English Premier League

FT Monday, December 21, 2015
Manchester City WWLWW 1
–
Arsenal WDWWW 2
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ARS202
Emirates Stadium · 60,053 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal hold off Man City late to secure hold on second place

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
5
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
8
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
5
62.7
Possession
37.3
20
SHOTS
8
6
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
571
Accurate Passes
300
648
Passes
386
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
2
29
Crosses
17
0.1
Cross %
0.1
48
Long Balls
52
27
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
6
Blocked Shots
0
10
Effective Tackles
13
19
Tackles
20
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
20
27
Clearances
29

Head to Head

ARS leads series 2-1-2

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. 13David OspinaSUB
  2. 21Calum ChambersSUB
  3. 3Kieran GibbsSUB
  4. 54Jeff Reine-AdélaideSUB
  5. 45Alex IwobiSUB
  6. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainSUB
  7. 5Gabriel PaulistaSUB

MNC · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Joe HartG
  2. 20Eliaquim MangalaCD-L
  3. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-R
  4. 11Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 3Bacary SagnaRB
  6. 25FernandinhoCM-L
  7. 42Yaya TouréCM-R
  8. 18Fabian DelphLM
  9. 17Kevin De BruyneRM
  10. 10Sergio AgüeroF
  11. 21David SilvaRCF

Substitutes

  1. 26Martín DemichelisSUB
  2. 72Kelechi IheanachoSUB
  3. 14Wilfried BonySUB
  4. 15Jesús NavasSUB
  5. 13Wilfredo CaballeroSUB
  6. 22Gaël ClichySUB
  7. 7Raheem SterlingSUB

Timeline

  1. 31' David Silva (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 33' Goal! Arsenal 1, Manchester City 0. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil.
  3. 45'+1' Goal! Arsenal 2, Manchester City 0. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil.
  4. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. Raheem Sterling replaces Fabian Delph.
  5. 48' Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 63' Substitution, Manchester City. Wilfried Bony replaces Sergio Agüero because of an injury.
  7. 70' Substitution, Arsenal. Kieran Gibbs replaces Joel Campbell.
  8. 73' Substitution, Manchester City. Jesús Navas replaces David Silva.
  9. 76' Substitution, Arsenal. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Mesut Özil.
  10. 82' Goal! Arsenal 2, Manchester City 1. Yaya Touré (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Bacary Sagna.
  11. 88' Substitution, Arsenal. Calum Chambers replaces Theo Walcott.

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