English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 2, 2016
Watford DLLWL 0
–
Arsenal DWLLW 4
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Emirates Stadium · 59,981 att.

Match Report

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Alexis Sanchez and Alex Iowbi star as Arsenal ease to win vs. Watford

Arsenal put in one of their most dominant Premier League displays of the season on Saturday to beat Watford and keep their title ambitions alive.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
8
8
Saves
3
31
Possession
69
7
SHOTS
19
3
ON GOAL
12
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
233
Accurate Passes
681
328
Passes
773
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
4
22
Crosses
15
0.2
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
50
19
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
3
15
Effective Tackles
9
20
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
21
23
Clearances
25

Head to Head

ARS leads series 4-1

Lineups

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13David OspinaG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 5Gabriel PaulistaCD-R
  4. 18Nacho MonrealLB
  5. 24Héctor BellerínRB
  6. 11Mesut ÖzilAM
  7. 34Francis CoquelinLM
  8. 35Mohamed ElnenyRM
  9. 23Danny WelbeckF
  10. 45Alex IwobiAM-L
  11. 17Alexis SánchezAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Theo WalcottSUB
  2. 33Petr CechSUB
  3. 28Joel CampbellSUB
  4. 3Kieran GibbsSUB
  5. 12Olivier GiroudSUB
  6. 4Per MertesackerSUB
  7. 21Calum ChambersSUB

WAT · 4-4-2

  1. 1Heurelho GomesG
  2. 15Craig CathcartCD-L
  3. 5Sebastian PrödlCD-R
  4. 16Nathan AkéLB
  5. 2Allan NyomRB
  6. 4Mario SuárezCM-L
  7. 23Ben WatsonCM-R
  8. 29Étienne CapoueLM
  9. 22Almen AbdiRM
  10. 9Troy DeeneyCF-L
  11. 24Odion IghaloCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7José Manuel JuradoSUB
  2. 21Ikechi AnyaSUB
  3. 11Nordin AmrabatSUB
  4. 20Steven BerghuisSUB
  5. 3Miguel BritosSUB
  6. 17Adlène GuédiouraSUB
  7. 18Costel PantilimonSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Arsenal 1, Watford 0. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner.
  2. 38' Goal! Arsenal 2, Watford 0. Alex Iwobi (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez.
  3. 41' Substitution, Watford. Ikechi Anya replaces Etienne Capoue because of an injury.
  4. 45' Substitution, Watford. Nordin Amrabat replaces Odion Ighalo because of an injury.
  5. 48' Goal! Arsenal 3, Watford 0. Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal.
  6. 61' Nyom (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 69' Substitution, Arsenal. Olivier Giroud replaces Danny Welbeck.
  8. 69' Substitution, Watford. Adlène Guédioura replaces Almen Abdi.
  9. 74' Substitution, Arsenal. Theo Walcott replaces Alex Iwobi.
  10. 79' Substitution, Arsenal. Joel Campbell replaces Alexis Sánchez.
  11. 84' Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90' Goal! Arsenal 4, Watford 0. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joel Campbell.

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