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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 11 (setup 1, season 31)
Arsenal
v.
Port Vale
Formation:
5-3-2
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Kevin TRAPP1Yann SOMMER
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
JORDI ALBA Ramos27Santiago ARIAS Naranjo
SERGIO RAMOS García63Ryan BERTRAND
Gerard PIQUÉ Bernabeu4Carlos Henrique CASEMIRO
Darijo SRNA5Victor LINDELÖF
Sergio BUSQUETS Burgos67Adil RAMI
Xabier Alonso Olano, XABI ALONSO77Ricardo Jorge da Luz HORTA
Iker MUNIAIN Goñi68Matt PHILLIPS
Mesut ÖZIL9Kevin GAMEIRO
DIEGO da Silva COSTA107Gylfi Þór SIGURÐSSON
ROBERTO FIRMINO Barbosa de Oliveira6116Nacer CHADLI
Richard MetcalfeManagerScott Smillie
Aleksandar KOLAROV12JOSÉ Miguel da Rocha FONTE
Predrag RAJKOVIC13Jordan PICKFORD
Abdelhak NOURI14Sebastian RUDY
Anwar EL GHAZI15Connor WICKHAM
NEYMAR da Silva Santos Júnior16Troy DEENEY

Arsenal 0 Port Vale 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 45,675, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Andy HALL 6½)
Scorers88 Chadli
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings70 Casemiro
3Corners4
6Fouls6
2Offsides3
8Shots on6
14Shots off6
22Total shots12
7Shots saved4
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Sergio BUSQUETS Burgos
1ROBERTO FIRMINO beat SIGURÐSSON and fired the ball to ÖZIL who pulled his effort wide.
8The Port Vale 'keeper saved a beautiful effort from BUSQUETS.
14MUNIAIN fluffed an easy chance.
21DIEGO COSTA knocked the ball to SERGIO RAMOS who nodded it inches over.
21The 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked shot from SERGIO RAMOS.
26MUNIAIN was put clear by ROBERTO FIRMINO and he stepped inside the 'keeper but drilled his shot just beyond the near post.
37An outswinging corner was forced into the arms of the Arsenal 'keeper by CHADLI.
39BUSQUETS made space on the left and dragged the ball to XABI ALONSO who rasped the ball wide.
40The hapless TRAPP was a mere bystander as a backpass from SRNA fell just wide.
42A right foot shot from DIEGO COSTA was stopped by the Port Vale 'keeper.
44DIEGO COSTA nutmegged ARIAS but tapped the ball into the arms of SOMMER.
 
56A great save prevented CHADLI from scoring a lovely goal.
58A header by BUSQUETS at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
63A strike from ÖZIL held little difficulty for the Port Vale 'keeper.
64ROBERTO FIRMINO's shot beat SOMMER but rebounded off the Port Vale woodwork.
70A high foul on SRNA by CASEMIRO results in a booking.
78A great effort from ÖZIL scraped the top of the crossbar.
79A accurate pass bobbled toward ÖZIL and his left foot effort went narrowly wide.
83MUNIAIN ran onto a great ball from ÖZIL but hit his effort wide.
87A cross from XABI ALONSO left PIQUÉ in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
88GOAL!! A long goal-kick from ARIAS caught the Arsenal defence napping and CHADLI raced through to easily score. (1-0 Port Vale)
90ÖZIL poked an easy chance past the lefthand post.