English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 14, 2015
West Ham United DLDLL 0
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Arsenal WLWWW 3
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Emirates Stadium · 60,002 att.

Match Report

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Olivier Giroud strike helps Arsenal past West Ham

Olivier Giroud's thunderbolt helped Arsenal see off the challenge of West Ham and cement their place in the top four of the Premier League with a 3-0 victory.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
8
6
Saves
1
32.1
Possession
67.9
7
SHOTS
19
1
ON GOAL
9
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
188
Accurate Passes
489
272
Passes
590
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
7
17
Crosses
23
0.1
Cross %
0.3
46
Long Balls
44
18
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
5
11
Effective Tackles
13
18
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
52
Effective Clearances
16
52
Clearances
16

Head to Head

ARS leads series 5-0

Lineups

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13David OspinaG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 4Per MertesackerCD-R
  4. 18Nacho MonrealLB
  5. 21Calum ChambersRB
  6. 11Mesut ÖzilAM
  7. 34Francis CoquelinLM
  8. 16Aaron RamseyRM
  9. 12Olivier GiroudF
  10. 17Alexis SánchezAM-L
  11. 14Theo WalcottAM-R

WHU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Adrián G
  2. 8Cheikhou KouyatéCD-L
  3. 19James CollinsCD-R
  4. 3Aaron CresswellLB
  5. 17Joey O'BrienRB
  6. 4Kevin NolanAM
  7. 30Alex SongLM
  8. 16Mark NobleRM
  9. 15Diafra SakhoF
  10. 7Matthew JarvisAM-L
  11. 11Stewart DowningAM-R

Timeline

  1. 36' Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  2. 45'+1' Goal! Arsenal 1, West Ham United 0. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Aaron Ramsey.
  3. 65' Substitution, Arsenal. Danny Welbeck replaces Alexis Sánchez.
  4. 72' Substitution, Arsenal. Santiago Cazorla replaces Theo Walcott.
  5. 75' Substitution, West Ham United. Morgan Amalfitano replaces Matthew Jarvis.
  6. 78' Diafra Sakho (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 81' Goal! Arsenal 2, West Ham United 0. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
  8. 82' Substitution, West Ham United. Nenê replaces Mark Noble.
  9. 83' Substitution, Arsenal. Mathieu Flamini replaces Mesut Özil.
  10. 84' Goal! Arsenal 3, West Ham United 0. Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Santiago Cazorla.

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