English FA Cup

FT Sunday, March 13, 2016
Watford WWDLL 2
–
Arsenal LLLDW 1
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Emirates Stadium · 58,436 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal knocked out of FA Cup as Watford reach semifinals

FA Cup holders Arsenal were knocked out in the quarterfinals by Watford as the Gunners lost 2-1 at home to their Premier League counterparts.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
0
29.1
Possession
70.9
7
SHOTS
20
2
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
204
Accurate Passes
623
306
Passes
725
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
5
6
Crosses
30
0.2
Cross %
0.2
78
Long Balls
35
22
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
6
24
Effective Tackles
18
28
Tackles
21
0.9
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
27
Effective Clearances
11
31
Clearances
14

Head to Head

ARS leads series 4-0

Lineups

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13David OspinaG
  2. 5Gabriel PaulistaCD-L
  3. 4Per MertesackerCD-R
  4. 3Kieran GibbsLB
  5. 21Calum ChambersRB
  6. 11Mesut ÖzilAM
  7. 34Francis CoquelinLM
  8. 35Mohamed ElnenyRM
  9. 12Olivier GiroudF
  10. 17Alexis SánchezAM-L
  11. 28Joel CampbellAM-R

WAT · 4-3-3

  1. 18Costel PantilimonG
  2. 15Craig CathcartCD-L
  3. 5Sebastian PrödlCD-R
  4. 16Nathan AkéLB
  5. 2Allan NyomRB
  6. 23Ben WatsonCM
  7. 29Étienne CapoueLM
  8. 8Valon BehramiRM
  9. 24Odion IghaloF
  10. 9Troy DeeneyLF
  11. 17Adlène GuédiouraRF

Timeline

  1. 43' Costel Pantilimon (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 50' Goal! Arsenal 0, Watford 1. Odion Ighalo (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Troy Deeney with a headed pass.
  3. 63' Goal! Arsenal 0, Watford 2. Adlène Guédioura (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Troy Deeney.
  4. 67' Substitution, Arsenal. Alex Iwobi replaces Mohamed Elneny.
  5. 68' Substitution, Arsenal. Danny Welbeck replaces Joel Campbell.
  6. 68' Substitution, Arsenal. Theo Walcott replaces Olivier Giroud.
  7. 73' Substitution, Watford. Ikechi Anya replaces Etienne Capoue because of an injury.
  8. 74' Mesut Özil (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 77' Substitution, Watford. Almen Abdi replaces Adlène Guédioura.
  10. 82' Substitution, Watford. Nordin Amrabat replaces Odion Ighalo because of an injury.
  11. 88' Goal! Arsenal 1, Watford 2. Danny Welbeck (Arsenal) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil following a corner.

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