English Premier League

FT Saturday, February 23, 2008
Arsenal WWWLD 2
–
Birmingham City DLLDD 2
St Andrews Stadium · 27,195 att.

Team Stats

13
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
1
4
Offsides
3
7
Corner Kicks
1
2
Saves
13
59
Possession
41
26
SHOTS
2
13
ON GOAL
1
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
9
Accurate Passes
1
9
Passes
1
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
4
Accurate Crosses
0
12
Crosses
4
0.3
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
4
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
2
Effective Clearances
3
2
Clearances
3

Head to Head

ARS leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BIR

  1. 1Maik TaylorG
  2. 2Stephen KellyD
  3. 4Martin TaylorD
  4. 6Liam RidgewellD
  5. 14David MurphyD
  6. 7Sebastian LarssonM
  7. 22Damien JohnsonM
  8. 26Fabrice MuambaM
  9. 23Olivier KapoM
  10. 16James McFaddenF
  11. 9Mikael ForssellF

Substitutes

  1. 13Colin DoyleG
  2. 21Stuart ParnabyD
  3. 12Mehdi NaftiM
  4. 10Cameron JeromeF
  5. 19Mauro ZárateF

ARS

  1. 24Manuel AlmuniaG
  2. 3Bacary SagnaD
  3. 10William GallasD
  4. 6Philippe SenderosD
  5. 22Gaël ClichyD
  6. 4Cesc FàbregasM
  7. 16Mathieu FlaminiM
  8. 13Aleksandr HlebM
  9. 32Theo WalcottF
  10. 9EduardoF
  11. 25Emmanuel AdebayorF

Substitutes

  1. 1Jens LehmannG
  2. 31Justin HoyteD
  3. 15DenílsonM
  4. 19Gilberto SilvaM
  5. 26Nicklas BendtnerF

Timeline

  1. 3' Martin Taylor has been shown the red card and will no longer take part of this game! Reason: serious foul play
  2. 8' Arsenal makes a sub: Nicklas Bendtner enters for Da Silva Eduardo. Reason: Serious Injury
  3. 15' Birmingham makes a sub: Stuart Parnaby enters for Mikael Forssell. Reason: Tactical
  4. 28' Goal!! James McFadden hits a very good left footed shot to the upper right corner from the right channel (aprox. 20 yards) and scores!! Birmingham now leads 1 - 0
  5. 50' Goal!! Theo Walcott hits a very good right footed shot to the upper right corner from the right 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! The game is now tied at 1
  6. 55' Goal!! Theo Walcott hits a very good left footed shot to the lower right corner from the left channel (aprox. 18 yards) and scores!! Arsenal now leads 2 - 1
  7. 59' Birmingham makes a sub: Mauro Matias Zarate enters for Olivier Narcisse Kapo. Reason: Tactical
  8. 66' Birmingham makes a sub: Mehdi Nafti enters for Sebastian Larsson. Reason: Tactical
  9. 89' Arsenal makes a sub: Gilberto Silva enters for Alexander Hleb. Reason: Tactical
  10. 89' Arsenal makes a sub: Neves Pereira Denilson enters for Theo Walcott. Reason: Tactical
  11. 90' End of the game
  12. 90'+5' James McFadden powers the penalty kick with his left foot to the upper right corner and scores!! The goalkeeper guessed correctly but could not stop the shot.
  13. 90'+5' William Gallas is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  14. 90'+5' Bacary Sagna is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent

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