English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 16, 2017
Newcastle United LDLLL 0
–
Arsenal WLWDD 1
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Emirates Stadium · 59,379 att.

Match Report

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Mesut Ozil wonder strike sees Arsenal edge past Newcastle United

Arsenal returned to winning ways but had Mesut Ozil to thank for scoring a wonderful winner as they toiled against out-of-form Newcastle.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
2
28.7
Possession
71.3
10
SHOTS
23
2
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
201
Accurate Passes
649
299
Passes
761
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
3
14
Crosses
10
0.3
Cross %
0.3
76
Long Balls
56
36
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
4
Blocked Shots
7
12
Effective Tackles
6
21
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
0
Interceptions
0
41
Effective Clearances
24
41
Clearances
24

Head to Head

ARS leads series 5-0

Lineups

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 18Nacho MonrealCD-L
  3. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-R
  4. 30Ainsley Maitland-NilesLB
  5. 24Héctor BellerínRB
  6. 29Granit XhakaCM
  7. 10Jack WilshereLM
  8. 11Mesut ÖzilRM
  9. 9Alexandre LacazetteF
  10. 7Alexis SánchezLF
  11. 17Alex IwobiRF

NEW · 4-4-2

  1. 1Robert ElliotG
  2. 20Florian LejeuneCD-L
  3. 6Jamaal LascellesCD-R
  4. 19Javier ManquilloLB
  5. 22DeAndre YedlinRB
  6. 14Isaac HaydenCM-L
  7. 23Mikel MerinoCM-R
  8. 30Christian AtsuLM
  9. 7Jacob MurphyRM
  10. 17Ayoze PérezCF-L
  11. 21JoseluCF-R

Timeline

  1. 23' Goal! Arsenal 1, Newcastle United 0. Mesut Özil (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
  2. 40' Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 54' Substitution, Newcastle United. Matt Ritchie replaces Christian Atsu.
  4. 67' Substitution, Newcastle United. Dwight Gayle replaces Jacob Murphy.
  5. 72' Substitution, Arsenal. Danny Welbeck replaces Alex Iwobi because of an injury.
  6. 73' Substitution, Arsenal. Olivier Giroud replaces Alexandre Lacazette.
  7. 82' Substitution, Newcastle United. Mohamed Diamé replaces Mikel Merino.
  8. 86' Nacho Monreal (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 89' Substitution, Arsenal. Francis Coquelin replaces Alexis Sánchez.
  10. 90'+2' Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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