English Premier League

FT Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Cardiff City WLLDL 1
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Arsenal WWLWL 2
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Emirates Stadium · 59,933 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal beat Cardiff City on emotional day of tributes to Emiliano Sala

Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette struck second-half goals to earn a 2-1 win over relegation-threatened Cardiff City.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
1
29.1
Possession
70.9
19
SHOTS
15
2
ON GOAL
4
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
160
Accurate Passes
507
232
Passes
590
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
7
Accurate Crosses
2
16
Crosses
11
0.4
Cross %
0.2
60
Long Balls
27
30
Accurate Long Balls
13
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
8
Blocked Shots
6
9
Effective Tackles
8
16
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
7
25
Effective Clearances
25
25
Clearances
25

Head to Head

ARS leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ARS · 4-3-1-2

  1. 19Bernd LenoG
  2. 18Nacho MonrealCD-L
  3. 20Shkodran MustafiCD-R
  4. 31Sead KolasinacLB
  5. 12Stephan LichtsteinerRB
  6. 14Pierre-Emerick AubameyangM
  7. 4Mohamed ElnenyCM
  8. 10Mesut ÖzilAM
  9. 29Matteo GuendouziLM
  10. 11Lucas TorreiraRM
  11. 9Alexandre LacazetteCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Konstantinos Mavropanos
  2. 34Granit Xhaka
  3. 1Petr Cech
  4. 17Alex Iwobi
  5. 49Eddie Nketiah
  6. 8Aaron Ramsey
  7. 25Carl Jenkinson

CAR · 3-5-2

  1. 1Neil EtheridgeG
  2. 22Sol BambaCD
  3. 5Bruno Ecuélé MangaCD-L
  4. 2Lee PeltierCD-R
  5. 8Joe RallsCM-L
  6. 7Harry ArterCM-R
  7. 17Aron GunnarssonAM
  8. 3Joe BennettLM
  9. 13Callum PatersonRM
  10. 29Oumar NiasseCF-L
  11. 14Bobby De Cordova-ReidCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Kenneth ZohoreSUB
  2. 33Junior HoilettSUB
  3. 23Kadeem HarrisSUB
  4. 32Rhys HealeySUB
  5. 12Alex SmithiesSUB
  6. 18Greg CunninghamSUB
  7. 19Nathaniel Mendez-LaingSUB

Timeline

  1. 29' Nacho Monreal (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 36' Callum Paterson (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+2' Matteo Guendouzi (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 45' Substitution, Arsenal. Alex Iwobi replaces Mohamed Elneny.
  5. 60' Substitution, Arsenal. Carl Jenkinson replaces Stephan Lichtsteiner.
  6. 63' Harry Arter (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 66' Goal! Arsenal 1, Cardiff City 0. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  8. 70' Substitution, Cardiff City. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing replaces Bobby Reid.
  9. 73' Substitution, Cardiff City. Kenneth Zohore replaces Oumar Niasse.
  10. 76' Substitution, Arsenal. Aaron Ramsey replaces Mesut Özil.
  11. 81' Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 81' Substitution, Cardiff City. Kadeem Harris replaces Harry Arter.
  13. 83' Goal! Arsenal 2, Cardiff City 0. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
  14. 90' Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+3' Goal! Arsenal 2, Cardiff City 1. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kenneth Zohore with a headed pass.

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