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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 26 (setup 1, season 32)
Cheltenham Town
v.
Arsenal
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Jan OBLAK16Predrag RAJKOVIC
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Blaise MATUIDI72SERGIO RAMOS García
Bruno MARTINS-INDI737JORDI ALBA Ramos
OLIVER Torres Muñoz747Sergio BUSQUETS Burgos
Jan VERTONGHEN757Andrea BARZAGLI
Gerard PIQUÉ Bernabeu66Samuel UMTITI
Stephan EL SHAARAWY76Ivan RAKITIC
Alexis Alejandro SÁNCHEZ Barbé78Georginio WIJNALDUM
ROBERTO FIRMINO Barbosa de Oliveira9Iker MUNIAIN Goñi
Thomas LEMAR610Edinson Roberto CAVANI Gómez
DOUGLAS COSTA de Souza711Mesut ÖZIL
Lee HaighManager
Ignazio ABATE12Sandro TONALI
Anthony LOPES13ÇAGLAR Söyüncü
Marcos Paulo Mesquita Lopes, RONY LOPES14José Ángel Esmorís Tasende, ANGELIÑO
Wissam BEN YEDDER15Gianluca GAUDINO
Munir EL HADDADI Mohamed16Giacomo SATALINO

Cheltenham Town 3 Arsenal 2
(Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 61,549, Stadium: Whaddon Road, Referee: Scott MATHIESON 6½)
2 Sánchez, 22 Roberto Firmino, 24 SánchezScorers41 Sergio Ramos, 83 Barzagli
Substitutions
47 Douglas CostaSendings off
4 Douglas Costa, 66 El Shaarawy, 88 PiquéBookings
4Corners19
13Fouls10
7Offsides14
6Shots on7
11Shots off4
17Total shots11
3Shots saved3
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Mesut ÖZIL
2GOAL!! An energetic PIQUÉ ran down the right wing and dragged the ball back for SÁNCHEZ to slip home. (1-0 Cheltenham Town)
4DOUGLAS COSTA booked by the ref.
9The Arsenal 'keeper blocked a neatly crafted shot from SÁNCHEZ.
12A cross from MATUIDI left ROBERTO FIRMINO in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
22GOAL!! A patient Cheltenham Town side were rewarded with a lovely shot from ROBERTO FIRMINO. (2-0 Cheltenham Town)
24GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed MATUIDI to nudge the ball to SÁNCHEZ who hit a looping shot into the net. (3-0 Cheltenham Town)
28A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
30A tame shot from EL SHAARAWY bounced agonisingly wide.
34A useful ball from ROBERTO FIRMINO on the right was collected by SÁNCHEZ who sliced his shot over the bar.
35A great save prevented CAVANI from scoring a great goal.
41GOAL!! A lovely set-piece enabled SERGIO RAMOS to fire the ball into the net. (3-1 Cheltenham Town)
 
47DOUGLAS COSTA shown the red card for a late tackle.
51A free-kick from JORDI ALBA raced wide.
55A great effort from JORDI ALBA scraped the upright.
61MARTINS-INDI ran onto a delightful ball from EL SHAARAWY but dragged his shot wide.
65The hapless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from JORDI ALBA fell just over.
66EL SHAARAWY booked for dangerous play.
66A mix up in the Cheltenham Town defence enabled UMTITI to crack an effort just wide.
78BUSQUETS was put clear by JORDI ALBA and he stepped inside OBLAK but struck his shot wide.
81ROBERTO FIRMINO made space on the left and touched the ball to PIQUÉ who fired the ball wide.
83GOAL!! A strike from RAKITIC was scuffed off the line only for BARZAGLI to drill the ball home. (3-2 Cheltenham Town)
88PIQUÉ booked.