UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Arsenal LWDWW 2
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Girona WWLLL 1
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ARS202
GIR101
Municipal de Montilivi · 9,048 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Arsenal beat Girona in Champions League to reach round of 16

Arsenal secured a spot in the Champions League round of 16 as they rallied from a goal down to win 2-1 at Girona on Wednesday thanks to goals from Jorginho and Ethan Nwaneri.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
13
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
5
60.6
Possession
39.4
16
SHOTS
7
6
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
2
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
407
Accurate Passes
261
474
Passes
311
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
3
23
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.3
32
Long Balls
30
14
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
6
16
Tackles
10
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
5
Interceptions
7
9
Effective Clearances
33
9
Clearances
33

Lineups

GIR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Pau LópezG
  2. 15JuanpeCD-L
  3. 35Antal YaakobishviliCD-R
  4. 16Alejandro FrancésLB
  5. 4Arnau MartínezRB
  6. 10Yáser AsprillaAM
  7. 23Iván MartínLM
  8. 14Oriol RomeuRM
  9. 9Abel RuizF
  10. 11Arnaut DanjumaAM-L
  11. 8Viktor TsygankovAM-R

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 32NetoG
  2. 6Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 15Jakub KiwiorCD-R
  4. 33Riccardo CalafioriLB
  5. 5Thomas ParteyRB
  6. 20JorginhoCM
  7. 23Mikel MerinoLM
  8. 8Martin ØdegaardRM
  9. 19Leandro TrossardF
  10. 30Raheem SterlingLF
  11. 53Ethan NwaneriRF

Timeline

  1. 28' Goal! Girona 1, Arsenal 0. Arnaut Danjuma (Girona) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Juanpe with a through ball.
  2. 38' Goal! Girona 1, Arsenal 1. Jorginho (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 42' Goal! Girona 1, Arsenal 2. Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leandro Trossard.
  4. 45' Substitution, Arsenal. Jurriën Timber replaces Thomas Partey.
  5. 51' Antal Yaakobishvili (Girona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 57' Substitution, Girona. Cristhian Stuani replaces Abel Ruiz.
  7. 57' Substitution, Girona. Yangel Herrera replaces Oriol Romeu.
  8. 57' Substitution, Girona. Jhon Solís replaces Yáser Asprilla.
  9. 68' Substitution, Girona. Portu replaces Viktor Tsyhankov.
  10. 68' Substitution, Girona. Donny van de Beek replaces Iván Martín.
  11. 70' Substitution, Arsenal. Myles Lewis-Skelly replaces Riccardo Calafiori.
  12. 70' Substitution, Arsenal. Kai Havertz replaces Leandro Trossard.
  13. 70' Raheem Sterling (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 79' Portu (Girona) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 82' Substitution, Arsenal. Declan Rice replaces Jorginho.
  16. 85' Arnau Martínez (Girona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 87' Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli replaces Ethan Nwaneri.
  18. 90'+3' Cristhian Stuani (Girona) is shown the yellow card.
  19. 90'+3' Declan Rice (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 90'+3' Penalty saved. Raheem Sterling (Arsenal) right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.

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