English FA Cup

FT Saturday, January 9, 2016
Sunderland LLLLW 1
–
Arsenal WWLWW 3
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SUN101
ARS123
Emirates Stadium · 59,349 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal beat Sunderland to book place in FA Cup fourth round

FA Cup holders Arsenal came from behind to beat a much-changed Sunderland side in their third-round meeting at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
13
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
11
10
Saves
2
36.8
Possession
63.2
11
SHOTS
25
3
ON GOAL
13
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
227
Accurate Passes
475
307
Passes
544
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
4
22
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.2
66
Long Balls
42
29
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
4
23
Effective Tackles
9
27
Tackles
14
0.9
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
29
Effective Clearances
18
37
Clearances
24

Head to Head

ARS leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 5Gabriel PaulistaCD-R
  4. 3Kieran GibbsLB
  5. 24Héctor BellerínRB
  6. 45Alex IwobiAM
  7. 21Calum ChambersLM
  8. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainRM
  9. 12Olivier GiroudF
  10. 14Theo WalcottAM-L
  11. 28Joel CampbellAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Mikel ArtetaSUB
  2. 59Chris WillockSUB
  3. 16Aaron RamseySUB
  4. 54Jeff Reine-AdélaideSUB
  5. 18Nacho MonrealSUB
  6. 2Mathieu DebuchySUB
  7. 49Matt MaceySUB

SUN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Jordan PickfordG
  2. 16John O'SheaCD-L
  3. 22Sebastián CoatesCD-R
  4. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  5. 24DeAndre YedlinRB
  6. 17Jeremain LensAM
  7. 20Ola ToivonenLM
  8. 6Lee CattermoleRM
  9. 26Steven FletcherF
  10. 19Danny GrahamAM-L
  11. 41Duncan WatmoreAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Yann M'vilaSUB
  2. 18Jermain DefoeSUB
  3. 28Charalampos MavriasSUB
  4. 31Tom BeadlingSUB
  5. 25Vito MannoneSUB
  6. 2Billy JonesSUB
  7. 9Fabio BoriniSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! Arsenal 0, Sunderland 1. Jeremain Lens (Sunderland) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 25' Goal! Arsenal 1, Sunderland 1. Joel Campbell (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Theo Walcott.
  3. 72' Goal! Arsenal 2, Sunderland 1. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Héctor Bellerín.
  4. 75' Goal! Arsenal 3, Sunderland 1. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Héctor Bellerín with a through ball.

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