English FA Cup

FT Sunday, February 15, 2015
Middlesbrough WWWWW 0
–
Arsenal WWWLW 2
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MID000
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Emirates Stadium · 59,823 att.

Match Report

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Olivier Giroud scores twice as Arsenal ease past Middlesbrough

Olivier Giroud struck twice as FA Cup holders Arsenal beat Middlesbrough 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium to book their place in the quarterfinals.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
4
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
0
Corner Kicks
0
6
Saves
1
31
Possession
69
4
SHOTS
23
1
ON GOAL
11
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
2
Accurate Passes
2
2
Passes
2
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
7
Crosses
13
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
3
Blocked Shots
1
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
22
18
Clearances
22

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

ARS

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 21Calum ChambersD
  3. 5Gabriel PaulistaD
  4. 6Laurent KoscielnyD
  5. 3Kieran GibbsD
  6. 19Santi CazorlaM
  7. 20Mathieu FlaminiM
  8. 17Alexis SánchezM
  9. 11Mesut ÖzilM
  10. 23Danny WelbeckM
  11. 12Olivier GiroudF

Substitutes

  1. 26Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 4Per MertesackerD
  3. 18Nacho MonrealD
  4. 7Tomas RosickyM
  5. 34Francis CoquelinM
  6. 14Theo WalcottF
  7. 38Chuba AkpomF

MID

  1. 40Tomas MejiasG
  2. 5Ryan FredericksD
  3. 22Kenneth OmeruoD
  4. 6Ben GibsonD
  5. 3George FriendD
  6. 8Adam ClaytonM
  7. 7Grant LeadbitterM
  8. 27Albert AdomahM
  9. 10Lee TomlinM
  10. 23Patrick BamfordM
  11. 9Garcia KikeF

Substitutes

  1. 12Connor RipleyG
  2. 17James HusbandD
  3. 39Jonathan WoodgateD
  4. 18Dean WhiteheadM
  5. 20Adam ReachM
  6. 21Jelle VossenF
  7. 24Emilio NsueF

Timeline

  1. 27' Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) Goal at 27'
  2. 29' Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) Goal at 29'
  3. 54' Jelle Vossen (Middlesbrough) Substitution at 54'
  4. 54' Adam Reach (Middlesbrough) Substitution at 54'
  5. 55' Gabriel Paulista (Arsenal) Yellow Card at 55'
  6. 72' Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal) Substitution at 72'
  7. 72' Theo Walcott (Arsenal) Substitution at 72'
  8. 83' Chuba Akpom (Arsenal) Substitution at 83'
  9. 85' Jelle Vossen (Middlesbrough) Yellow Card at 85'
  10. 90'

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