English Premier League

FT Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Southampton WWWDL 0
–
Arsenal DLLWW 1
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Emirates Stadium · 60,025 att.

Match Report

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Alexis Sanchez hits decider as Arsenal leave it late to sink Southampton

Alexis Sanchez hits decider as Arsenal leave it late to sink Southampton

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
9
7
Saves
1
41.4
Possession
58.6
6
SHOTS
19
1
ON GOAL
8
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
289
Accurate Passes
445
382
Passes
539
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
5
19
Crosses
30
0.1
Cross %
0.2
70
Long Balls
55
32
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
4
20
Effective Tackles
17
22
Tackles
24
0.9
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
40
Effective Clearances
16
40
Clearances
16

Head to Head

ARS leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 4Per MertesackerCD-R
  4. 18Nacho MonrealLB
  5. 21Calum ChambersRB
  6. 19Santi CazorlaAM
  7. 20Mathieu FlaminiLM
  8. 16Aaron RamseyRM
  9. 23Danny WelbeckF
  10. 17Alexis SánchezAM-L
  11. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Lukas PodolskiSUB
  2. 39Héctor BellerínSUB
  3. 22Yaya SanogoSUB
  4. 49Matt MaceySUB
  5. 12Olivier GiroudSUB
  6. 3Kieran GibbsSUB
  7. 7Tomas RosickySUB

SOU · 4-3-3

  1. 23Fraser ForsterG
  2. 17Toby AlderweireldCD-L
  3. 6José FonteCD-R
  4. 21Ryan BertrandLB
  5. 2Nathaniel ClyneRB
  6. 12Victor WanyamaCM
  7. 18Jack CorkLM
  8. 8Steven DavisRM
  9. 19Graziano PellèF
  10. 11Dusan TadicLF
  11. 7Shane LongRF

Substitutes

  1. 24Emmanuel MayukaSUB
  2. 3Maya YoshidaSUB
  3. 33Matt TargettSUB
  4. 1Kelvin DavisSUB
  5. 28Harrison ReedSUB
  6. 5Florin GardosSUB
  7. 10Sadio ManéSUB

Timeline

  1. 29' Substitution, Southampton. Maya Yoshida replaces Jack Cork.
  2. 43' Toby Alderweireld (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 62' Substitution, Southampton. Sadio Mané replaces Dusan Tadic.
  4. 65' Substitution, Arsenal. Olivier Giroud replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
  5. 76' Victor Wanyama (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 81' Substitution, Southampton. Emmanuel Mayuka replaces Shane Long.
  7. 81' Substitution, Arsenal. Lukas Podolski replaces Danny Welbeck.
  8. 89' Goal! Arsenal 1, Southampton 0. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aaron Ramsey.

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