English Premier League

FT Saturday, September 24, 2016
Chelsea WWDLW 0
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Arsenal WWDWW 3
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ARS303
Emirates Stadium · 60,028 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal thrash Chelsea with first half treble at the Emirates

An outstanding first-half performance by Arsenal saw them beat London rivals Chelsea 3-0 at the Emirates and go third in the Premier League table.

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Team Stats

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Fouls
0
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
0
Corner Kicks
0
0
Saves
0
0
Possession
0
0
SHOTS
0
0
ON GOAL
0
0.0
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
0

Head to Head

CHE leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 20Shkodran MustafiCD-R
  4. 18Nacho MonrealLB
  5. 24Héctor BellerínRB
  6. 11Mesut ÖzilAM
  7. 34Francis CoquelinLM
  8. 19Santi CazorlaRM
  9. 7Alexis SánchezF
  10. 17Alex IwobiAM-L
  11. 14Theo WalcottAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 3Kieran GibbsSUB
  2. 12Olivier GiroudSUB
  3. 16Rob HoldingSUB
  4. 9Lucas PérezSUB
  5. 29Granit XhakaSUB
  6. 13David OspinaSUB
  7. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainSUB

CHE · 4-1-4-1

  1. 13Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 30David LuizCD-L
  3. 24Gary CahillCD-R
  4. 7N'Golo KantéDM
  5. 28César AzpilicuetaLB
  6. 2Branislav IvanovicRB
  7. 21Nemanja MaticCM-L
  8. 4Cesc FàbregasCM-R
  9. 10Eden HazardLM
  10. 22WillianRM
  11. 19Diego CostaF

Substitutes

  1. 15Victor MosesSUB
  2. 29Nathaniel ChalobahSUB
  3. 8OscarSUB
  4. 1Asmir BegovicSUB
  5. 11PedroSUB
  6. 3Marcos AlonsoSUB
  7. 23Michy BatshuayiSUB

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Arsenal 1, Chelsea 0. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 14' Goal! Arsenal 2, Chelsea 0. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Héctor Bellerín.
  3. 28' Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 32' Substitution, Arsenal. Granit Xhaka replaces Francis Coquelin because of an injury.
  5. 40' Goal! Arsenal 3, Chelsea 0. Mesut Özil (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez following a fast break.
  6. 55' Substitution, Chelsea. Marcos Alonso replaces Cesc Fàbregas.
  7. 69' Substitution, Arsenal. Kieran Gibbs replaces Alex Iwobi.
  8. 70' Substitution, Chelsea. Pedro replaces Willian.
  9. 71' Substitution, Chelsea. Michy Batshuayi replaces Eden Hazard.
  10. 79' Substitution, Arsenal. Olivier Giroud replaces Alexis Sánchez.
  11. 83' Diego Costa (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.

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