English FA Cup

FT Monday, March 2, 2020
Arsenal DWWWL 2
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Portsmouth WWLWW 0
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Match Report

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Arsenal into FA Cup quarterfinals with win at Portsmouth

Arsenal reached the FA Cup quarterfinals with a win at Portsmouth on Monday thanks to goals from Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Edward Nketiah.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
10
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
2
73.1
Possession
26.9
15
SHOTS
11
4
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
560
Accurate Passes
152
636
Passes
217
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
4
23
Crosses
26
0.2
Cross %
0.2
68
Long Balls
57
46
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
6
Blocked Shots
6
8
Effective Tackles
7
17
Tackles
14
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
2
Interceptions
13
18
Effective Clearances
20
18
Clearances
20

Head to Head

ARS leads series 5-0

Lineups

POR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 35Alex BassG
  2. 6Christian BurgessCD-L
  3. 13James BoltonCD-R
  4. 42Steve SeddonLB
  5. 15Ross McCrorieRB
  6. 26Gareth EvansAM
  7. 24Cameron McGeehanLM
  8. 33Ben CloseRM
  9. 22Ellis HarrisonF
  10. 19Marcus Myers-HarnessAM-L
  11. 7Ryan WilliamsAM-R

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 22Pablo MaríCD-L
  3. 23David LuizCD-R
  4. 77Bukayo SakaLB
  5. 5Sokratis PapastathopoulosRB
  6. 28Joe WillockAM
  7. 11Lucas TorreiraLM
  8. 29Matteo GuendouziRM
  9. 30Eddie NketiahF
  10. 35Gabriel MartinelliAM-L
  11. 24Reiss NelsonAM-R

Timeline

  1. 16' Substitution, Arsenal. Dani Ceballos replaces Lucas Torreira because of an injury.
  2. 35' Matteo Guendouzi (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 39' Cameron McGeehan (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+4' Goal! Portsmouth 0, Arsenal 1. Sokratis (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Reiss Nelson with a cross following a corner.
  5. 51' Goal! Portsmouth 0, Arsenal 2. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  6. 67' Substitution, Portsmouth. Ronan Curtis replaces Marcus Harness.
  7. 74' Substitution, Portsmouth. Andrew Cannon replaces Gareth Evans.
  8. 87' Substitution, Arsenal. Granit Xhaka replaces Joseph Willock.
  9. 90'+1' Substitution, Arsenal. Ainsley Maitland-Niles replaces Reiss Nelson.

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