English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 13, 2022
Leicester City WWWWD 2
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Arsenal WWWWW 4
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Emirates Stadium · 60,033 att.

Match Report

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Gabriel Jesus bags double as Arsenal beat Leicester in thriller

Gabriel Jesus scored twice as Arsenal beat Leicester City 4-2 at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
1
50.1
Possession
49.9
6
SHOTS
19
2
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
383
Accurate Passes
386
472
Passes
462
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
4
9
Crosses
17
0.1
Cross %
0.2
63
Long Balls
41
28
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
4
7
Effective Tackles
6
12
Tackles
8
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
8
Interceptions
8
16
Effective Clearances
11
16
Clearances
11

Head to Head

ARS leads series 4-1

Lineups

ARS · 4-3-3

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

LEI · 3-5-1-1

  1. 1Danny WardG
  2. 6Jonny EvansCD
  3. 18Daniel AmarteyCD-L
  4. 3Wesley FofanaCD-R
  5. 22Kiernan Dewsbury-HallCM-L
  6. 8Youri TielemansCM-R
  7. 25Wilfred NdidiAM
  8. 2James JustinLM
  9. 27Timothy CastagneRM
  10. 9Jamie VardyF
  11. 10James MaddisonRCF

Timeline

  1. 16' Wesley Fofana (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 23' Goal! Arsenal 1, Leicester City 0. Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
  3. 35' Goal! Arsenal 2, Leicester City 0. Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal) header from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  4. 53' Own Goal by William Saliba, Arsenal. Arsenal 2, Leicester City 1.
  5. 55' Goal! Arsenal 3, Leicester City 1. Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.
  6. 63' Substitution, Leicester City. Dennis Praet replaces Youri Tielemans.
  7. 63' Substitution, Leicester City. Patson Daka replaces Daniel Amartey.
  8. 70' Substitution, Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Jamie Vardy.
  9. 74' Goal! Arsenal 3, Leicester City 2. James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kelechi Iheanacho.
  10. 75' Substitution, Arsenal. Takehiro Tomiyasu replaces Ben White.
  11. 75' Goal! Arsenal 4, Leicester City 2. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.
  12. 77' Substitution, Arsenal. Kieran Tierney replaces Oleksandr Zinchenko.
  13. 84' Substitution, Arsenal. Eddie Nketiah replaces Gabriel Jesus.
  14. 84' Substitution, Arsenal. Emile Smith Rowe replaces Bukayo Saka.
  15. 90' Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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