debut campaign on Teesside last season.

But with Scotland teenager Ben Doak again impressing, Finn Azaz scoring twice and Tommy Conway getting on the scoresheet off

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7 November 2024 Off

Preston: Heckingbottom happy with side’s new ‘identity’

By Total Football News

This season, Preston’s average possession per match has gone up from 44.6% to 47.6% and their number of shots per game has risen from 9.26 to 10.64 – that is with only a third of the season played.

Last season, only bottom side Rotherham United had fewer shots at goal than Preston did in the whole of the campaign.

But the challenge for Heckingbottom is to turn improved statistics into

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7 October 2024 Off

How Premier League sides are using set-piece coaches to find edge

By Total Football News

Yet not every club feels the same. Tottenham, under Ange Postecoglou, do not have a specialist set-piece coach and, since the beginning of last season, Spurs have conceded more set piece goals (excluding penalties) than every Premier League team, except for Nottingham Forest.

At Chelsea Mauricio Pochettino didn’t have a set-piece coach, believing he did not need one, before the Blues hired Cueva with a new set-piece department being set

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