English Premier League

FT Tuesday, January 1, 2019
Fulham LLDDW 1
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Arsenal LLWDL 4
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ARS134
Emirates Stadium · 59,887 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal thrash Fulham to close gap on Chelsea to two points

Granit Xhaka, Alexandre Lacazette, Aaron Ramsey and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang were all on target as Arsenal routed Fulham.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
9
4
Saves
3
40.4
Possession
59.6
9
SHOTS
16
4
ON GOAL
9
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
271
Accurate Passes
427
365
Passes
542
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
3
14
Crosses
16
0.3
Cross %
0.2
54
Long Balls
70
18
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
10
18
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
12
Interceptions
12
33
Effective Clearances
16
33
Clearances
16

Head to Head

ARS leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ARS · 3-4-2-1

  1. 19Bernd LenoG
  2. 5Sokratis PapastathopoulosCD
  3. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  4. 20Shkodran MustafiCD-R
  5. 34Granit XhakaCM-L
  6. 29Matteo GuendouziCM-R
  7. 31Sead KolasinacLM
  8. 15Ainsley Maitland-NilesRM
  9. 9Alexandre LacazetteF
  10. 14Pierre-Emerick AubameyangCF-L
  11. 17Alex IwobiCF-R

FUL · 3-4-3

  1. 25Sergio RicoG
  2. 20Maxime Le MarchandCD
  3. 13Tim ReamCD-L
  4. 4Denis OdoiCD-R
  5. 44Ibrahima CisséCM-L
  6. 10Tom CairneyCM-R
  7. 23Joe BryanLM
  8. 22Cyrus ChristieRM
  9. 9Aleksandar MitrovicF
  10. 14André SchürrleCF-L
  11. 3Ryan SessegnonCF-R

Timeline

  1. 25' Goal! Arsenal 1, Fulham 0. Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alex Iwobi.
  2. 45' Substitution, Arsenal. Lucas Torreira replaces Shkodran Mustafi.
  3. 55' Goal! Arsenal 2, Fulham 0. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Sead Kolasinac.
  4. 56' Substitution, Fulham. Timothy Fosu-Mensah replaces Cyrus Christie.
  5. 61' Substitution, Fulham. Aboubakar Kamara replaces André Schürrle.
  6. 61' Substitution, Fulham. Jean Michael Seri replaces Ibrahima Cissé.
  7. 69' Goal! Arsenal 2, Fulham 1. Aboubakar Kamara (Fulham) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Ryan Sessegnon.
  8. 75' Substitution, Arsenal. Aaron Ramsey replaces Alexandre Lacazette.
  9. 77' Timothy Fosu-Mensah (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 79' Goal! Arsenal 3, Fulham 1. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
  11. 83' Substitution, Arsenal. Bukayo Saka replaces Alex Iwobi.
  12. 83' Goal! Arsenal 4, Fulham 1. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sokratis following a corner.

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