English Premier League

FT Monday, December 28, 2015
AFC Bournemouth DWWWD 0
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Arsenal WWWWL 2
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Emirates Stadium · 59,983 att.

Match Report

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Mesut Ozil sparkles as Arsenal beat Bournemouth to go top of table

Another Mesut Ozil masterclass inspired Arsenal to a 2-0 victory over Bournemouth on Monday night and guided them to the top of the Premier League.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
7
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
9
4
Saves
3
48.6
Possession
51.4
10
SHOTS
12
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
433
Accurate Passes
453
516
Passes
530
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
8
10
Crosses
28
0.0
Cross %
0.3
59
Long Balls
53
27
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
2
16
Effective Tackles
16
20
Tackles
18
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
24
Effective Clearances
11
27
Clearances
11

Lineups

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 5Gabriel PaulistaCD-L
  3. 4Per MertesackerCD-R
  4. 3Kieran GibbsLB
  5. 24Héctor BellerínRB
  6. 11Mesut ÖzilAM
  7. 16Aaron RamseyLM
  8. 21Calum ChambersRM
  9. 12Olivier GiroudF
  10. 14Theo WalcottAM-L
  11. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 45Alex IwobiSUB
  2. 18Nacho MonrealSUB
  3. 2Mathieu DebuchySUB
  4. 6Laurent KoscielnySUB
  5. 54Jeff Reine-AdélaideSUB
  6. 13David OspinaSUB
  7. 28Joel CampbellSUB

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. 17Joshua KingF

Substitutes

  1. 32Eunan O'KaneSUB
  2. 25Sylvain DistinSUB
  3. 23Adam FedericiSUB
  4. 19Junior StanislasSUB
  5. 27Glenn MurraySUB
  6. 24Lee TomlinSUB
  7. 9Tokelo RantieSUB

Timeline

  1. 27' Goal! Arsenal 1, Bournemouth 0. Gabriel Paulista (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a cross following a corner.
  2. 30' Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 45' Substitution, Bournemouth. Junior Stanislas replaces Marc Pugh.
  4. 61' Calum Chambers (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 61' Substitution, Bournemouth. Eunan O'Kane replaces Dan Gosling.
  6. 63' Goal! Arsenal 2, Bournemouth 0. Mesut Özil (Arsenal) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Olivier Giroud with a through ball.
  7. 80' Substitution, Bournemouth. Glenn Murray replaces Joshua King because of an injury.
  8. 80' Substitution, Arsenal. Joel Campbell replaces Olivier Giroud.
  9. 82' Substitution, Arsenal. Nacho Monreal replaces Kieran Gibbs.
  10. 90'+3' Substitution, Arsenal. Alex Iwobi replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

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