English Premier League

FT Thursday, December 28, 2017
Arsenal DDWWD 3
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Crystal Palace DDWWD 2
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ARS123
CRY022
Selhurst Park · 25,762 att.

Match Report

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Sanchez brace as Arsenal win in Wenger's 810th Prem match

Arsenal marked Arsene Wenger's record-equalling match as a Premier League manager by winning 3-2 at Crystal Palace.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
5
0
Saves
6
65.2
Possession
34.8
16
SHOTS
16
9
ON GOAL
2
0.6
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
553
Accurate Passes
249
654
Passes
336
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
1
Accurate Crosses
5
15
Crosses
22
0.1
Cross %
0.2
64
Long Balls
71
33
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
5
14
Effective Tackles
12
21
Tackles
26
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
28
Effective Clearances
28
28
Clearances
28

Head to Head

ARS leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

CRY · 4-4-2

  1. 1Julian SperoniG
  2. 6Scott DannCD-L
  3. 5James TomkinsCD-R
  4. 15Jeff SchluppLB
  5. 34Martin KellyRB
  6. 4Luka MilivojevicCM-L
  7. 7Yohan CabayeCM-R
  8. 8Ruben Loftus-CheekLM
  9. 10Andros TownsendRM
  10. 11Wilfried ZahaCF-L
  11. 17Christian BentekeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 26Bakary SakoSUB
  2. 18James McArthurSUB
  3. 3Patrick van AanholtSUB
  4. 24Timothy Fosu-MensahSUB
  5. 42Jason PuncheonSUB
  6. 13Wayne HennesseySUB
  7. 44Jairo RiedewaldSUB

ARS · 3-4-2-1

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

Substitutes

  1. 34Francis CoquelinSUB
  2. 23Danny WelbeckSUB
  3. 14Theo WalcottSUB
  4. 16Rob HoldingSUB
  5. 13David OspinaSUB
  6. 17Alex IwobiSUB
  7. 30Ainsley Maitland-NilesSUB

Timeline

  1. 25' Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Arsenal 1. Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  2. 29' Calum Chambers (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+2' Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 49' Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Arsenal 1. Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wilfried Zaha.
  5. 53' Substitution, Crystal Palace. James McArthur replaces Yohan Cabaye because of an injury.
  6. 62' Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Arsenal 2. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexandre Lacazette following a corner.
  7. 66' Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Arsenal 3. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Wilshere with a through ball.
  8. 70' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Bakary Sako replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
  9. 75' Substitution, Arsenal. Francis Coquelin replaces Alexandre Lacazette.
  10. 80' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Timothy Fosu-Mensah replaces Martin Kelly.
  11. 87' Substitution, Arsenal. Ainsley Maitland-Niles replaces Granit Xhaka.
  12. 89' Goal! Crystal Palace 2, Arsenal 3. James Tomkins (Crystal Palace) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andros Townsend with a cross following a corner.

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