UEFA Europa League

Arsenal vs Rapid Vienna, 2020-21 UEFA Europa League, Group Stage

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Arsenal
  • 10': Alexandre Lacazette
  • 17': Pablo Marí
  • 44': Eddie Nketiah
  • 66': Emile Smith Rowe
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4 - 1
Rapid Vienna
  • 47': Koya Kitagawa

Fans back at Emirates as Arsenal ease past Rapid Vienna in Europa League

Fans returned to the Emirates as Arsenal raced past Rapid Vienna in their penultimate Europa League Group B match on Thursday.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 8': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Mario Sonnleitner.
  • 9': Attempt missed. Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Reiss Nelson with a cross following a corner.
  • 10': Goal! Arsenal 1, SK Rapid Wien 0. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
  • 13': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Leo Greiml.
  • 13': Attempt missed. Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé with a cross following a corner.
  • 15': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Maximilian Hofmann.
  • 16': Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 16': Foul by Kelvin Arase (SK Rapid Wien).
  • 17': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Maximilian Ullmann.
  • 17': Goal! Arsenal 2, SK Rapid Wien 0. Pablo Marí (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Reiss Nelson with a cross following a corner.
  • 21': Offside, SK Rapid Wien. Richard Strebinger tries a through ball, but Deni Alar is caught offside.
  • 27': Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Reiss Nelson.
  • 28': Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 28': Foul by Lion Schuster (SK Rapid Wien).
  • 28': Attempt missed. Yusuf Demir (SK Rapid Wien) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Koya Kitagawa.
  • 29': Foul by Leo Greiml (SK Rapid Wien).
  • 29': Nicolas Pépé (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 30': Attempt missed. Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Reiss Nelson.
  • 32': Deni Alar (SK Rapid Wien) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 32': Foul by Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal).
  • 33': Foul by Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal).
  • 33': Koya Kitagawa (SK Rapid Wien) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Corner, SK Rapid Wien. Conceded by Cédric Soares.
  • 39': Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 39': Foul by Maximilian Ullmann (SK Rapid Wien).
  • 39': Maximilian Ullmann (SK Rapid Wien) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 42': Foul by Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal).
  • 42': Koya Kitagawa (SK Rapid Wien) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 42': Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 44': Attempt saved. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Reiss Nelson.
  • 44': Goal! Arsenal 3, SK Rapid Wien 0. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Arsenal 3, SK Rapid Wien 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Arsenal 3, SK Rapid Wien 0.
  • 45': Substitution, SK Rapid Wien. Mateo Barac replaces Maximilian Hofmann.
  • 45': Substitution, SK Rapid Wien. Thorsten Schick replaces Maximilian Ullmann.
  • 47': Attempt saved. Yusuf Demir (SK Rapid Wien) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 47': Attempt blocked. Kelvin Arase (SK Rapid Wien) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 47': Attempt blocked. Kelvin Arase (SK Rapid Wien) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
  • 47': Goal! Arsenal 3, SK Rapid Wien 1. Koya Kitagawa (SK Rapid Wien) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  • 49': Attempt missed. Marcel Ritzmaier (SK Rapid Wien) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Yusuf Demir.
  • 49': Foul by Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal).
  • 49': Marcel Ritzmaier (SK Rapid Wien) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 50': Attempt saved. Yusuf Demir (SK Rapid Wien) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 51': Offside, Arsenal. Mohamed Elneny tries a through ball, but Nicolas Pépé is caught offside.
  • 52': Attempt blocked. Reiss Nelson (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 58': Attempt saved. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé.
  • 58': Offside, Arsenal. Alexandre Lacazette tries a through ball, but Nicolas Pépé is caught offside.
  • 59': Attempt blocked. Nicolas Pépé (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
  • 59': Attempt saved. Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 59': Attempt saved. Nicolas Pépé (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 59': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Richard Strebinger.
  • 60': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Mario Sonnleitner.
  • 61': Foul by Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal).
  • 61': Richard Strebinger (SK Rapid Wien) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61': Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  • 61': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Mario Sonnleitner.
  • 63': Substitution, Arsenal. Dani Ceballos replaces Mohamed Elneny.
  • 63': Substitution, Arsenal. Willian replaces Reiss Nelson.
  • 63': Substitution, Arsenal. Emile Smith Rowe replaces Alexandre Lacazette.
  • 65': Substitution, SK Rapid Wien. Ercan Kara replaces Koya Kitagawa.
  • 65': Substitution, SK Rapid Wien. Christoph Knasmüllner replaces Marcel Ritzmaier.
  • 66': Goal! Arsenal 4, SK Rapid Wien 1. Emile Smith Rowe (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
  • 68': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Mario Sonnleitner.
  • 70': Substitution, Arsenal. Calum Chambers replaces Shkodran Mustafi.
  • 70': Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 70': Foul by Mateo Barac (SK Rapid Wien).
  • 73': Ercan Kara (SK Rapid Wien) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 73': Foul by Pablo Marí (Arsenal).
  • 74': Foul by Dani Ceballos (Arsenal).
  • 74': Kelvin Arase (SK Rapid Wien) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 74': Corner, SK Rapid Wien. Conceded by Cédric Soares.
  • 75': Attempt missed. Leo Greiml (SK Rapid Wien) header from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Christoph Knasmüllner with a cross following a corner.
  • 76': Offside, Arsenal. Willian tries a through ball, but Ainsley Maitland-Niles is caught offside.
  • 77': Substitution, SK Rapid Wien. Lukas Sulzbacher replaces Deni Alar.
  • 78': Dani Ceballos (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 78': Foul by Kelvin Arase (SK Rapid Wien).
  • 79': Hand ball by Mario Sonnleitner (SK Rapid Wien).
  • 79': Mario Sonnleitner (SK Rapid Wien) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  • 80': Attempt saved. Dani Ceballos (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  • 80': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Richard Strebinger.
  • 81': Substitution, Arsenal. Folarin Balogun replaces Eddie Nketiah.
  • 81': Attempt missed. Calum Chambers (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Willian with a cross following a corner.
  • 83': Hand ball by Ercan Kara (SK Rapid Wien).
  • 84': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Mateo Barac.
  • 85': Attempt missed. Pablo Marí (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Cédric Soares with a cross following a corner.
  • 86': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Thorsten Schick.
  • 87': Attempt blocked. Folarin Balogun (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé with a cross.
  • 87': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Ercan Kara.
  • 87': Attempt saved. Pablo Marí (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé with a cross.
  • 88': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Lukas Sulzbacher.
  • 90': Folarin Balogun (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90': Foul by Mario Sonnleitner (SK Rapid Wien).
  • 90': Attempt missed. Willian (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dani Ceballos following a set piece situation.
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Folarin Balogun (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Dani Ceballos with a cross.
  • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Dani Ceballos (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Willian.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Arsenal 4, SK Rapid Wien 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Arsenal 4, SK Rapid Wien 1.

