UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, May 2, 2019
Valencia WWWLL 1
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Arsenal WWLLL 3
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VAL101
ARS213
1st Leg · Emirates Stadium · 58,969 att.

Match Report

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Lacazette scores twice as Arsenal move toward Europa League final

Alexandre Lacazette scored two early goals to give Arsenal a 3-1 win over Valencia in the first leg of the Europa League semifinals.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
2
42
Possession
58
10
SHOTS
15
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
308
Accurate Passes
443
395
Passes
536
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
6
11
Crosses
23
0.1
Cross %
0.3
51
Long Balls
55
17
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
5
11
Effective Tackles
9
13
Tackles
12
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
18
Interceptions
10
21
Effective Clearances
13
21
Clearances
13

Head to Head

VAL leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

ARS · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Petr CechG
  2. 5Sokratis PapastathopoulosCD
  3. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  4. 20Shkodran MustafiCD-R
  5. 34Granit XhakaCM-L
  6. 29Matteo GuendouziCM-R
  7. 10Mesut ÖzilAM
  8. 31Sead KolasinacLM
  9. 15Ainsley Maitland-NilesRM
  10. 14Pierre-Emerick AubameyangCF-L
  11. 9Alexandre LacazetteCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Lucas TorreiraSUB
  2. 17Alex IwobiSUB
  3. 18Nacho MonrealSUB
  4. 4Mohamed ElnenySUB
  5. 7Henrikh MkhitaryanSUB
  6. 49Eddie NketiahSUB
  7. 19Bernd LenoSUB

VAL · 5-3-2

  1. 13NetoG
  2. 24Ezequiel GarayCD
  3. 4Facundo RoncagliaCD-L
  4. 5Gabriel PaulistaCD-R
  5. 14José GayàLB
  6. 21Cristiano PicciniRB
  7. 12Mouctar DiakhabyCM
  8. 10Dani ParejoCM-L
  9. 8Carlos SolerCM-R
  10. 7Gonçalo GuedesCF-L
  11. 19RodrigoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Toni LatoSUB
  2. 20Ferran TorresSUB
  3. 22Santi MinaSUB
  4. 1Jaume DoménechSUB
  5. 23Rubén SobrinoSUB
  6. 18Daniel WassSUB
  7. 9Kevin GameiroSUB

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Arsenal 0, Valencia 1. Mouctar Diakhaby (Valencia) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rodrigo Moreno with a headed pass following a corner.
  2. 18' Goal! Arsenal 1, Valencia 1. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
  3. 25' Goal! Arsenal 2, Valencia 1. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Granit Xhaka with a cross.
  4. 31' Mouctar Diakhaby (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 58' Substitution, Arsenal. Lucas Torreira replaces Matteo Guendouzi.
  6. 70' Daniel Parejo (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 71' Substitution, Valencia. Kevin Gameiro replaces Gonçalo Guedes.
  8. 71' Substitution, Valencia. Daniel Wass replaces Carlos Soler.
  9. 75' Substitution, Arsenal. Henrikh Mkhitaryan replaces Mesut Özil.
  10. 82' Substitution, Arsenal. Nacho Monreal replaces Laurent Koscielny.
  11. 88' Substitution, Valencia. Santi Mina replaces Rodrigo Moreno.
  12. 90' Goal! Arsenal 3, Valencia 1. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sead Kolasinac with a cross.

UEFA Europa League News

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