English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 28, 2010
Arsenal WDWDW 2
–
Blackburn Rovers WWWLW 1
1st2ndT
ARS112
BLK101
Ewood Park · 25,059 att. · ESPN2

Team Stats

6
Fouls
9
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
5
8
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
3
64.5
Possession
35.5
14
SHOTS
15
5
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
424
Accurate Passes
181
527
Passes
281
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.6
2
Accurate Crosses
3
19
Crosses
19
0.1
Cross %
0.2
40
Long Balls
60
18
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
5
18
Effective Tackles
23
27
Tackles
26
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
28
Effective Clearances
18
50
Clearances
31

Head to Head

ARS leads series 3-2

Lineups

BLK · 4-3-3

  1. 1Paul RobinsonG
  2. 6Ryan NelsenCD-L
  3. 4Christopher SambaCD-R
  4. 5Gaël GivetLB
  5. 27Míchel SalgadoRB
  6. 11Vince GrellaCM
  7. 12Morten PedersenLM
  8. 28Phil JonesRM
  9. 10El-Hadji DioufF
  10. 9Nikola KalinicLF
  11. 41Mame Biram DioufRF

Substitutes

  1. 23Junior HoilettSUB
  2. 8David DunnSUB
  3. 15Steven N'ZonziSUB
  4. 7Brett EmertonSUB
  5. 3Martin OlssonSUB
  6. 39Pascal ChimbondaSUB
  7. 13Mark BunnSUB

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Manuel AlmuniaG
  2. 5Thomas VermaelenCD-L
  3. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-R
  4. 22Gaël ClichyLB
  5. 3Bacary SagnaRB
  6. 2Abou DiabyLM
  7. 17Alex SongRM
  8. 10Robin van PersieF
  9. 4Cesc FàbregasRCF
  10. 23Andrey ArshavinAM-L
  11. 14Theo WalcottAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 28Kieran GibbsSUB
  2. 11Carlos VelaSUB
  3. 7Tomas RosickySUB
  4. 29Marouane ChamakhSUB
  5. 27Emmanuel EbouéSUB
  6. 19Jack WilshereSUB
  7. 21Lukasz FabianskiSUB

Timeline

  1. 20'
  2. 27'
  3. 35'
  4. 51'
  5. 56'
  6. 65'
  7. 68'
  8. 81'
  9. 84'

Premier League News

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