English Premier League

FT Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Arsenal WWWLW 2
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Queens Park Rangers LLLWL 1
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MATRADE Loftus Road · 17,977 att.

Match Report

Reuters/Toby Melville

Arsenal too strong for lowly QPR as Giroud and Sanchez strike

Olivier Giroud and Alexis Sanchez guided Arsenal to a routine 2-1 Premier League victory at struggling QPR, despite Charlie Austin striking back late on.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
5
6
Corner Kicks
1
2
Saves
7
56.8
Possession
43.2
20
SHOTS
10
9
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
407
Accurate Passes
270
520
Passes
386
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
7
Accurate Crosses
3
22
Crosses
24
0.3
Cross %
0.1
70
Long Balls
89
37
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
7
Blocked Shots
3
14
Effective Tackles
16
20
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
69
Effective Clearances
22
69
Clearances
22

Head to Head

ARS leads series 4-1

Lineups

QPR · 4-4-2

  1. 1Robert GreenG
  2. 4Steven CaulkerCD-L
  3. 15Nedum OnuohaCD-R
  4. 13Yun Suk-YoungLB
  5. 38Darnell FurlongRB
  6. 30SandroCM-L
  7. 20Karl HenryCM-R
  8. 23Junior HoilettLM
  9. 7Matt PhillipsRM
  10. 25Bobby ZamoraCF-L
  11. 9Charlie AustinCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 29Mauro ZárateSUB
  2. 12Alex McCarthySUB
  3. 19Niko KranjcarSUB
  4. 11Shaun Wright-PhillipsSUB
  5. 24Eduardo VargasSUB
  6. 6Clint HillSUB
  7. 14Mauricio IslaSUB

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 13David OspinaG
  2. 5Gabriel PaulistaCD-L
  3. 4Per MertesackerCD-R
  4. 3Kieran GibbsLB
  5. 39Héctor BellerínRB
  6. 34Francis CoquelinCM
  7. 19Santi CazorlaLM
  8. 7Tomas RosickyRM
  9. 12Olivier GiroudF
  10. 17Alexis SánchezLF
  11. 11Mesut ÖzilRF

Substitutes

  1. 6Laurent KoscielnySUB
  2. 23Danny WelbeckSUB
  3. 14Theo WalcottSUB
  4. 26Emiliano MartínezSUB
  5. 21Calum ChambersSUB
  6. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainSUB
  7. 16Aaron RamseySUB

Timeline

  1. 32' Karl Henry (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 34' Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 37' Substitution, Arsenal. Laurent Koscielny replaces Gabriel Paulista because of an injury.
  4. 45' Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Clint Hill replaces Nedum Onuoha because of an injury.
  5. 56' Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Niko Kranjcar replaces Sandro.
  6. 64' Goal! Queens Park Rangers 0, Arsenal 1. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
  7. 69' Goal! Queens Park Rangers 0, Arsenal 2. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kieran Gibbs.
  8. 73' Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Mauricio Isla replaces Junior Hoilett.
  9. 80' Yun Suk-Young (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 82' Goal! Queens Park Rangers 1, Arsenal 2. Charlie Austin (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matthew Phillips with a cross.
  11. 87' Substitution, Arsenal. Aaron Ramsey replaces Tomas Rosicky.
  12. 90'+3' Substitution, Arsenal. Danny Welbeck replaces Mesut Özil.

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