English Premier League

FT Saturday, January 19, 2019
Chelsea WDWLW 0
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Arsenal DLWWL 2
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Emirates Stadium · 59,979 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal beat Chelsea to revive hopes of top four finish

Arsenal revived their hopes of a top-four finish with a 2-0 win against Chelsea thanks to goals from Alexandre Lacazette and Laurent Koscielny.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
1
64.3
Possession
35.7
13
SHOTS
13
1
ON GOAL
5
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
565
Accurate Passes
267
647
Passes
355
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
9
24
Crosses
14
0.1
Cross %
0.6
69
Long Balls
54
53
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.8
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
22
13
Tackles
35
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
14
Interceptions
20
9
Effective Clearances
39
9
Clearances
39

Head to Head

ARS leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

ARS · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 19Bernd LenoG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 5Sokratis PapastathopoulosCD-R
  4. 34Granit XhakaDM
  5. 31Sead KolasinacLB
  6. 2Héctor BellerínRB
  7. 8Aaron RamseyAM
  8. 29Matteo GuendouziLM
  9. 11Lucas TorreiraRM
  10. 14Pierre-Emerick AubameyangCF-L
  11. 9Alexandre LacazetteCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Mohamed ElnenySUB
  2. 20Shkodran MustafiSUB
  3. 17Alex IwobiSUB
  4. 18Nacho MonrealSUB
  5. 1Petr CechSUB
  6. 10Mesut ÖzilSUB
  7. 15Ainsley Maitland-NilesSUB

CHE · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaG
  2. 30David LuizCD-L
  3. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-R
  4. 3Marcos AlonsoLB
  5. 28César AzpilicuetaRB
  6. 5JorginhoCM
  7. 17Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 7N'Golo KantéRM
  9. 10Eden HazardF
  10. 22WillianLF
  11. 11PedroRF

Substitutes

  1. 27Andreas ChristensenSUB
  2. 33EmersonSUB
  3. 8Ross BarkleySUB
  4. 13Wilfredo CaballeroSUB
  5. 18Olivier GiroudSUB
  6. 44Ethan AmpaduSUB
  7. 20Callum Hudson-OdoiSUB

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Arsenal 1, Chelsea 0. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the top right corner. Assisted by Héctor Bellerín with a cross following a corner.
  2. 37' David Luiz (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 39' Goal! Arsenal 2, Chelsea 0. Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) with an attempt from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Sokratis following a set piece situation.
  4. 63' Substitution, Chelsea. Ross Barkley replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  5. 67' Substitution, Arsenal. Ainsley Maitland-Niles replaces Aaron Ramsey.
  6. 68' Substitution, Arsenal. Alex Iwobi replaces Alexandre Lacazette.
  7. 68' Substitution, Chelsea. Olivier Giroud replaces Willian.
  8. 72' Substitution, Arsenal. Mohamed Elneny replaces Héctor Bellerín because of an injury.
  9. 80' Substitution, Chelsea. Callum Hudson-Odoi replaces Pedro.
  10. 90'+5' Ross Barkley (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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