UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, September 19, 2019
Arsenal WWLDD 3
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Eintracht Frankfurt LLWWL 0
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ARS123
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Deutsche Bank Park · 47,000 att.

Match Report

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Teenager Saka leads Arsenal to win in Frankfurt

Arsenal teenager Bukayo Saka scored a lovely goal and set up another as the Gunners beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0 in their Europa League opener.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
13
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
11
7
Saves
3
43.7
Possession
56.3
16
SHOTS
24
6
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
230
Accurate Passes
314
318
Passes
397
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
9
13
Crosses
35
0.5
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
48
22
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
6
10
Effective Tackles
12
17
Tackles
22
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
10
Interceptions
9
22
Effective Clearances
7
22
Clearances
7

Lineups

SGE · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Kevin TrappG
  2. 20Makoto HasebeCD
  3. 13Martin HintereggerCD-L
  4. 19David AbrahamCD-R
  5. 8Djibril SowCM-L
  6. 28Dominik KohrCM-R
  7. 15Daichi KamadaAM
  8. 10Filip KosticLM
  9. 24Danny da CostaRM
  10. 33André SilvaCF-L
  11. 9Bas DostCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Gelson FernandesSUB
  2. 39Gonçalo PaciênciaSUB
  3. 3Simon FaletteSUB
  4. 7Dejan JoveljicSUB
  5. 22Timothy ChandlerSUB
  6. 32Frederik RonnowSUB
  7. 2Evan NdickaSUB

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 23David LuizCD-L
  3. 20Shkodran MustafiCD-R
  4. 31Sead KolasinacLB
  5. 21Calum ChambersRB
  6. 28Joe WillockAM
  7. 34Granit XhakaLM
  8. 11Lucas TorreiraRM
  9. 14Pierre-Emerick AubameyangF
  10. 77Bukayo SakaAM-L
  11. 32Emile Smith RoweAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Dani CeballosSUB
  2. 29Matteo GuendouziSUB
  3. 24Reiss NelsonSUB
  4. 19Nicolas PépéSUB
  5. 35Gabriel MartinelliSUB
  6. 15Ainsley Maitland-NilesSUB
  7. 1Bernd LenoSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Martin Hinteregger (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 38' Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 0, Arsenal 1. Joe Willock (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Bukayo Saka following a fast break.
  3. 60' Substitution, Arsenal. Nicolas Pépé replaces Emile Smith Rowe.
  4. 62' Dominik Kohr (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 63' Joe Willock (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 66' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Gonçalo Paciência replaces Bas Dost.
  7. 72' Substitution, Arsenal. Dani Ceballos replaces Joe Willock.
  8. 74' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Timothy Chandler replaces Danny da Costa.
  9. 75' Sead Kolasinac (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 79' Second yellow card to Dominik Kohr (Eintracht Frankfurt) for a bad foul.
  11. 80' Substitution, Arsenal. Ainsley Maitland-Niles replaces Sead Kolasinac.
  12. 82' Daichi Kamada (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 83' Calum Chambers (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 85' Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 0, Arsenal 2. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé.
  15. 87' Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 0, Arsenal 3. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bukayo Saka with a through ball.

UEFA Europa League News

All news
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.