English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 20, 2024
Arsenal WWDLL 2
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Wolverhampton Wanderers LLDLD 0
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WOL000
Molineux Stadium · 31,621 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal bounce back to go top with win over Wolves

Goals from Leandro Trossard and Martin Odegaard gave Arsenal a gritty 2-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers that sent them back to the top of the Premier League table on Saturday after a game that otherwise won't live long in the memory.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
1
3
Saves
7
53.7
Possession
46.3
24
SHOTS
5
9
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
469
Accurate Passes
381
537
Passes
465
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
0
11
Crosses
6
0.3
Cross %
0.0
38
Long Balls
63
24
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
9
Blocked Shots
0
7
Effective Tackles
15
11
Tackles
23
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
7
Interceptions
1
7
Effective Clearances
23
7
Clearances
23

Head to Head

ARS leads series 5-0

Lineups

WOL · 4-4-2

  1. 1José SáG
  2. 23Max KilmanCD-L
  3. 4Santiago BuenoCD-R
  4. 24Toti GomesLB
  5. 2Matt DohertyRB
  6. 6Boubacar TraoréCM-L
  7. 20Tommy DoyleCM-R
  8. 17Hugo BuenoLM
  9. 8João GomesRM
  10. 62Tawanda ChirewaCF-L
  11. 11Hwang Hee-ChanCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 57Temple OjinnakaSUB
  2. 3Rayan Aït-NouriSUB
  3. 25Daniel BentleySUB
  4. 63Nathan FraserSUB
  5. 45Ty BarnettSUB
  6. 61Wesley OkoduwaSUB
  7. 5Mario LeminaSUB
  8. 37Fletcher HolmanSUB
  9. 21Pablo SarabiaSUB

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. 9Gabriel JesusF
  10. 19Leandro TrossardLF
  11. 7Bukayo SakaRF

Substitutes

  1. 10Emile Smith RoweSUB
  2. 14Eddie NketiahSUB
  3. 1Aaron RamsdaleSUB
  4. 24Reiss NelsonSUB
  5. 21Fabio VieiraSUB
  6. 35Oleksandr ZinchenkoSUB
  7. 5Thomas ParteySUB
  8. 20JorginhoSUB
  9. 11Gabriel MartinelliSUB

Timeline

  1. 29' Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 32' Toti Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 35' Declan Rice (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 35' Maximilian Kilman (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Arsenal 1. Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.
  6. 51' Hwang Hee-Chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 51' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Mario Lemina replaces Hwang Hee-Chan.
  8. 72' Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli replaces Leandro Trossard.
  9. 75' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Pablo Sarabia replaces Tawanda Chirewa.
  10. 75' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Rayan Aït-Nouri replaces Matt Doherty.
  11. 80' Substitution, Arsenal. Thomas Partey replaces Gabriel Jesus.
  12. 90'+5' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Arsenal 2. Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the centre of the goal.

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