English FA Cup

FT Sunday, January 25, 2015
Arsenal WLWWW 3
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Brighton & Hove Albion WWWLW 2
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ARS213
BHA022
The American Express Community Stadium · 30,278 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal beat Brighton as FA Cup holders march on

Arsenal held firm to see off Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion and book their place in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
0
Corner Kicks
0
0
Saves
3
57
Possession
43
17
SHOTS
9
6
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
14
Crosses
11
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
3
Blocked Shots
7
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
17
Clearances
24

Head to Head

ARS leads series 1-0

Lineups

BHA

  1. 13David StockdaleG
  2. 2BrunoD
  3. 3Gordon GreerD
  4. 5Lewis DunkD
  5. 30Joe BennettD
  6. 22Danny HollaM
  7. 24Rohan InceM
  8. 14Iñigo CalderónM
  9. 18Jake CaskeyM
  10. 9Sam BaldockM
  11. 11Chris O'GradyF

Substitutes

  1. 31Christian WaltonG
  2. 4Aaron HughesD
  3. 15Adam ChicksenD
  4. 26Glen ReaD
  5. 27Solly MarchM
  6. 7Adrián PérezF
  7. 12Craig Mackail-SmithF

ARS

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 21Calum ChambersD
  3. 6Laurent KoscielnyD
  4. 18Nacho MonrealD
  5. 3Kieran GibbsD
  6. 20Mathieu FlaminiM
  7. 14Theo WalcottM
  8. 16Aaron RamseyM
  9. 7Tomas RosickyM
  10. 11Mesut ÖzilM
  11. 12Olivier GiroudF

Substitutes

  1. 26Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 4Per MertesackerD
  3. 39Héctor BellerínD
  4. 19Santi CazorlaM
  5. 34Francis CoquelinM
  6. 17Alexis SánchezF
  7. 38Chuba AkpomF

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal!! Theo Walcott hits a right footed shot low through the middle from the right penalty area and scores!! Arsenal now leads 1 - 0
  2. 24' Goal!! Mesut Özil hits a left footed shot to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area and scores!! Arsenal now leads 2 - 0
  3. 50' Goal!! Chris O'Grady hits a right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area and scores!! Brighton & Hove Albion now trails 1 - 2
  4. 59' Goal!! Tomas Rosicky hits a right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area and scores!! Arsenal now leads 3 - 1
  5. 63' Brighton & Hove Albion makes a sub: Solly March enters for Bruno. Reason: Injury
  6. 70' Arsenal makes a sub: Chuba Akpom enters for Olivier Giroud. Reason: Tactical
  7. 70' Arsenal makes a sub: Alexis Sánchez enters for Theo Walcott. Reason: Tactical
  8. 73' Sam Baldock is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  9. 75' Goal!! Sam Baldock hits a right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area and scores!! Brighton & Hove Albion now trails 2 - 3
  10. 79' Danny Holla is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  11. 80' Arsenal makes a sub: Francis Coquelin enters for Mesut Özil. Reason: Tactical
  12. 82' Brighton & Hove Albion makes a sub: Perez Adrian Colunga enters for Jake Caskey. Reason: Tactical
  13. 87' Gordon Greer is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  14. 90' End of the game
  15. 90'+3' Lewis Dunk is awarded a yellow card. Reason: persistent infringement

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