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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 38 (setup 1, season 33)
Bristol Rovers
v.
Arsenal
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Jonas LÖSSL18Gianluigi BUFFON
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Matteo DARMIAN2SERGIO RAMOS García
Hasan Ali KALDIRIM37Aleksandar KOLAROV
Mohamed Nassir ELNENY747Samuel UMTITI
ROLANDO Jorge Pires da Fonseca757José María GIMÉNEZ de Vargas
Ramadan SOBHI66Sergio BUSQUETS Burgos
James FORREST77Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez, ISCO
Edin VISCA8Ivan RAKITIC
Sandro WAGNER97Edinson Roberto CAVANI Gómez
Daniel DIDAVI107Mesut ÖZIL
Sofiane HANNI116Yacine BRAHIMI
ManagerGeorgie Boy
Adama TRAORÉ Diarra12Andrea BARZAGLI
Adam JAKUBECH13Kevin TRAPP
Marco FRIEDL14Asier ILLARRAMENDI Andonegi
Christian BENTEKE15Georginio WIJNALDUM
Jesper KARLSSON16DIEGO da Silva COSTA

Bristol Rovers 1 Arsenal 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 58,329, Stadium: The Memorial Stadium, Referee: Carl BOYESON 7, TV: live)
90+2 WagnerScorers53 Özil
73 Didavi <=> KarlssonSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings10 Brahimi, 26 Busquets
7Corners5
12Fouls20
3Offsides13
7Shots on5
8Shots off8
15Total shots13
5Shots saved4
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: Gianluigi BUFFON
7A cross from VISCA left WAGNER in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
8FORREST headed wide.
10A clumsy challenge on SOBHI by BRAHIMI results in a booking.
12A looping shot from WAGNER was pushed round the post by the Arsenal 'keeper.
15The Arsenal 'keeper saved a swerving shot from VISCA.
26A bad foul gets BUSQUETS a yellow card.
35WAGNER poked a simple chance past the near post.
35A weak strike from ROLANDO bounced agonisingly wide.
36VISCA fired the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
37A useful ball from WAGNER on the right bobbled toward FORREST who mishit his shot over.
39A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing Arsenal 'keeper.
41The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from ÖZIL.
 
53GOAL!! A perfect ball from UMTITI left ISCO in the clear, he made the 'keeper commit himself before passing the ball to ÖZIL to score. (1-0 Arsenal)
56Uncertainty in the Arsenal defence enabled DIDAVI to fire the ball wide.
58The Arsenal 'keeper was able to claw away a poor header from VISCA.
63ÖZIL waltzed round SOBHI and rattled a poor shot well wide.
70A pin-point pass bobbled toward CAVANI and his deadly shot raced narrowly wide.
73CAVANI's header was well saved by LÖSSL.
79A free-kick from WAGNER floated just beyond the near post.
85A good effort from ISCO scraped the upright.
89A delightful save prevented RAKITIC from scoring a great goal.
90+2GOAL!! A VISCA run down the middle resulted in a low cross for WAGNER to volley in. (1-1)