English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 17, 2024
Wolverhampton Wanderers LLLLL 0
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Arsenal WWLWW 2
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Emirates Stadium · 60,261 att. · USA Net

Match Report

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Arsenal begin title challenge with comfortable Wolves win

Arsenal eased to a 2-0 win at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers, with goals by Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka getting their latest Premier League title challenge up and running on Saturday.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
8
4
Saves
3
47
Possession
53
9
SHOTS
18
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
307
Accurate Passes
357
375
Passes
420
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
3
14
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.2
49
Long Balls
37
20
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
6
12
Effective Tackles
13
19
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
7
Interceptions
8
14
Effective Clearances
15
14
Clearances
15

Head to Head

ARS leads series 5-0

Lineups

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 22David RayaG
  2. 6Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 2William SalibaCD-R
  4. 17Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 4Ben WhiteRB
  6. 5Thomas ParteyCM
  7. 41Declan RiceLM
  8. 8Martin ØdegaardRM
  9. 29Kai HavertzF
  10. 11Gabriel MartinelliLF
  11. 7Bukayo SakaRF

WOL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1José SáG
  2. 24Toti GomesCD-L
  3. 14Yerson MosqueraCD-R
  4. 3Rayan Aït-NouriLB
  5. 2Matt DohertyRB
  6. 27Jean-Ricner BellegardeAM
  7. 5Mario LeminaLM
  8. 8João GomesRM
  9. 9Jørgen Strand LarsenF
  10. 19Rodrigo GomesAM-L
  11. 11Hwang Hee-ChanAM-R

Timeline

  1. 23' João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 25' Goal! Arsenal 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0. Kai Havertz (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Bukayo Saka with a cross.
  3. 38' Toti Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 57' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Matheus Cunha replaces Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.
  5. 60' Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 69' Substitution, Arsenal. Jurriën Timber replaces Oleksandr Zinchenko.
  7. 74' Goal! Arsenal 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kai Havertz following a set piece situation.
  8. 75' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Daniel Podence replaces Rodrigo Gomes.
  9. 80' Substitution, Arsenal. Leandro Trossard replaces Bukayo Saka.
  10. 84' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Chiquinho replaces Jørgen Strand Larsen.
  11. 84' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Pablo Sarabia replaces João Gomes.
  12. 84' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Craig Dawson replaces Rayan Aït-Nouri because of an injury.
  13. 85' Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Jesus replaces Declan Rice because of an injury.
  14. 88' Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.

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