UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, March 9, 2023
Arsenal LWWWW 2
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Sporting CP DWWWW 2
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1st Leg · Estádio José Alvalade · 36,006 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal draw 2-2 at Sporting CP in Europa League 1st leg

Arsenal and Sporting CP finished 2-2 after a back-and-forth Europa League round of 16 first leg in Lisbon on Thursday.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
9
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
6
67.7
Possession
32.3
14
SHOTS
10
7
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
567
Accurate Passes
233
647
Passes
313
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
11
Accurate Crosses
3
24
Crosses
9
0.5
Cross %
0.3
35
Long Balls
54
18
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
7
16
Tackles
14
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
7
Interceptions
12
7
Effective Clearances
16
7
Clearances
16

Highlights

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Head to Head

ARS leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

SCP · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Antonio AdánG
  2. 4Sebastián CoatesCD
  3. 25Gonçalo InácioCD-L
  4. 3Jerry St. JusteCD-R
  5. 28Pedro GonçalvesCM-L
  6. 5Hidemasa MoritaCM-R
  7. 2Matheus ReisLM
  8. 47Ricardo EsgaioRM
  9. 20PaulinhoF
  10. 17Francisco TrincãoCF-L
  11. 10Marcus EdwardsCF-R

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 30Matt TurnerG
  2. 15Jakub KiwiorCD-L
  3. 12William SalibaCD-R
  4. 35Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 4Ben WhiteRB
  6. 20JorginhoCM
  7. 34Granit XhakaLM
  8. 21Fabio VieiraRM
  9. 11Gabriel MartinelliF
  10. 24Reiss NelsonLF
  11. 7Bukayo SakaRF

Timeline

  1. 22' Goal! Sporting Lisbon 0, Arsenal 1. William Saliba (Arsenal) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Fábio Vieira with a cross following a corner.
  2. 22' Sebastián Coates (Sporting Lisbon) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 23' Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 34' Goal! Sporting Lisbon 1, Arsenal 1. Gonçalo Inácio (Sporting Lisbon) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcus Edwards with a cross following a corner.
  5. 43' Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 55' Goal! Sporting Lisbon 2, Arsenal 1. Paulinho (Sporting Lisbon) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  7. 58' Hidemasa Morita (Sporting Lisbon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 62' Own Goal by Hidemasa Morita, Sporting Lisbon. Sporting Lisbon 2, Arsenal 2.
  9. 63' Substitution, Arsenal. Takehiro Tomiyasu replaces Oleksandr Zinchenko.
  10. 71' Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Magalhães replaces Jakub Kiwior.
  11. 71' Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Nuno Santos replaces Trincão.
  12. 71' Substitution, Arsenal. Thomas Partey replaces Jorginho.
  13. 71' Substitution, Arsenal. Emile Smith Rowe replaces Reiss Nelson.
  14. 76' Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Ousmane Diomande replaces Ricardo Esgaio.
  15. 76' Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Youssef Chermiti replaces Paulinho.
  16. 89' Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Issahaku Fatawu replaces Marcus Edwards.

UEFA Europa League News

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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.