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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 10 (setup 3, season 13)
Ayr United
v.
Arsenal
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Craig GORDON16David OSPINA Ramírez
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Geoff CAMERON628Héctor BELLERÍN Moruno
Chris BRUNT3Ignacio Monreal Eraso, NACHO MONREAL
Darren FLETCHER74Jorge Resurrección Merodio, KOKE
Scott DANN58Laurent KOSCIELNY
Ryan SHAWCROSS66Per MERTESACKER
Steve DAVIS777Corentin TOLISSO
Andros TOWNSEND8Alexis Alejandro SÁNCHEZ Barbé
Steven FLETCHER796Mathieu DEBUCHY
James McCARTHY10Claudio MARCHISIO
Shane LONG611Lucas BOYÉ
Manager
Andy ROBERTSON12Marco REUS
Jack BUTLAND13Matt MACEY
Saido BERAHINO14Alex IWOBI
Jack COLBACK15Jason DENAYER
John SWIFT16Francis COQUELIN

Ayr United 1 Arsenal 3
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 33,857, Stadium: Somerset Park, Referee: Manuel DÍAZ VEGA 6)
8 McCarthyScorers58og Shawcross, 77 Sánchez, 82 Sánchez
58 Townsend <=> SwiftSubstitutions58 Tolisso <=> Denayer
46 McCarthySendings off
5 Davis, 6 Long, 8 McCarthy, 21 Fletcher, 50 ShawcrossBookings
2Corners12
16Fouls4
5Offsides7
4Shots on9
9Shots off7
13Total shots16
3Shots saved6
43%Possession57%
Man of the match: Laurent KOSCIELNY
1A great strike from MARCHISIO was dealt with by a useful stop from the Ayr United 'keeper.
5A clumsy foul gets DAVIS a yellow card.
6LONG booked for an off-the-ball incident.
8GOAL!! An imaginative FLETCHER played a wonderful ball down the right to MCCARTHY who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (1-0 Ayr United)
8A clumsy tackle on NACHO MONREAL by MCCARTHY results in a booking.
10A tame shot from FLETCHER rolled agonisingly wide.
14FLETCHER fired the ball through a ruck of players but the Arsenal 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
21FLETCHER given a yellow card for a late foul.
24DAVIS knocked the ball to TOWNSEND who flicked it just beyond the near post.
25DANN snapped at an easy chance.
33A header by BELLERÍN at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
38FLETCHER dribbled away from TOLISSO and rattled a weak shot well wide.
 
46MCCARTHY sent off.
50SHAWCROSS booked by the referee.
55KOKE ran onto a great ball from TOLISSO but blasted his effort wide of the goal.
58GOAL!! A corner was fired through the penalty area and SHAWCROSS fumbled the ball into his own net.
65A shot from BELLERÍN seemed a certain goal but GORDON managed to fist the ball clear.
66KOKE beat two Ayr United players and blasted a golden opportunity just beyond the near post.
73DANN dummied MARCHISIO but shot the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
77GOAL!! A twenty-five yard free-kick was skillfully stroked into the net by SÁNCHEZ. (2-1 Arsenal)
79BRUNT shot wide.
82GOAL!! A lovely set-piece enabled SÁNCHEZ to nudge the ball into the net. (3-1 Arsenal)