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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 20 (setup 1, season 33)
Arsenal
v.
Coventry City
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
2
Overall form:
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Gianluigi BUFFON1Salvatore SIRIGU
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
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SERGIO RAMOS García2Federico MATTIELLO
Aleksandar KOLAROV37Dmitri KOMBAROV
Samuel UMTITI84BERNARD Anício Caldeira Duarte
José María GIMÉNEZ de Vargas57MAURÍCIO dos Santos Nascimento
Sergio BUSQUETS Burgos6Serhiy RYBALKA
Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez, ISCO77Fabián Ariel ORELLANA Valenzuela
Ivan RAKITIC86Marcus COCO
DIEGO da Silva COSTA796Givanildo Vieira de Souza, HULK
Mesut ÖZIL7106PERE PONS Riera
Georginio WIJNALDUM711Lasse SCHŘNE
Georgie BoyManager
Andrea BARZAGLI12ANDRÉ Filipe Brás ANDRÉ
Kevin TRAPP13Luka JOVIC
Asier ILLARRAMENDI Andonegi14Domingos QUINA
Iker MUNIAIN Gońi15John HOU Sćter
Riccardo SAPONARA16Senna MIANGUE

Arsenal 1 Coventry City 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 66,345, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Russell BOOTH 7)
41 Diego CostaScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
4 WijnaldumBookings
3Corners10
14Fouls3
13Offsides2
3Shots on1
13Shots off8
16Total shots9
2Shots saved1
46%Possession54%
Man of the match: Samuel UMTITI
1A cross from ISCO left DIEGO COSTA in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
4WIJNALDUM cautioned by BOOTH.
6MAURÍCIO rushed a simple chance.
13RAKITIC blasted a right foot shot over the bar from twenty-five yards out.
15A mix up in the Arsenal defence enabled COCO to crack an effort inches over.
19KOLAROV was put clear by ISCO and he pulled away from the Coventry City 'keeper but drilled his shot just beyond the near post.
21The 'keeper saved a refined strike from ÖZIL.
24A good ball from UMTITI on the right was collected by ÖZIL who scuffed his shot over the bar.
29DIEGO COSTA beat BERNARD and hit the ball to ÖZIL who hit his effort wide.
30BUSQUETS kicked the ball wide from just outside the area.
31ÖZIL played the ball to ISCO who forced it just beyond the far post.
39A corner found ÖZIL who headed an effort over the bar.
41GOAL!! A long clearance by the Arsenal 'keeper beat the Coventry City defence and DIEGO COSTA fired the ball beyond the oncoming Coventry City 'keeper. (1-0 Arsenal)
44A poor strike from HULK rolled agonisingly wide.
45+2The bemused Arsenal 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from WIJNALDUM dropped just over.
 
51HULK beat two Arsenal players and slammed an effort wide.
53DIEGO COSTA's shot was well held by SIRIGU.
55A penalty box meleé resulted in DIEGO COSTA knocking the ball over.
59A clever cross from COCO, was slammed goalbound by HULK only for BUFFON to palm clear.
71A pin-point pass fell to MATTIELLO and his left foot shot raced narrowly wide.
75COCO ran onto a wonderful ball from ORELLANA but dragged his shot wide of the lefthand post.
76DIEGO COSTA brought the ball round RYBALKA and stabbed a tame shot well wide.
79ÖZIL stroked an easy chance past the far post.
80BUSQUETS made space on the right and pulled the ball to ÖZIL who touched the ball wide.
89HULK headed over.
90BUSQUETS beat MATTIELLO and placed the ball to ÖZIL who blasted his shot wide.