English Premier League

FT Sunday, September 2, 2018
Arsenal WWLLW 3
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Cardiff City LLDDL 2
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CAR112
Cardiff City Stadium · 32,316 att.

Match Report

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Alexandre Lacazette scores in season's first start as Arsenal hold off Cardiff City

Alexandre Lacazette scored his first goal of the season in his first start under Unai Emery, handing Arsenal a 3-2 victory against Cardiff City.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
12
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
9
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
8
72.3
Possession
27.7
17
SHOTS
14
11
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
535
Accurate Passes
155
635
Passes
234
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
4
19
Crosses
19
0.3
Cross %
0.2
62
Long Balls
48
33
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
1
9
Effective Tackles
8
11
Tackles
12
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
11
Interceptions
15
21
Effective Clearances
32
21
Clearances
32

Head to Head

ARS leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

CAR · 4-4-2

  1. 1Neil EtheridgeG
  2. 22Sol BambaCD-L
  3. 4Sean MorrisonCD-R
  4. 3Joe BennettLB
  5. 5Bruno Ecuélé MangaRB
  6. 8Joe RallsCM-L
  7. 7Harry ArterCM-R
  8. 33Junior HoilettLM
  9. 21Víctor CamarasaRM
  10. 9Daniel WardCF-L
  11. 14Bobby De Cordova-ReidCF-R

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Petr CechG
  2. 5Sokratis PapastathopoulosCD-L
  3. 20Shkodran MustafiCD-R
  4. 18Nacho MonrealLB
  5. 2Héctor BellerínRB
  6. 8Aaron RamseyAM
  7. 34Granit XhakaLM
  8. 29Matteo GuendouziRM
  9. 9Alexandre LacazetteF
  10. 14Pierre-Emerick AubameyangAM-L
  11. 10Mesut ÖzilAM-R

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Cardiff City 0, Arsenal 1. Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Granit Xhaka with a cross following a corner.
  2. 25' Nacho Monreal (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+2' Goal! Cardiff City 1, Arsenal 1. Víctor Camarasa (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Joe Bennett with a cross.
  4. 51' Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 58' Matteo Guendouzi (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 62' Goal! Cardiff City 1, Arsenal 2. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexandre Lacazette.
  7. 66' Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 70' Goal! Cardiff City 2, Arsenal 2. Danny Ward (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sean Morrison with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  9. 70' Substitution, Arsenal. Lucas Torreira replaces Matteo Guendouzi.
  10. 71' David Junior Hoilett (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 77' Víctor Camarasa (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 81' Goal! Cardiff City 2, Arsenal 3. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Lucas Torreira.
  13. 84' Substitution, Cardiff City. Kenneth Zohore replaces Danny Ward.
  14. 84' Substitution, Arsenal. Danny Welbeck replaces Mesut Özil.
  15. 89' Substitution, Cardiff City. Gary Madine replaces Víctor Camarasa.
  16. 89' Substitution, Arsenal. Henrikh Mkhitaryan replaces Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
  17. 90'+3' Harry Arter (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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