English Premier League

FT Saturday, February 15, 2025
Arsenal WWWWL 2
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Leicester City LLWLL 0
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Match Report

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Mikel Merino nets late double as Arsenal beat Leicester 2-0

Midfielder Mikel Merino scored two late goals to keep Arsenal's Premier League title hopes alive with a 2-0 victory at Leicester City on Saturday, after the Spaniard was thrust into a makeshift centre-forward role by his club's injury crisis up front.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
3
60.3
Possession
39.7
11
SHOTS
6
5
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
420
Accurate Passes
230
491
Passes
321
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
7
18
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.4
33
Long Balls
55
15
Accurate Long Balls
13
0.5
Long Balls %
0.2
3
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
13
15
Tackles
23
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
5
Interceptions
7
22
Effective Clearances
27
22
Clearances
27

Head to Head

ARS leads series 5-0

Lineups

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Mads HermansenG
  2. 5Caleb OkoliCD-L
  3. 3Wout FaesCD-R
  4. 16Victor KristiansenLB
  5. 2James JustinRB
  6. 11Bilal El KhannoussAM
  7. 24Boubakary SoumaréLM
  8. 6Wilfred NdidiRM
  9. 9Jamie VardyF
  10. 18Jordan AyewAM-L
  11. 14Bobby De Cordova-ReidAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Jannik VestergaardSUB
  2. 25Woyo CoulibalySUB
  3. 41Jakub StolarczykSUB
  4. 4Conor CoadySUB
  5. 10Stephy MavididiSUB
  6. 22Oliver SkippSUB
  7. 8Harry WinksSUB
  8. 40Facundo BuonanotteSUB
  9. 20Patson DakaSUB

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 22David RayaG
  2. 6Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 2William SalibaCD-R
  4. 49Myles Lewis-SkellyLB
  5. 12Jurriën TimberRB
  6. 5Thomas ParteyCM
  7. 41Declan RiceLM
  8. 8Martin ØdegaardRM
  9. 19Leandro TrossardF
  10. 30Raheem SterlingLF
  11. 53Ethan NwaneriRF

Substitutes

  1. 17Oleksandr ZinchenkoSUB
  2. 15Jakub KiwiorSUB
  3. 32NetoSUB
  4. 20JorginhoSUB
  5. 3Kieran TierneySUB
  6. 4Ben WhiteSUB
  7. 33Riccardo CalafioriSUB
  8. 23Mikel MerinoSUB
  9. 37Nathan Butler-OyedejiSUB

Timeline

  1. 43' Substitution, Leicester City. Woyo Coulibaly replaces James Justin because of an injury.
  2. 46' Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 57' Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 69' Substitution, Arsenal. Mikel Merino replaces Raheem Sterling.
  5. 75' Substitution, Leicester City. Stephy Mavididi replaces Jordan Ayew.
  6. 75' Substitution, Arsenal. Jorginho replaces Thomas Partey.
  7. 76' Substitution, Arsenal. Riccardo Calafiori replaces Myles Lewis-Skelly.
  8. 81' Goal! Leicester City 0, Arsenal 1. Mikel Merino (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ethan Nwaneri with a cross.
  9. 85' Substitution, Leicester City. Patson Daka replaces Wilfred Ndidi.
  10. 85' Substitution, Leicester City. Facundo Buonanotte replaces Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
  11. 86' Jorginho (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 87' Goal! Leicester City 0, Arsenal 2. Mikel Merino (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Leandro Trossard with a cross following a fast break.
  13. 89' Substitution, Arsenal. Kieran Tierney replaces Leandro Trossard.

Premier League News

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