English Premier League

FT Friday, August 11, 2017
Leicester City WDLLW 3
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Arsenal WLWLD 4
1st2ndT
LEI213
ARS224
Emirates Stadium · 59,387 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal rally late to defeat Leicester on opening night

Arsenal erased a pair of deficits to open the Premier League season with a thrilling 4-3 win over Leicester City at the Emirates on Friday night.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
5
4
Corner Kicks
9
6
Saves
0
30
Possession
70
6
SHOTS
27
3
ON GOAL
10
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
167
Accurate Passes
538
263
Passes
632
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
6
18
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.3
70
Long Balls
55
32
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
8
8
Effective Tackles
17
17
Tackles
23
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
24
Effective Clearances
30
24
Clearances
30

Head to Head

ARS leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ARS · 3-4-2-1

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 18Nacho MonrealCD
  3. 31Sead KolasinacCD-L
  4. 16Rob HoldingCD-R
  5. 29Granit XhakaCM-L
  6. 35Mohamed ElnenyCM-R
  7. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainLM
  8. 24Héctor BellerínRM
  9. 9Alexandre LacazetteF
  10. 23Danny WelbeckCF-L
  11. 11Mesut ÖzilCF-R

LEI · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 15Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 5Wes MorganCD-R
  4. 28Christian FuchsLB
  5. 2Danny SimpsonRB
  6. 25Wilfred NdidiCM-L
  7. 22Matty JamesCM-R
  8. 11Marc AlbrightonLM
  9. 26Riyad MahrezRM
  10. 9Jamie VardyF
  11. 20Shinji OkazakiRCF

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! Arsenal 1, Leicester City 0. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Elneny.
  2. 5' Goal! Arsenal 1, Leicester City 1. Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Maguire with a headed pass following a corner.
  3. 29' Goal! Arsenal 1, Leicester City 2. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Marc Albrighton with a cross.
  4. 45'+2' Goal! Arsenal 2, Leicester City 2. Danny Welbeck (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sead Kolasinac.
  5. 56' Goal! Arsenal 2, Leicester City 3. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a cross following a corner.
  6. 67' Substitution, Arsenal. Aaron Ramsey replaces Mohamed Elneny.
  7. 67' Substitution, Arsenal. Olivier Giroud replaces Rob Holding.
  8. 72' Substitution, Leicester City. Daniel Amartey replaces Shinji Okazaki.
  9. 75' Substitution, Arsenal. Theo Walcott replaces Danny Welbeck.
  10. 82' Substitution, Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Matty James.
  11. 83' Goal! Arsenal 3, Leicester City 3. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Granit Xhaka following a corner.
  12. 85' Goal! Arsenal 4, Leicester City 3. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Granit Xhaka with a cross following a corner.
  13. 88' Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Marc Albrighton.
  14. 90'+4' Wes Morgan (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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