Statistics

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9 Fouls 7
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 3
2 Corner Kicks 13
7 Saves 2
29.3 Possession 70.7
8 SHOTS 22
4 ON GOAL 11
0.5 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
176 Accurate Passes 538
257 Passes 619
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 14
6 Crosses 27
0.2 Cross % 0.5
48 Long Balls 59
17 Accurate Long Balls 40
0.4 Long Balls % 0.7
1 Blocked Shots 3
9 Effective Tackles 4
18 Tackles 6
0.5 Tackle % 0.7
11 Interceptions 9
20 Effective Clearances 6
20 Clearances 6

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: Emirates Stadium
Location: London, England
Attendance: 2,000

Line-Ups

ARS Arsenal (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
13 Rúnar Rúnarsson (GK)
22 Pablo Marí
20 Shkodran Mustafi Yellow Card
31 Sead Kolasinac
17 Cédric
9 Alexandre Lacazette
25 Mohamed Elneny Yellow Card
15 Ainsley Maitland-Niles
30 Eddie Nketiah
19 Nicolas Pépé
24 Reiss Nelson
Arsenal Substitutes:
Calum Chambers, Emile Smith Rowe, Rob Holding, Kieran Tierney, Joe Willock, Willian, Matt Macey, Bukayo Saka, Bernd Leno, Miguel Azeez, Dani Ceballos, Folarin Balogun.

VIE Rapid Vienna (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Richard Strebinger (GK)
20 Maximilian Hofmann
30 Leo Greiml
6 Mario Sonnleitner Yellow Card
8 Marcel Ritzmaier
48 Yusuf Demir
42 Lion Schuster
31 Maximilian Ullmann Yellow Card
36 Kevin Arase
19 Deni Alar
32 Koya Kitagawa
Rapid Vienna Substitutes:
Lukas Sulzbacher, Niklas Hedl, Paul Gartler, Srdjan Grahovac, Melih Ibrahimoglu, Christoph Knasmüllner, Filip Stojkovic, Ercan Kara, Mateo Barac, Thorsten Schick.

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