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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 17 (setup 1, season 33)
Arsenal
v.
Reading
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Gianluigi BUFFON71Thibaut COURTOIS
Formation:
3-5-2
League position:
3
Overall form:
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SERGIO RAMOS García28Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO
JORDI ALBA Ramos3Ricardo RODRIGUEZ
Samuel UMTITI84Tiemoué BAKAYOKO
José María GIMÉNEZ de Vargas757Éver Maximiliano David BANEGA
Sergio BUSQUETS Burgos767Kostas MANOLAS
Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez, ISCO877Piotr ZIELINSKI
Ivan RAKITIC87Sadio MANÉ
DIEGO da Silva COSTA79Facundo FERREYRA
Mesut ÖZIL106Mitchell WEISER
Yacine BRAHIMI711GABRIEL Fernando de JESUS
Georgie BoyManagerHeath Brown
Aleksandar KOLAROV127Jean-Kévin AUGUSTIN
Kevin TRAPP13Simon MIGNOLET
Asier ILLARRAMENDI Andonegi14Marko ARNAUTOVIC
Georginio WIJNALDUM15DENIS Suárez Fernández
Iker MUNIAIN Gońi16Danny DRINKWATER

Arsenal 2 Reading 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 74,651, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Eddie ILDERTON 8, TV: live)
20 Isco, 69 IscoScorers55 Fabinho
Substitutions70 Bakayoko <=> Augustin
Sendings off
53 GiménezBookings51 Banega
7Corners9
5Fouls13
5Offsides10
7Shots on8
12Shots off3
19Total shots11
4Shots saved6
56%Possession44%
Man of the match: JORDI ALBA Ramos
2ZIELINSKI beat JORDI ALBA and fired the ball to FERREYRA who toe-poked his shot wide.
12A delightful shot from GABRIEL JESUS was dealt with by a useful stop from the 'keeper.
20GOAL!! On the right wing ÖZIL collected a defender's clearance and hit it into the goalmouth for ISCO to drill it into the roof of the net. (1-0 Arsenal)
21FERREYRA was put clear by RODRIGUEZ and he turned the 'keeper but rammed his shot just wide.
23BAKAYOKO beat three Arsenal players and fired an effort wide.
26A shot from WEISER held little difficulty for the Arsenal 'keeper.
28DIEGO COSTA clipped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
31A free-kick from RAKITIC flew just beyond the far post.
40A useful ball from RAKITIC on the left bobbled toward DIEGO COSTA who mishit his shot over the bar.
42Uncertainty in the Reading defence enabled DIEGO COSTA to hit the ball just beyond the near post.
 
50DIEGO COSTA stormed through the Reading defence but shot straight at the Reading 'keeper.
51BANEGA booked for gamesmanship.
52An outswinging corner was headed into the arms of COURTOIS by SERGIO RAMOS.
53ILDERTON books GIMÉNEZ for dangerous play against BANEGA.
55GOAL!! A perfect ball from BANEGA left ZIELINSKI in the clear, he made the Arsenal 'keeper commit himself before nudging the ball to FABINHO to score. (1-1)
58RAKITIC knocked the ball to DIEGO COSTA who touched it over.
59A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming BUFFON.
67A weak shot from ÖZIL rolled agonisingly wide.
69GOAL!! A patient Arsenal side were rewarded with a lovely strike from ISCO. (2-1 Arsenal)
80A good effort from ÖZIL scraped the upright.
86ÖZIL waltzed round AUGUSTIN and stroked a tame shot into the crowd.
87A pin-point pass bobbled toward ÖZIL and his right foot shot floated narrowly over.