English Premier League

FT Saturday, October 14, 2017
Arsenal DWWWW 1
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Watford DWLWD 2
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WAT022
Vicarage Road · 20,384 att.

Match Report

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Cleverley hits late winner as Watford beat Arsenal to go fourth

Arsenal gave away a lead to lose 2-1 away to Watford as Tom Cleverley netted an injury time winner.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
8
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
2
0
Saves
5
53.9
Possession
46.1
9
SHOTS
11
6
ON GOAL
2
0.7
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
442
Accurate Passes
365
552
Passes
465
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
5
13
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.3
74
Long Balls
65
36
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
3
12
Effective Tackles
12
18
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
36
Effective Clearances
24
36
Clearances
24

Head to Head

ARS leads series 3-2

Lineups

WAT · 3-4-3

  1. 1Heurelho GomesG
  2. 27Christian KabaseleCD
  3. 3Miguel BritosCD-L
  4. 6Adrian MariappaCD-R
  5. 16Abdoulaye DoucouréCM-L
  6. 8Tom CleverleyCM-R
  7. 25José HolebasLM
  8. 21Kiko FemeníaRM
  9. 18Andre GrayF
  10. 11RicharlisonCF-L
  11. 37Roberto PereyraCF-R

ARS · 3-4-2-1

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 4Per MertesackerCD
  3. 18Nacho MonrealCD-L
  4. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-R
  5. 29Granit XhakaCM-L
  6. 35Mohamed ElnenyCM-R
  7. 31Sead KolasinacLM
  8. 24Héctor BellerínRM
  9. 9Alexandre LacazetteF
  10. 23Danny WelbeckCF-L
  11. 17Alex IwobiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 39' Goal! Watford 0, Arsenal 1. Per Mertesacker (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Granit Xhaka with a cross following a corner.
  2. 61' Substitution, Arsenal. Mesut Özil replaces Danny Welbeck because of an injury.
  3. 63' Substitution, Watford. Troy Deeney replaces Andre Gray.
  4. 63' Substitution, Watford. André Carrillo replaces Adrian Mariappa.
  5. 64' Christian Kabasele (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 68' Substitution, Arsenal. Olivier Giroud replaces Alexandre Lacazette.
  7. 71' Goal! Watford 1, Arsenal 1. Troy Deeney (Watford) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  8. 81' Substitution, Watford. Etienne Capoue replaces Roberto Pereyra.
  9. 85' Substitution, Arsenal. Rob Holding replaces Laurent Koscielny because of an injury.
  10. 90'+2' Goal! Watford 2, Arsenal 1. Tom Cleverley (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.

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