English Premier League

FT Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Arsenal DWWWW 4
–
Portsmouth LWWLL 1
Fratton Park · 20,404 att.

Team Stats

3
Fouls
16
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
5
10
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
2
65.6
Possession
34.4
19
SHOTS
12
5
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
517
Accurate Passes
224
619
Passes
324
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
4
32
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.2
50
Long Balls
46
31
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
9
Blocked Shots
3
18
Effective Tackles
16
27
Tackles
21
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
14
29
Clearances
37

Head to Head

ARS leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

POR · 4-5-1

  1. 31Asmir BegovicG
  2. 26Tal Ben HaimCD-L
  3. 3Younes KaboulCD-R
  4. 7Hermann HreidarssonLB
  5. 16Steve FinnanRB
  6. 4Aaron MokoenaCM-L
  7. 22Richard HughesCM-R
  8. 23Kevin-Prince BoatengAM
  9. 39Nadir BelhadjLM
  10. 32Hassan YebdaRM
  11. 9Frédéric PiquionneF

Substitutes

  1. 8Papa Bouba DiopSUB
  2. 27KanuSUB
  3. 18Anthony Vanden BorreSUB
  4. 21Jamie AshdownSUB
  5. 11Michael BrownSUB
  6. 17John UtakaSUB
  7. 35Marc WilsonSUB

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Manuel AlmuniaG
  2. 5Thomas VermaelenCD-L
  3. 10William GallasCD-R
  4. 30Armand TraoreLB
  5. 3Bacary SagnaRB
  6. 17Alex SongLM
  7. 16Aaron RamseyRM
  8. 23Andrey ArshavinF
  9. 2Abou DiabyRCF
  10. 9EduardoAM-L
  11. 8Samir NasriAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 37Craig EastmondSUB
  2. 12Carlos VelaSUB
  3. 19Jack WilshereSUB
  4. 7Tomas RosickySUB
  5. 21Lukasz FabianskiSUB
  6. 32Fran MéridaSUB
  7. 18Mikaël SilvestreSUB

Timeline

  1. 28'
  2. 42'
  3. 58'
  4. 69'
  5. 71'
  6. 72'
  7. 74'
  8. 81'
  9. 82'
  10. 85'
  11. 90'+2'

Premier League News

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