English Premier League

FT Sunday, October 1, 2017
Brighton & Hove Albion DWLLW 0
–
Arsenal WDWWW 2
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ARS112
Emirates Stadium · 59,378 att.

Match Report

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Nacho Monreal, Alex Iwobi on target as Arsenal see off Brighton

Arsenal made it four wins out of four at home in the Premier League this season with a 2-0 victory over Brighton at the Emirates Stadium.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
6
9
Saves
1
34.8
Possession
65.2
9
SHOTS
25
1
ON GOAL
11
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
269
Accurate Passes
612
357
Passes
697
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
3
18
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.3
61
Long Balls
34
19
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
6
6
Effective Tackles
11
10
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
23
22
Clearances
23

Head to Head

ARS leads series 2-0

Lineups

ARS · 3-4-2-1

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 20Shkodran MustafiCD
  3. 18Nacho MonrealCD-L
  4. 16Rob HoldingCD-R
  5. 29Granit XhakaCM-L
  6. 8Aaron RamseyCM-R
  7. 31Sead KolasinacLM
  8. 24Héctor BellerínRM
  9. 9Alexandre LacazetteF
  10. 7Alexis SánchezCF-L
  11. 17Alex IwobiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 13David OspinaSUB
  2. 30Ainsley Maitland-NilesSUB
  3. 14Theo WalcottSUB
  4. 35Mohamed ElnenySUB
  5. 12Olivier GiroudSUB
  6. 4Per MertesackerSUB
  7. 10Jack WilshereSUB

BHA · 4-5-1

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 22Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 3Gaëtan BongLB
  5. 2BrunoRB
  6. 13Pascal GrossCM-L
  7. 24Davy PropperCM-R
  8. 6Dale StephensAM
  9. 19José IzquierdoLM
  10. 20Solly MarchRM
  11. 37Isaiah BrownF

Substitutes

  1. 49Jayson MolumbySUB
  2. 26Tim KrulSUB
  3. 17Glenn MurraySUB
  4. 29Markus SuttnerSUB
  5. 18Connor GoldsonSUB
  6. 21Ezequiel SchelottoSUB
  7. 11Anthony KnockaertSUB

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Arsenal 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Nacho Monreal (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  2. 17' Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 39' Shane Duffy (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 56' Goal! Arsenal 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Alex Iwobi (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez with a through ball.
  5. 71' Substitution, Arsenal. Olivier Giroud replaces Alexandre Lacazette.
  6. 71' Substitution, Arsenal. Theo Walcott replaces Alex Iwobi.
  7. 72' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Ezequiel Schelotto replaces Solly March.
  8. 76' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Anthony Knockaert replaces José Izquierdo.
  9. 76' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Glenn Murray replaces Isaiah Brown.
  10. 83' Substitution, Arsenal. Mohamed Elneny replaces Granit Xhaka.

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