English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 9, 2024
Brentford WLLLD 1
–
Arsenal WWLWW 2
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BRE101
ARS112
Emirates Stadium · 60,331 att.

Match Report

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Havertz sends Arsenal top after Ramsdale howler

Kai Havertz scored a late winner to put Arsenal top of the Premier League despite goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale's calamitous first-half error in a 2-1 home win over Brentford on Saturday, as the Gunners recorded an eighth league victory on the bounce.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
10
4
Saves
3
28.5
Possession
71.5
9
SHOTS
17
4
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
123
Accurate Passes
465
226
Passes
564
0.5
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
7
11
Crosses
28
0.2
Cross %
0.3
75
Long Balls
52
28
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
5
6
Effective Tackles
4
13
Tackles
8
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
8
Interceptions
2
33
Effective Clearances
7
33
Clearances
7

Head to Head

ARS leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 1Aaron RamsdaleG
  2. 6Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 2William SalibaCD-R
  4. 15Jakub KiwiorLB
  5. 4Ben WhiteRB
  6. 20JorginhoCM
  7. 41Declan RiceLM
  8. 8Martin ØdegaardRM
  9. 29Kai HavertzF
  10. 19Leandro TrossardLF
  11. 7Bukayo SakaRF

Substitutes

  1. 17CédricSUB
  2. 31Karl HeinSUB
  3. 14Eddie NketiahSUB
  4. 24Reiss NelsonSUB
  5. 9Gabriel JesusSUB
  6. 35Oleksandr ZinchenkoSUB
  7. 5Thomas ParteySUB
  8. 21Fabio VieiraSUB
  9. 10Emile Smith RoweSUB

BRE · 3-5-2

  1. 1Mark FlekkenG
  2. 20Kristoffer AjerCD
  3. 22Nathan CollinsCD-L
  4. 13Mathias JørgensenCD-R
  5. 27Vitaly JaneltCM-L
  6. 15Frank OnyekaCM-R
  7. 6Christian NørgaardAM
  8. 23Keane Lewis-PotterLM
  9. 30Mads RoerslevRM
  10. 11Yoane WissaCF-L
  11. 17Ivan ToneyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 26Shandon BaptisteSUB
  2. 21Thomas StrakoshaSUB
  3. 7Neal MaupaySUB
  4. 24Mikkel DamsgaardSUB
  5. 14Saman GhoddosSUB
  6. 50Benjamin ArthurSUB
  7. 33Yehor YarmoliukSUB
  8. 36Kim Ji-SooSUB
  9. 8Mathias JensenSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Frank Onyeka (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 10' Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 19' Goal! Arsenal 1, Brentford 0. Declan Rice (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ben White with a cross.
  4. 21' Zanka (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 34' Substitution, Brentford. Mathias Jensen replaces Christian Nørgaard because of an injury.
  6. 45'+2' Kai Havertz (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45'+4' Goal! Arsenal 1, Brentford 1. Yoane Wissa (Brentford) left footed shot from very close range to the top right corner.
  8. 70' Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Jesus replaces Jorginho.
  9. 72' Yoane Wissa (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 78' Substitution, Brentford. Yehor Yarmoliuk replaces Frank Onyeka.
  11. 78' Substitution, Brentford. Neal Maupay replaces Yoane Wissa.
  12. 79' Substitution, Arsenal. Reiss Nelson replaces Leandro Trossard.
  13. 79' Substitution, Arsenal. Oleksandr Zinchenko replaces Jakub Kiwior.
  14. 86' Goal! Arsenal 2, Brentford 1. Kai Havertz (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Ben White with a cross.
  15. 90' Substitution, Brentford. Saman Ghoddos replaces Vitaly Janelt.
  16. 90' Substitution, Brentford. Mikkel Damsgaard replaces Zanka.
  17. 90'+5' Substitution, Arsenal. Thomas Partey replaces Martin Ødegaard.
  18. 90'+9' Nathan Collins (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.

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