UEFA Europa League

FT Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Arsenal LWDWW 1
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Chelsea DWWDW 4
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CHE044
Baku Olympic Stadium · 51,370 att.

Match Report

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Chelsea rout Arsenal to win Europa League

Chelsea produced a superb second-half display to win the Europa League, beating Arsenal 4-1 in the final in Baku on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
14
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
1
50
Possession
50
16
SHOTS
14
2
ON GOAL
8
0.1
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
376
Accurate Passes
377
435
Passes
441
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
5
17
Crosses
11
0.1
Cross %
0.5
49
Long Balls
46
34
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
5
Blocked Shots
5
5
Effective Tackles
11
13
Tackles
18
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
10
10
Effective Clearances
17
10
Clearances
17

Head to Head

ARS leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

CHE · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaG
  2. 30David LuizCD-L
  3. 27Andreas ChristensenCD-R
  4. 33EmersonLB
  5. 28César AzpilicuetaRB
  6. 5JorginhoCM
  7. 17Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 7N'Golo KantéRM
  9. 18Olivier GiroudF
  10. 10Eden HazardLF
  11. 11PedroRF

Substitutes

  1. 3Marcos AlonsoSUB
  2. 52Jamie CummingSUB
  3. 13Wilfredo CaballeroSUB
  4. 9Gonzalo HiguaínSUB
  5. 24Gary CahillSUB
  6. 44Ethan AmpaduSUB
  7. 21Davide ZappacostaSUB
  8. 55George McEachranSUB
  9. 8Ross BarkleySUB
  10. 51Conor GallagherSUB
  11. 22WillianSUB

ARS · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Petr CechG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD
  3. 18Nacho MonrealCD-L
  4. 5Sokratis PapastathopoulosCD-R
  5. 34Granit XhakaCM-L
  6. 11Lucas TorreiraCM-R
  7. 10Mesut ÖzilAM
  8. 31Sead KolasinacLM
  9. 15Ainsley Maitland-NilesRM
  10. 14Pierre-Emerick AubameyangCF-L
  11. 9Alexandre LacazetteCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Mohamed ElnenySUB
  2. 87Bukayo SakaSUB
  3. 17Alex IwobiSUB
  4. 59Joe WillockSUB
  5. 44Dejan IlievSUB
  6. 29Matteo GuendouziSUB
  7. 49Eddie NketiahSUB
  8. 19Bernd LenoSUB
  9. 20Shkodran MustafiSUB
  10. 25Carl JenkinsonSUB
  11. 23Danny WelbeckSUB
  12. 12Stephan LichtsteinerSUB

Timeline

  1. 49' Goal! Chelsea 1, Arsenal 0. Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Emerson with a cross.
  2. 56' Pedro (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 60' Goal! Chelsea 2, Arsenal 0. Pedro (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
  4. 65' Goal! Chelsea 3, Arsenal 0. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  5. 66' Substitution, Arsenal. Matteo Guendouzi replaces Nacho Monreal.
  6. 67' Substitution, Arsenal. Alex Iwobi replaces Lucas Torreira.
  7. 68' Andreas Christensen (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 69' Goal! Chelsea 3, Arsenal 1. Alex Iwobi (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner following a set piece situation.
  9. 71' Substitution, Chelsea. Willian replaces Pedro.
  10. 72' Goal! Chelsea 4, Arsenal 1. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
  11. 76' Substitution, Chelsea. Ross Barkley replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  12. 77' Substitution, Arsenal. Joe Willock replaces Mesut Özil.
  13. 89' Substitution, Chelsea. Davide Zappacosta replaces Eden Hazard because of an injury.

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.