English Premier League

FT Sunday, December 28, 2014
Arsenal LWWDW 2
–
West Ham United WWDWL 1
1st2ndT
ARS202
WHU011
Boleyn Ground · 34,977 att.

Match Report

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Danny Welbeck hits the winner as Arsenal triumph at West Ham United

Danny Welbeck hits the winner as Arsenal triumph at West Ham United

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
5
42.2
Possession
57.8
21
SHOTS
14
7
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
195
Accurate Passes
293
294
Passes
385
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
5
17
Crosses
41
0.2
Cross %
0.1
56
Long Balls
76
18
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
6
Blocked Shots
1
18
Effective Tackles
16
25
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
54
Effective Clearances
37
54
Clearances
37

Head to Head

ARS leads series 5-0

Lineups

WHU · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 13Adrián G
  2. 2Winston ReidCD-L
  3. 5James TomkinsCD-R
  4. 30Alex SongDM
  5. 3Aaron CresswellLB
  6. 17Joey O'BrienRB
  7. 11Stewart DowningAM
  8. 8Cheikhou KouyatéLM
  9. 21Morgan AmalfitanoRM
  10. 9Andy CarrollCF-L
  11. 15Diafra SakhoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Guy DemelSUB
  2. 31Enner ValenciaSUB
  3. 22Jussi JaaskelainenSUB
  4. 19James CollinsSUB
  5. 16Mark NobleSUB
  6. 4Kevin NolanSUB
  7. 24Carlton ColeSUB

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 4Per MertesackerCD-R
  4. 18Nacho MonrealLB
  5. 2Mathieu DebuchyRB
  6. 19Santi CazorlaAM
  7. 20Mathieu FlaminiLM
  8. 34Francis CoquelinRM
  9. 17Alexis SánchezF
  10. 23Danny WelbeckAM-L
  11. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 13David OspinaSUB
  2. 21Calum ChambersSUB
  3. 38Chuba AkpomSUB
  4. 14Theo WalcottSUB
  5. 3Kieran GibbsSUB
  6. 9Lukas PodolskiSUB
  7. 28Joel CampbellSUB

Timeline

  1. 36' Andy Carroll (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 41' Goal! West Ham United 0, Arsenal 1. Santiago Cazorla (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 44' Goal! West Ham United 0, Arsenal 2. Danny Welbeck (Arsenal) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
  4. 48' Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 54' Goal! West Ham United 1, Arsenal 2. Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by James Tomkins with a cross following a corner.
  6. 62' Substitution, West Ham United. Enner Valencia replaces Diafra Sakho.
  7. 78' Substitution, West Ham United. Kevin Nolan replaces Cheikhou Kouyaté.
  8. 78' Substitution, West Ham United. Guy Demel replaces Joey O'Brien.
  9. 80' Mathieu Debuchy (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 84' James Tomkins (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 85' Substitution, Arsenal. Kieran Gibbs replaces Danny Welbeck.
  12. 88' Winston Reid (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90' Substitution, Arsenal. Calum Chambers replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
  14. 90'+5' Francis Coquelin (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.

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