English Premier League

FT Saturday, October 17, 2015
Arsenal LWWLW 3
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Watford LWWLD 0
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Vicarage Road · 20,721 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal made to work as Alexis Sanchez scores in Watford win

Arsenal had to wait until the second half, but eventually sealed a comfortable 3-0 win at Watford.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
9
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
3
66.7
Possession
33.3
17
SHOTS
8
6
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
551
Accurate Passes
226
627
Passes
306
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
7
Accurate Crosses
3
22
Crosses
16
0.3
Cross %
0.2
50
Long Balls
75
32
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
6
Blocked Shots
1
14
Effective Tackles
20
17
Tackles
25
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
27
Effective Clearances
22
31
Clearances
25

Head to Head

ARS leads series 3-0

Lineups

WAT · 4-4-2

  1. 1Heurelho GomesG
  2. 15Craig CathcartCD-L
  3. 5Sebastian PrödlCD-R
  4. 16Nathan AkéLB
  5. 2Allan NyomRB
  6. 23Ben WatsonCM-L
  7. 29Étienne CapoueCM-R
  8. 22Almen AbdiLM
  9. 21Ikechi AnyaRM
  10. 9Troy DeeneyCF-L
  11. 24Odion IghaloCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 25José HolebasSUB
  2. 19Víctor IbarboSUB
  3. 8Valon BehramiSUB
  4. 13Rene GilmartinSUB
  5. 14Juan Carlos ParedesSUB
  6. 20Steven BerghuisSUB
  7. 3Miguel BritosSUB

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. 19Santi CazorlaLM
  8. 34Francis CoquelinRM
  9. 14Theo WalcottF
  10. 17Alexis SánchezAM-L
  11. 16Aaron RamseyAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Calum ChambersSUB
  2. 2Mathieu DebuchySUB
  3. 3Kieran GibbsSUB
  4. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainSUB
  5. 12Olivier GiroudSUB
  6. 8Mikel ArtetaSUB
  7. 49Matt MaceySUB

Timeline

  1. 47' Nyom (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 58' Per Mertesacker (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 62' Goal! Watford 0, Arsenal 1. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil.
  4. 63' Heurelho Gomes (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 64' Substitution, Arsenal. Olivier Giroud replaces Theo Walcott.
  6. 68' Goal! Watford 0, Arsenal 2. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Mesut Özil.
  7. 69' Substitution, Watford. Steven Berghuis replaces Nyom.
  8. 74' Goal! Watford 0, Arsenal 3. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Héctor Bellerín.
  9. 75' Substitution, Watford. Víctor Ibarbo replaces Almen Abdi.
  10. 80' Substitution, Arsenal. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Alexis Sánchez.
  11. 81' Substitution, Arsenal. Mikel Arteta replaces Mesut Özil.
  12. 81' Substitution, Watford. Juan Carlos Paredes replaces Ikechi Anya.

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