English Premier League

FT Sunday, December 31, 2023
Arsenal LDWDL 1
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Fulham WLWLL 2
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ARS101
FUL112
Craven Cottage · 24,444 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal slip again in title race with defeat to Fulham

Fulham fought back from a goal down to claim a 2-1 win over Arsenal on Sunday when strikes from Raul Jimenez and Bobby De Cordova-Reid foiled Bukayo Saka's early goal.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
2
60.5
Possession
39.5
13
SHOTS
15
3
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
562
Accurate Passes
340
637
Passes
412
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
6
20
Crosses
19
0.1
Cross %
0.3
24
Long Balls
56
8
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
6
9
Effective Tackles
6
13
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
7
Interceptions
17
13
Effective Clearances
22
13
Clearances
22

Head to Head

ARS leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

FUL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 17Bernd LenoG
  2. 3Calvin BasseyCD-L
  3. 4Tosin AdarabioyoCD-R
  4. 33Antonee RobinsonLB
  5. 21Timothy CastagneRB
  6. 22Alex IwobiAM
  7. 10Tom CairneyLM
  8. 26João PalhinhaRM
  9. 7Raúl JiménezF
  10. 20WillianAM-L
  11. 14Bobby De Cordova-ReidAM-R

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 22David RayaG
  2. 6Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 2William SalibaCD-R
  4. 15Jakub KiwiorLB
  5. 4Ben WhiteRB
  6. 41Declan RiceCM
  7. 29Kai HavertzLM
  8. 8Martin ØdegaardRM
  9. 14Eddie NketiahF
  10. 11Gabriel MartinelliLF
  11. 7Bukayo SakaRF

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Fulham 0, Arsenal 1. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  2. 29' Goal! Fulham 1, Arsenal 1. Raúl Jiménez (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom Cairney with a cross.
  3. 45' Substitution, Arsenal. Takehiro Tomiyasu replaces Jakub Kiwior.
  4. 59' Goal! Fulham 2, Arsenal 1. Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
  5. 65' Tom Cairney (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 67' Substitution, Arsenal. Leandro Trossard replaces Gabriel Martinelli.
  7. 67' Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Jesus replaces Ben White.
  8. 72' Substitution, Fulham. Andreas Pereira replaces Alex Iwobi.
  9. 77' Substitution, Arsenal. Reiss Nelson replaces Kai Havertz.
  10. 77' Calvin Bassey (Fulham) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 79' Substitution, Fulham. Harry Wilson replaces Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
  12. 79' Substitution, Fulham. Issa Diop replaces Willian.
  13. 86' William Saliba (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+2' Raúl Jiménez (Fulham) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+3' Substitution, Fulham. Harrison Reed replaces Tom Cairney.
  16. 90'+6' Bernd Leno (Fulham) is shown the yellow card.

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