English Premier League

FT Sunday, March 11, 2018
Watford DWLWW 0
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Arsenal LLLLW 3
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Emirates Stadium · 59,131 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal ease to victory over Watford as Petr Cech reaches milestone

Shkodran Mustafi, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan see off Watford at the Emirates Stadium.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
5
9
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
4
40.3
Possession
59.7
11
SHOTS
11
4
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
245
Accurate Passes
417
324
Passes
502
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
2
24
Crosses
9
0.1
Cross %
0.2
60
Long Balls
43
30
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
0
4
Effective Tackles
13
13
Tackles
21
0.3
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
32
16
Clearances
32

Head to Head

WAT leads series 3-2

Lineups

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 16Rob HoldingCD-L
  3. 20Shkodran MustafiCD-R
  4. 31Sead KolasinacLB
  5. 30Ainsley Maitland-NilesRB
  6. 11Mesut ÖzilAM
  7. 29Granit XhakaLM
  8. 35Mohamed ElnenyRM
  9. 14Pierre-Emerick AubameyangF
  10. 17Alex IwobiAM-L
  11. 7Henrikh MkhitaryanAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Danny WelbeckSUB
  2. 61Reiss NelsonSUB
  3. 21Calum ChambersSUB
  4. 13David OspinaSUB
  5. 62Eddie NketiahSUB
  6. 69Joe WillockSUB
  7. 10Jack WilshereSUB

WAT · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Orestis KarnezisG
  2. 6Adrian MariappaCD-L
  3. 5Sebastian PrödlCD-R
  4. 25José HolebasLB
  5. 2Daryl JanmaatRB
  6. 11RicharlisonAM
  7. 29Étienne CapoueLM
  8. 16Abdoulaye DoucouréRM
  9. 9Troy DeeneyF
  10. 37Roberto PereyraAM-L
  11. 21Kiko FemeníaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 28André CarrilloSUB
  2. 33Stefano OkakaSUB
  3. 17Jerome SinclairSUB
  4. 18Andre GraySUB
  5. 19Will HughesSUB
  6. 35Daniel BachmannSUB
  7. 3Miguel BritosSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Arsenal 1, Watford 0. Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a cross following a set piece situation.
  2. 55' Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 59' Goal! Arsenal 2, Watford 0. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan with a through ball.
  4. 62' Penalty saved! Troy Deeney (Watford) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
  5. 62' Substitution, Watford. Will Hughes replaces Kiko Femenía.
  6. 66' José Holebas (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 66' Substitution, Arsenal. Danny Welbeck replaces Alex Iwobi.
  8. 67' Substitution, Watford. Stefano Okaka replaces Roberto Pereyra.
  9. 73' Substitution, Arsenal. Calum Chambers replaces Shkodran Mustafi because of an injury.
  10. 77' Goal! Arsenal 3, Watford 0. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
  11. 78' Substitution, Arsenal. Jack Wilshere replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  12. 80' Substitution, Watford. Miguel Britos replaces Daryl Janmaat.
  13. 90' Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.

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