English Premier League

FT Sunday, February 7, 2016
Arsenal DDLWD 2
–
AFC Bournemouth LWDWW 0
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ARS202
BOU000
Vitality Stadium · 11,357 att.

Match Report

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Mesut Ozil and Oxlade-Chamberlain help Arsenal to win at Bournemouth

Arsenal returned to winning ways with a 2-0 victory at Bournemouth to get their Premier League title challenge back on track.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
6
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
3
49.3
Possession
50.7
10
SHOTS
17
5
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
393
Accurate Passes
391
487
Passes
485
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
3
10
Crosses
27
0.1
Cross %
0.1
64
Long Balls
62
26
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
6
17
Effective Tackles
18
19
Tackles
22
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
20
32
Clearances
24

Head to Head

ARS leads series 1-0

Lineups

BOU · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Artur BorucG
  2. 3Steve CookCD-L
  3. 2Simon FrancisCD-R
  4. 6Andrew SurmanDM
  5. 11Charlie DanielsLB
  6. 15Adam SmithRB
  7. 8Harry ArterCM-L
  8. 4Dan GoslingCM-R
  9. 7Marc PughLM
  10. 30Matt RitchieRM
  11. 20Benik AfobeF

Substitutes

  1. 17Joshua KingSUB
  2. 19Junior StanislasSUB
  3. 23Adam FedericiSUB
  4. 12Juan IturbeSUB
  5. 25Sylvain DistinSUB
  6. 28Lewis GrabbanSUB
  7. 32Eunan O'KaneSUB

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 5Gabriel PaulistaCD-R
  4. 18Nacho MonrealLB
  5. 24Héctor BellerínRB
  6. 11Mesut ÖzilAM
  7. 16Aaron RamseyLM
  8. 20Mathieu FlaminiRM
  9. 12Olivier GiroudF
  10. 17Alexis SánchezAM-L
  11. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 28Joel CampbellSUB
  2. 34Francis CoquelinSUB
  3. 3Kieran GibbsSUB
  4. 4Per MertesackerSUB
  5. 14Theo WalcottSUB
  6. 45Alex IwobiSUB
  7. 13David OspinaSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 23' Goal! Bournemouth 0, Arsenal 1. Mesut Özil (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Olivier Giroud with a headed pass.
  3. 24' Goal! Bournemouth 0, Arsenal 2. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aaron Ramsey.
  4. 66' Substitution, Bournemouth. Joshua King replaces Dan Gosling.
  5. 66' Substitution, Bournemouth. Junior Stanislas replaces Matt Ritchie.
  6. 67' Substitution, Arsenal. Francis Coquelin replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
  7. 77' Substitution, Bournemouth. Lewis Grabban replaces Benik Afobe.
  8. 82' Substitution, Arsenal. Kieran Gibbs replaces Alexis Sánchez.
  9. 90'+3' Substitution, Arsenal. Theo Walcott replaces Olivier Giroud.

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