English Premier League

FT Sunday, December 31, 2017
Arsenal DWWDW 1
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West Bromwich Albion LDLLD 1
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The Hawthorns · 26,223 att.

Match Report

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Controversial West Brom penalty denies Arsenal victory

Callum Chambers adjudged to have handled a Kieran Gibbs cross when the ball hit him at close range.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
4
65.3
Possession
34.7
14
SHOTS
14
4
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
544
Accurate Passes
244
647
Passes
322
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
8
10
Crosses
28
0.1
Cross %
0.3
60
Long Balls
71
33
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
7
10
Effective Tackles
8
12
Tackles
14
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
31
23
Clearances
31

Head to Head

ARS leads series 3-2

Lineups

WBA · 5-3-2

  1. 1Ben FosterG
  2. 26Ahmed HegaziCD
  3. 6Jonny EvansCD-L
  4. 25Craig DawsonCD-R
  5. 3Kieran GibbsLB
  6. 10Matt PhillipsRB
  7. 18Gareth BarryCM
  8. 11Chris BruntCM-L
  9. 8Jake LivermoreCM-R
  10. 4Hal Robson-KanuCF-L
  11. 19Jay RodríguezCF-R

ARS · 3-4-2-1

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 20Shkodran MustafiCD
  3. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  4. 21Calum ChambersCD-R
  5. 29Granit XhakaCM-L
  6. 10Jack WilshereCM-R
  7. 31Sead KolasinacLM
  8. 24Héctor BellerínRM
  9. 9Alexandre LacazetteF
  10. 7Alexis SánchezCF-L
  11. 17Alex IwobiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 34' Jonny Evans (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 37' Substitution, Arsenal. Ainsley Maitland-Niles replaces Sead Kolasinac because of an injury.
  3. 58' Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 59' Chris Brunt (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 72' Substitution, Arsenal. Per Mertesacker replaces Laurent Koscielny because of an injury.
  6. 72' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Grzegorz Krychowiak replaces Chris Brunt.
  7. 72' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. James McClean replaces Matt Phillips.
  8. 74' Substitution, Arsenal. Danny Welbeck replaces Alex Iwobi.
  9. 75' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Allan Nyom replaces Hal Robson-Kanu.
  10. 82' Craig Dawson (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 83' Own Goal by James McClean, West Bromwich Albion. West Bromwich Albion 0, Arsenal 1.
  12. 88' Jack Wilshere (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 89' Goal! West Bromwich Albion 1, Arsenal 1. Jay Rodriguez (West Bromwich Albion) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  14. 90'+5' Petr Cech (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.

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