English Premier League

FT Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Arsenal LWWWL 1
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Wolverhampton Wanderers LWLLD 3
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WOL303
Molineux Stadium · 31,436 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal's top-four hopes take another hit in lopsided loss to Wolverhampton

Arsenal missed out on their chance to get back into the Premier League's top four after a 3-1 loss to Wolves at Molineux on Wednesday night.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
5
0
Saves
0
70.4
Possession
29.6
11
SHOTS
11
1
ON GOAL
3
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
612
Accurate Passes
212
690
Passes
285
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
4
16
Crosses
9
0.3
Cross %
0.4
37
Long Balls
52
22
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
3
4
Effective Tackles
7
7
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
4
Interceptions
22
3
Effective Clearances
18
3
Clearances
18

Head to Head

ARS leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

WOL · 3-5-2

  1. 11Rui PatrícioG
  2. 16Conor CoadyCD
  3. 15Willy BolyCD-L
  4. 5Ryan BennettCD-R
  5. 28João MoutinhoCM-L
  6. 32Leander DendonckerCM-R
  7. 8Rúben NevesAM
  8. 19JonnyLM
  9. 2Matt DohertyRM
  10. 18Diogo JotaCF-L
  11. 9Raúl JiménezCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 29Ruben VinagreSUB
  2. 10Hélder CostaSUB
  3. 7Ivan CavaleiroSUB
  4. 21John RuddySUB
  5. 17Morgan Gibbs-WhiteSUB
  6. 27Romain SaïssSUB
  7. 37Adama TraoréSUB

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 19Bernd LenoG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 5Sokratis PapastathopoulosCD-R
  4. 18Nacho MonrealLB
  5. 15Ainsley Maitland-NilesRB
  6. 10Mesut ÖzilAM
  7. 34Granit XhakaLM
  8. 11Lucas TorreiraRM
  9. 9Alexandre LacazetteF
  10. 17Alex IwobiAM-L
  11. 7Henrikh MkhitaryanAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Mohamed ElnenySUB
  2. 1Petr CechSUB
  3. 59Joe WillockSUB
  4. 49Eddie NketiahSUB
  5. 31Sead KolasinacSUB
  6. 20Shkodran MustafiSUB
  7. 29Matteo GuendouziSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 27' Nacho Monreal (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 28' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Arsenal 0. Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  4. 31' Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 37' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Arsenal 0. Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonny with a cross following a corner.
  6. 45' Lucas Torreira (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45'+2' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 3, Arsenal 0. Diogo Jota (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal.
  8. 58' Substitution, Arsenal. Sead Kolasinac replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  9. 59' Substitution, Arsenal. Matteo Guendouzi replaces Lucas Torreira.
  10. 71' Substitution, Arsenal. Eddie Nketiah replaces Alex Iwobi.
  11. 78' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Ivan Cavaleiro replaces Diogo Jota.
  12. 80' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 3, Arsenal 1. Sokratis (Arsenal) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Granit Xhaka with a cross following a corner.
  13. 82' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Adama Traoré replaces Raúl Jiménez.
  14. 84' Ryan Bennett (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Morgan Gibbs-White replaces João Moutinho.

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