English Premier League

FT Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Arsenal WDLLW 1
–
Leicester City LLDLL 3
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LEI123
King Power Stadium · 32,095 att.

Match Report

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Leicester City hold off 10-man Arsenal in Arsene Wenger's penultimate match

A heavily rotated Arsenal side lost 2-1 to Leicester City in a match that saw Arsene Wenger's team play most of the match with 10 players.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
6
6
Corner Kicks
6
7
Saves
6
59.6
Possession
40.4
14
SHOTS
19
7
ON GOAL
10
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
386
Accurate Passes
241
477
Passes
310
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
3
17
Crosses
22
0.2
Cross %
0.1
64
Long Balls
44
35
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
3
13
Effective Tackles
13
18
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
20
22
Clearances
20

Head to Head

ARS leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

LEI · 4-4-2

  1. 17Eldin JakupovicG
  2. 15Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 5Wes MorganCD-R
  4. 28Christian FuchsLB
  5. 2Danny SimpsonRB
  6. 14Adrien SilvaCM-L
  7. 38Hamza ChoudhuryCM-R
  8. 33Fousseni DiabateLM
  9. 26Riyad MahrezRM
  10. 8Kelechi IheanachoCF-L
  11. 9Jamie VardyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 30George ThomasSUB
  2. 7Demarai GraySUB
  3. 32Harvey BarnesSUB
  4. 29Yohan BenalouaneSUB
  5. 12Ben HamerSUB
  6. 16Aleksandar DragovicSUB
  7. 21Vicente IborraSUB

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 27Konstantinos MavropanosCD-L
  3. 16Rob HoldingCD-R
  4. 31Sead KolasinacLB
  5. 30Ainsley Maitland-NilesRB
  6. 29Granit XhakaCM
  7. 8Aaron RamseyLM
  8. 17Alex IwobiRM
  9. 14Pierre-Emerick AubameyangF
  10. 23Danny WelbeckLF
  11. 7Henrikh MkhitaryanRF

Substitutes

  1. 61Reiss NelsonSUB
  2. 13David OspinaSUB
  3. 63Jordi Osei-TutuSUB
  4. 62Eddie NketiahSUB
  5. 20Shkodran MustafiSUB
  6. 4Per MertesackerSUB
  7. 69Joe WillockSUB

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Leicester City 1, Arsenal 0. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fousseni Diabaté with a headed pass following a corner.
  2. 15' Konstantinos Mavropanos (Arsenal) is shown the red card.
  3. 19' Substitution, Arsenal. Shkodran Mustafi replaces Danny Welbeck.
  4. 53' Goal! Leicester City 1, Arsenal 1. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner.
  5. 72' Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Fousseni Diabaté.
  6. 75' Rob Holding (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 76' Goal! Leicester City 2, Arsenal 1. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  8. 77' Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 78' Danny Simpson (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 82' Substitution, Leicester City. Aleksandar Dragovic replaces Danny Simpson because of an injury.
  11. 84' Substitution, Arsenal. Eddie Nketiah replaces Alex Iwobi.
  12. 85' Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  13. 88' Substitution, Leicester City. Harvey Barnes replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
  14. 90' Goal! Leicester City 3, Arsenal 1. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hamza Choudhury.

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