UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, October 25, 2018
Arsenal WWWWW 1
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Sporting CP WLWWL 0
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Estádio José Alvalade · 40,784 att.

Match Report

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Danny Welbeck wins it for Arsenal in Europa clash with Sporting CP

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
11
Corner Kicks
11
0
Saves
6
66.9
Possession
33.1
14
SHOTS
15
7
ON GOAL
0
0.5
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
476
Accurate Passes
175
544
Passes
256
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
1
Accurate Crosses
3
20
Crosses
22
0.1
Cross %
0.1
61
Long Balls
51
37
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
6
Blocked Shots
8
11
Effective Tackles
10
15
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
3
23
Effective Clearances
24
23
Clearances
24

Lineups

SCP · 4-3-3

  1. 40Renan RibeiroG
  2. 6André PintoCD-L
  3. 4Sebastián CoatesCD-R
  4. 9Marcos AcuñaLB
  5. 13Stefan RistovskiRB
  6. 25Radosav PetrovicCM
  7. 86Nemanja GudeljLM
  8. 16Rodrigo BattagliaRM
  9. 10Fredy MonteroF
  10. 8Bruno FernandesLF
  11. 17NaniRF

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 19Bernd LenoG
  2. 16Rob HoldingCD-L
  3. 5Sokratis PapastathopoulosCD-R
  4. 34Granit XhakaLB
  5. 12Stephan LichtsteinerRB
  6. 29Matteo GuendouziCM
  7. 4Mohamed ElnenyLM
  8. 8Aaron RamseyRM
  9. 14Pierre-Emerick AubameyangF
  10. 23Danny WelbeckLF
  11. 7Henrikh MkhitaryanRF

Timeline

  1. 39' Marcos Acuña (Sporting CP) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Substitution, Sporting CP. Bruno Gaspar replaces Stefan Ristovski because of an injury.
  3. 46' Rob Holding (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 51' Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 58' Substitution, Arsenal. Lucas Torreira replaces Mohamed Elneny.
  6. 71' Sebastián Coates (Sporting CP) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 71' Substitution, Sporting CP. Jovane Cabral replaces Nemanja Gudelj.
  8. 77' Goal! Sporting CP 0, Arsenal 1. Danny Welbeck (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  9. 81' Substitution, Arsenal. Alexandre Lacazette replaces Danny Welbeck.
  10. 86' Substitution, Arsenal. Alex Iwobi replaces Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
  11. 87' Substitution, Sporting CP. Abdoulaye Diaby replaces Nani.
  12. 90'+3' Jovane Cabral (Sporting CP) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+5' Rodrigo Battaglia (Sporting CP) is shown the yellow card.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.