English FA Cup

FT Saturday, January 7, 2017
Arsenal LLWWD 2
–
Preston North End DWLDW 1
1st2ndT
ARS022
PNE101
Deepdale · 22,185 att.

Match Report

Richard Sellers EMPICS Sport

Arsenal leave it late to overcome Preston in frustrating encounter

Arsenal recovered from an early setback to beat Preston North End 2-1 at Deepdale and book their place in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
6
67.7
Possession
32.3
17
SHOTS
8
8
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
621
Accurate Passes
240
693
Passes
324
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
2
22
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.1
39
Long Balls
60
26
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
14
19
Tackles
22
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
20
16
Clearances
20

Lineups

PNE · 4-4-2

  1. 22Chris MaxwellG
  2. 23Paul HuntingtonCD-L
  3. 5Tom ClarkeCD-R
  4. 3Greg CunninghamLB
  5. 2Marnick VermijlRB
  6. 11Daniel JohnsonCM-L
  7. 4Ben PearsonCM-R
  8. 14Aiden McGeadyLM
  9. 12Paul GallagherRM
  10. 37Callum RobinsonCF-L
  11. 25Jordan HugillCF-R

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13David OspinaG
  2. 5Gabriel PaulistaCD-L
  3. 20Shkodran MustafiCD-R
  4. 18Nacho MonrealLB
  5. 55Ainsley Maitland-NilesRB
  6. 17Alex IwobiAM
  7. 29Granit XhakaLM
  8. 8Aaron RamseyRM
  9. 12Olivier GiroudF
  10. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainAM-L
  11. 9Lucas PérezAM-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Preston North End 1, Arsenal 0. Callum Robinson (Preston North End) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordan Hugill.
  2. 44' Jordan Hugill (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 46' Goal! Preston North End 1, Arsenal 1. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alex Iwobi.
  4. 60' Substitution, Preston North End. Alan Browne replaces Paul Gallagher because of an injury.
  5. 65' Greg Cunningham (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 70' Gabriel (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 75' Ben Pearson (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 75' Substitution, Preston North End. Simon Makienok replaces Jordan Hugill.
  9. 81' Substitution, Preston North End. Daryl Horgan replaces Daniel Johnson.
  10. 83' Substitution, Arsenal. Danny Welbeck replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
  11. 89' Goal! Preston North End 1, Arsenal 2. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Pérez.
  12. 90'+2' Substitution, Arsenal. Rob Holding replaces Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
  13. 90'+2' Substitution, Arsenal. Jeff Reine-Adelaide replaces Lucas Pérez.

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