English Premier League

FT Sunday, December 28, 2008
Portsmouth DLWLL 0
–
Arsenal WLDDD 1
Emirates Stadium · 60,092 att.

Team Stats

8
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
6
2
Corner Kicks
11
2
Saves
2
40.4
Possession
59.6
5
SHOTS
17
2
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
334
Accurate Passes
528
410
Passes
605
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
8
17
Crosses
33
0.2
Cross %
0.2
57
Long Balls
57
32
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.6
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
9
29
Effective Tackles
23
38
Tackles
26
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
13
30
Clearances
28

Head to Head

ARS leads series 1-0-4

Lineups

ARS · 4-4-2

  1. 1Manuel AlmuniaG
  2. 18Mikaël SilvestreCD-L
  3. 10William GallasCD-R
  4. 22Gaël ClichyLB
  5. 3Bacary SagnaRB
  6. 2Abou DiabyCM-L
  7. 15DenílsonCM-R
  8. 8Samir NasriLM
  9. 27Emmanuel EbouéRM
  10. 26Nicklas BendtnerCF-L
  11. 25Emmanuel AdebayorCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 12Carlos VelaSUB
  2. 40Kieran GibbsSUB
  3. 11Robin van PersieSUB
  4. 21Lukasz FabianskiSUB
  5. 5Kolo TouréSUB
  6. 19Jack WilshereSUB
  7. 16Aaron RamseySUB

POR · 4-5-1

  1. 1David JamesG
  2. 15Sylvain DistinCD-L
  3. 23Sol CampbellCD-R
  4. 39Nadir BelhadjLB
  5. 35Marc WilsonRB
  6. 22Richard HughesCM-L
  7. 8Papa Bouba DiopCM-R
  8. 28Sean DavisAM
  9. 19Niko KranjcarLM
  10. 10David NugentRM
  11. 9Peter CrouchF

Substitutes

  1. 16Noe PamarotSUB
  2. 27KanuSUB
  3. 14Jermain DefoeSUB
  4. 25Glen LittleSUB
  5. 7Hermann HreidarssonSUB
  6. 21Jamie AshdownSUB
  7. 18Arnold MvuembaSUB

Timeline

  1. 50'
  2. 66'
  3. 75'
  4. 81'
  5. 88'
  6. 90'+3'

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