English Premier League

FT Saturday, September 20, 2014
Arsenal DWDDL 3
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Aston Villa WDLWW 0
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Villa Park · 40,013 att.

Match Report

Danny Welbeck and Mesut Ozil score in rapid Arsenal victory at Aston Villa

Danny Welbeck opened his Arsenal account as the Gunners blew Aston Villa away with an astonishing triple blast.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
11
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
1
70.9
Possession
29.1
9
SHOTS
6
3
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
737
Accurate Passes
228
815
Passes
314
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
7
18
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.4
52
Long Balls
58
31
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
2
10
Effective Tackles
12
14
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
17
Effective Clearances
16
17
Clearances
16

Head to Head

ARS leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-5-1

  1. 1Brad GuzanG
  2. 14Philippe SenderosCD-L
  3. 6Ciaran ClarkCD-R
  4. 23Aly CissokhoLB
  5. 21Alan HuttonRB
  6. 16Fabian DelphCM-L
  7. 8Tom CleverleyCM-R
  8. 24Carlos SánchezAM
  9. 18Kieran RichardsonLM
  10. 10Andreas WeimannRM
  11. 11Gabriel AgbonlahorF

Substitutes

  1. 40Jack GrealishSUB
  2. 7Leandro BacunaSUB
  3. 28Charles N'ZogbiaSUB
  4. 34Matthew LowtonSUB
  5. 5Jores OkoreSUB
  6. 31Shay GivenSUB
  7. 12Joe ColeSUB

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 4Per MertesackerCD-R
  4. 3Kieran GibbsLB
  5. 21Calum ChambersRB
  6. 11Mesut ÖzilAM
  7. 8Mikel ArtetaLM
  8. 16Aaron RamseyRM
  9. 23Danny WelbeckF
  10. 19Santi CazorlaAM-L
  11. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 13David OspinaSUB
  2. 34Francis CoquelinSUB
  3. 24Abou DiabySUB
  4. 9Lukas PodolskiSUB
  5. 17Alexis SánchezSUB
  6. 10Jack WilshereSUB
  7. 7Tomas RosickySUB

Timeline

  1. 22' Calum Chambers (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 32' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Arsenal 1. Mesut Özil (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Danny Welbeck with a through ball.
  3. 34' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Arsenal 2. Danny Welbeck (Arsenal) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a cross.
  4. 36' Own Goal by Aly Cissokho, Aston Villa. Aston Villa 0, Arsenal 3.
  5. 45' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jack Grealish replaces Andreas Weimann.
  6. 56' Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 77' Substitution, Aston Villa. Charles N'Zogbia replaces Kieran Richardson.
  8. 78' Substitution, Arsenal. Jack Wilshere replaces Aaron Ramsey.
  9. 78' Substitution, Arsenal. Lukas Podolski replaces Danny Welbeck.
  10. 78' Substitution, Arsenal. Tomas Rosicky replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
  11. 83' Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 84' Jack Wilshere (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 86' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leandro Bacuna replaces Carlos Sánchez.

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