English Premier League

FT Saturday, February 25, 2023
Arsenal LLDLW 1
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Leicester City DWWWL 0
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King Power Stadium · 32,227 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal regain foothold in Premier League title race with win over Leicester

Arsenal regained a five-point lead in the Premier League title race as they edged Leicester City with a 1-0 win at the King Power Stadium.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
4
8
Corner Kicks
0
0
Saves
1
65.9
Possession
34.1
10
SHOTS
1
2
ON GOAL
0
0.2
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
505
Accurate Passes
217
613
Passes
315
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
1
Accurate Crosses
2
15
Crosses
10
0.1
Cross %
0.2
58
Long Balls
50
35
Accurate Long Balls
12
0.6
Long Balls %
0.2
5
Blocked Shots
0
6
Effective Tackles
8
11
Tackles
12
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
6
Interceptions
6
11
Effective Clearances
20
11
Clearances
20

Highlights

00:39 Nicol: Nobody can say Arsenal didn't deserve to win Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

ARS leads series 4-1

Lineups

LEI · 4-3-3

  1. 1Danny WardG
  2. 3Wout FaesCD-L
  3. 15Harry SouttarCD-R
  4. 16Victor KristiansenLB
  5. 27Timothy CastagneRB
  6. 25Wilfred NdidiCM
  7. 22Kiernan Dewsbury-HallLM
  8. 26Dennis PraetRM
  9. 14Kelechi IheanachoF
  10. 7Harvey BarnesLF
  11. 37Mateus TetêRF

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 1Aaron RamsdaleG
  2. 6Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 12William SalibaCD-R
  4. 35Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 4Ben WhiteRB
  6. 20JorginhoCM
  7. 34Granit XhakaLM
  8. 8Martin ØdegaardRM
  9. 19Leandro TrossardF
  10. 11Gabriel MartinelliLF
  11. 7Bukayo SakaRF

Timeline

  1. 39' Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 46' Goal! Leicester City 0, Arsenal 1. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Leandro Trossard.
  3. 62' Substitution, Leicester City. Jamie Vardy replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
  4. 62' Substitution, Leicester City. Youri Tielemans replaces Tetê.
  5. 70' Substitution, Arsenal. Eddie Nketiah replaces Leandro Trossard.
  6. 77' Substitution, Leicester City. Patson Daka replaces Dennis Praet.
  7. 77' Substitution, Leicester City. Boubakary Soumaré replaces Wilfred Ndidi.
  8. 84' Substitution, Arsenal. Thomas Partey replaces Martin Ødegaard.
  9. 85' Substitution, Leicester City. Ricardo Pereira replaces Timothy Castagne.
  10. 90'+3' Substitution, Arsenal. Takehiro Tomiyasu replaces Oleksandr Zinchenko.

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