English Premier League

FT Sunday, January 24, 2016
Chelsea DWWDD 1
–
Arsenal WWWDD 0
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CHE101
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Emirates Stadium · 60,072 att.

Match Report

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Chelsea beat Arsenal as Diego Costa scores and Per Mertesacker sees red

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
7
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
5
53.4
Possession
46.6
12
SHOTS
9
6
ON GOAL
1
0.5
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
472
Accurate Passes
385
549
Passes
466
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
1
15
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.0
63
Long Balls
35
25
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
1
19
Effective Tackles
13
23
Tackles
17
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
12
25
Clearances
14

Head to Head

CHE leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 4Per MertesackerCD-R
  4. 18Nacho MonrealLB
  5. 24Héctor BellerínRB
  6. 11Mesut ÖzilAM
  7. 16Aaron RamseyLM
  8. 20Mathieu FlaminiRM
  9. 12Olivier GiroudF
  10. 14Theo WalcottAM-L
  11. 28Joel CampbellAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Alexis SánchezSUB
  2. 21Calum ChambersSUB
  3. 3Kieran GibbsSUB
  4. 13David OspinaSUB
  5. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainSUB
  6. 5Gabriel PaulistaSUB
  7. 35Mohamed ElnenySUB

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 26John TerryCD-L
  3. 5Kurt ZoumaCD-R
  4. 28César AzpilicuetaLB
  5. 2Branislav IvanovicRB
  6. 4Cesc FàbregasAM
  7. 21Nemanja MaticLM
  8. 12John Obi MikelRM
  9. 19Diego CostaF
  10. 8OscarAM-L
  11. 22WillianAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Gary CahillSUB
  2. 10Eden HazardSUB
  3. 6Baba RahmanSUB
  4. 14Bertrand TraoréSUB
  5. 1Asmir BegovicSUB
  6. 18Loïc RémySUB
  7. 36Ruben Loftus-CheekSUB

Timeline

  1. 11' Oscar (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 18' Per Mertesacker (Arsenal) is shown the red card.
  3. 22' Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Paulista replaces Olivier Giroud.
  4. 23' Goal! Arsenal 0, Chelsea 1. Diego Costa (Chelsea) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Branislav Ivanovic with a cross.
  5. 45' Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 57' Substitution, Arsenal. Alexis Sánchez replaces Joel Campbell.
  7. 60' Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 68' Substitution, Chelsea. Loïc Remy replaces Diego Costa because of an injury.
  9. 72' John Obi Mikel (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 75' Substitution, Arsenal. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Theo Walcott.
  11. 77' Substitution, Chelsea. Eden Hazard replaces Oscar.

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