English Premier League

FT Saturday, January 1, 2011
Arsenal WWLWD 3
–
Birmingham City DWDLD 0
1st2ndT
ARS123
BIR000
St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park · 24,341 att.

Team Stats

9
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
6
5
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
9
50
Possession
50
19
SHOTS
7
11
ON GOAL
1
0.6
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
329
Accurate Passes
293
419
Passes
412
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
1
Accurate Crosses
4
10
Crosses
17
0.1
Cross %
0.2
48
Long Balls
68
19
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
16
13
Tackles
27
0.9
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
27
Effective Clearances
15
44
Clearances
22

Head to Head

ARS leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

BIR · 4-1-4-1

  1. 26Ben FosterG
  2. 15Scott DannCD-L
  3. 5Roger JohnsonCD-R
  4. 6Liam RidgewellLB
  5. 2Stephen CarrRB
  6. 4Lee BowyerCM-L
  7. 8Craig GardnerCM-R
  8. 12Barry FergusonRCM
  9. 23Jean BeausejourLM
  10. 7Sebastian LarssonRM
  11. 10Cameron JeromeF

Substitutes

  1. 9Kevin PhillipsSUB
  2. 18Keith FaheySUB
  3. 28Martin JiránekSUB
  4. 19Nikola ZigicSUB
  5. 1Maik TaylorSUB
  6. 14Matt DerbyshireSUB
  7. 22Aleksandr HlebSUB

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 21Lukasz FabianskiG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 20Johan DjourouCD-R
  4. 22Gaël ClichyLB
  5. 3Bacary SagnaRB
  6. 19Jack WilshereLM
  7. 17Alex SongRM
  8. 10Robin van PersieF
  9. 4Cesc FàbregasRCF
  10. 8Samir NasriAM-L
  11. 14Theo WalcottAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 53Wojciech SzczesnySUB
  2. 18Sébastien SquillaciSUB
  3. 27Emmanuel EbouéSUB
  4. 23Andrey ArshavinSUB
  5. 15DenílsonSUB
  6. 52Nicklas BendtnerSUB
  7. 7Tomas RosickySUB

Timeline

  1. 13'
  2. 58'
  3. 59'
  4. 65'
  5. 69'
  6. 79'
  7. 79'
  8. 80'

Premier League News

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