English Premier League

FT Saturday, January 20, 2018
Crystal Palace LDWLW 1
–
Arsenal DDLDL 4
1st2ndT
CRY011
ARS404
Emirates Stadium · 59,386 att.

Match Report

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Alexis Sanchez not missed as Arsenal dismantle sorry Palace

Arsenal eased to a 4-1 victory over Crystal Palace on Saturday as Alexis Sanchez was left out of the squad ahead of his expected move to Man United.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
6
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
10
Corner Kicks
5
6
Saves
4
37
Possession
63
9
SHOTS
16
5
ON GOAL
10
0.6
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
336
Accurate Passes
642
406
Passes
727
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
7
Accurate Crosses
3
29
Crosses
9
0.2
Cross %
0.3
50
Long Balls
44
24
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.5
Long Balls %
0.8
3
Blocked Shots
5
9
Effective Tackles
11
15
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
30
20
Clearances
30

Head to Head

ARS leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

ARS · 4-1-4-1

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 20Shkodran MustafiCD-L
  3. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-R
  4. 35Mohamed ElnenyDM
  5. 18Nacho MonrealLB
  6. 24Héctor BellerínRB
  7. 29Granit XhakaCM-L
  8. 10Jack WilshereCM-R
  9. 17Alex IwobiLM
  10. 11Mesut ÖzilRM
  11. 9Alexandre LacazetteF

Substitutes

  1. 31Sead KolasinacSUB
  2. 61Reiss NelsonSUB
  3. 62Eddie NketiahSUB
  4. 30Ainsley Maitland-NilesSUB
  5. 13David OspinaSUB
  6. 21Calum ChambersSUB
  7. 4Per MertesackerSUB

CRY · 4-4-2

  1. 13Wayne HennesseyG
  2. 5James TomkinsCD-L
  3. 34Martin KellyCD-R
  4. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  5. 24Timothy Fosu-MensahRB
  6. 4Luka MilivojevicCM-L
  7. 7Yohan CabayeCM-R
  8. 18James McArthurLM
  9. 11Wilfried ZahaRM
  10. 26Bakary SakoCF-L
  11. 17Christian BentekeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Julian SperoniSUB
  2. 44Jairo RiedewaldSUB
  3. 2Joel WardSUB
  4. 14Lee Chung-YongSUB
  5. 23Pape SouaréSUB
  6. 10Andros TownsendSUB
  7. 27Damien DelaneySUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Arsenal 1, Crystal Palace 0. Nacho Monreal (Arsenal) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Granit Xhaka with a cross following a corner.
  2. 10' Goal! Arsenal 2, Crystal Palace 0. Alex Iwobi (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nacho Monreal.
  3. 13' Goal! Arsenal 3, Crystal Palace 0. Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nacho Monreal following a corner.
  4. 22' Goal! Arsenal 4, Crystal Palace 0. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil.
  5. 34' Substitution, Arsenal. Ainsley Maitland-Niles replaces Nacho Monreal because of an injury.
  6. 72' Substitution, Arsenal. Reiss Nelson replaces Mesut Özil.
  7. 78' Goal! Arsenal 4, Crystal Palace 1. Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Christian Benteke with a headed pass following a corner.
  8. 82' Substitution, Arsenal. Sead Kolasinac replaces Alex Iwobi.
  9. 90' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jairo Riedewald replaces Yohan Cabaye because of an injury.

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