English Premier League

FT Sunday, August 9, 2015
West Ham United WDWDL 2
–
Arsenal WWWWW 0
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WHU112
ARS000
Emirates Stadium · 59,996 att.

Match Report

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Petr Cech suffers nightmare debut as West Ham win at Arsenal

Arsenal - West HamPetr Cech was culpable for both goals as Arsenal suffered a 2-0 home defeat to West Ham United on the opening weekend of the Premier

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
5
6
Saves
2
38.2
Possession
61.8
8
SHOTS
22
4
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
256
Accurate Passes
481
359
Passes
556
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
9
7
Crosses
33
0.1
Cross %
0.3
81
Long Balls
41
33
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
9
16
Effective Tackles
9
21
Tackles
12
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
12
25
Clearances
18

Head to Head

ARS leads series 5-0

Lineups

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 4Per MertesackerCD-R
  4. 18Nacho MonrealLB
  5. 2Mathieu DebuchyRB
  6. 11Mesut ÖzilAM
  7. 34Francis CoquelinLM
  8. 16Aaron RamseyRM
  9. 12Olivier GiroudF
  10. 19Santi CazorlaAM-L
  11. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Mikel ArtetaSUB
  2. 17Alexis SánchezSUB
  3. 3Kieran GibbsSUB
  4. 5Gabriel PaulistaSUB
  5. 21Calum ChambersSUB
  6. 13David OspinaSUB
  7. 14Theo WalcottSUB

WHU · 4-3-3

  1. 13Adrián G
  2. 21Angelo OgbonnaCD-L
  3. 2Winston ReidCD-R
  4. 3Aaron CresswellLB
  5. 5James TomkinsRB
  6. 35Reece OxfordCM
  7. 16Mark NobleLM
  8. 8Cheikhou KouyatéRM
  9. 15Diafra SakhoF
  10. 27Dimitri PayetLF
  11. 10Mauro ZárateRF

Substitutes

  1. 28Manuel LanziniSUB
  2. 23Diego PoyetSUB
  3. 7Matthew JarvisSUB
  4. 19James CollinsSUB
  5. 1Darren RandolphSUB
  6. 4Kevin NolanSUB
  7. 20Modibo MaïgaSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Mark Noble (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 7' Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 37' James Tomkins (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 43' Goal! Arsenal 0, West Ham United 1. Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dimitri Payet following a set piece situation.
  5. 57' Goal! Arsenal 0, West Ham United 2. Mauro Zárate (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  6. 58' Substitution, Arsenal. Theo Walcott replaces Francis Coquelin.
  7. 63' Substitution, West Ham United. Matthew Jarvis replaces Mauro Zárate.
  8. 67' Substitution, Arsenal. Alexis Sánchez replaces Mathieu Debuchy.
  9. 69' Nacho Monreal (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 79' Substitution, West Ham United. Kevin Nolan replaces Reece Oxford.
  11. 90' Substitution, West Ham United. Modibo Maiga replaces Diafra Sakho.

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