English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 18, 2018
Arsenal LWWWL 2
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Chelsea WLLWW 3
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ARS202
CHE213
Stamford Bridge · 40,491 att.

Match Report

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Chelsea win five-goal thriller against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
5
8
Saves
4
37.7
Possession
62.3
15
SHOTS
24
6
ON GOAL
11
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
353
Accurate Passes
641
429
Passes
720
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
1
12
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.1
62
Long Balls
58
32
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
6
6
Effective Tackles
9
14
Tackles
16
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
12
Interceptions
7
22
Effective Clearances
11
22
Clearances
11

Highlights

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Head to Head

ARS leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

CHE · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaG
  2. 30David LuizCD-L
  3. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-R
  4. 3Marcos AlonsoLB
  5. 28César AzpilicuetaRB
  6. 5JorginhoCM
  7. 8Ross BarkleyLM
  8. 7N'Golo KantéRM
  9. 29Álvaro MorataF
  10. 22WillianLF
  11. 11PedroRF

Substitutes

  1. 15Victor MosesSUB
  2. 10Eden HazardSUB
  3. 13Wilfredo CaballeroSUB
  4. 18Olivier GiroudSUB
  5. 27Andreas ChristensenSUB
  6. 21Davide ZappacostaSUB
  7. 17Mateo KovacicSUB

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Petr CechG
  2. 5Sokratis PapastathopoulosCD-L
  3. 20Shkodran MustafiCD-R
  4. 18Nacho MonrealLB
  5. 2Héctor BellerínRB
  6. 10Mesut ÖzilAM
  7. 29Matteo GuendouziLM
  8. 34Granit XhakaRM
  9. 14Pierre-Emerick AubameyangF
  10. 17Alex IwobiAM-L
  11. 7Henrikh MkhitaryanAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Bernd LenoSUB
  2. 8Aaron RamseySUB
  3. 11Lucas TorreiraSUB
  4. 4Mohamed ElnenySUB
  5. 23Danny WelbeckSUB
  6. 12Stephan LichtsteinerSUB
  7. 9Alexandre LacazetteSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Chelsea 1, Arsenal 0. Pedro (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marcos Alonso.
  2. 20' Goal! Chelsea 2, Arsenal 0. Álvaro Morata (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by César Azpilicueta with a through ball.
  3. 27' Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 37' Goal! Chelsea 2, Arsenal 1. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  5. 41' Goal! Chelsea 2, Arsenal 2. Alex Iwobi (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan with a cross.
  6. 45' Substitution, Arsenal. Lucas Torreira replaces Granit Xhaka.
  7. 60' Substitution, Chelsea. Mateo Kovacic replaces Ross Barkley.
  8. 61' Substitution, Chelsea. Eden Hazard replaces Willian.
  9. 68' Substitution, Arsenal. Aaron Ramsey replaces Mesut Özil.
  10. 75' Substitution, Arsenal. Alexandre Lacazette replaces Alex Iwobi.
  11. 75' Substitution, Chelsea. Olivier Giroud replaces Álvaro Morata.
  12. 77' Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 81' Goal! Chelsea 3, Arsenal 2. Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eden Hazard.

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