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5¹ LUKAKU given a yellow card for a clumsy challenge on OKAY. 8¹ PARTEY knocked the ball to MARTINELLI who forced it over the bar. 25¹ GOAL!! A long ball from PARTEY down the middle was collected by the lurking LUKAKU who drilled a deadly shot into the net. (1-0 Arsenal) 27¹ A useful ball from VERTONGHEN on the left bobbled toward ACUÑA who sliced his effort wide. 31¹ GOAL!! KJÆR made space for ACUÑA who, after an interchange of passes thirty yards out, glanced the ball past the Arsenal 'keeper. (1-1) 41¹ BRANDT was put clear by DE VRIJ and he beat AKINFEEV but drilled his shot over the bar. 3² A accurate pass found DE VRIJ and his right foot effort floated narrowly over. 4² GOAL!! After a useful build-up SZOBOSZLAI drove a low shot past AKINFEEV. (2-1 Arsenal) 7² BEN YEDDER rushed a simple chance. 10² BRANDT flicked a looping shot over the bar from just outside the area. 16² A clever cross from KRUSE was hit goalbound by ACUÑA only for MAIGNAN to block. 19² BEN YEDDER ran onto a great ball from ACUÑA but pulled his shot wide of the goal. 29² MURIEL shot wide. 32² GOAL!! Arsenal's LUKAKU beat four defenders before firing just inside the 'keeper's righthand post. (3-1 Arsenal) 37² A tame shot from ACUÑA trickled agonisingly wide. 41² A corner found BEN YEDDER who fired an effort just beyond the far post. 43² A mix up in the WBA defence enabled MARTINELLI to hit the ball wide.

WBA   League position: 15 Home league form: WLLW Overall league form: LWWLLLXL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Igor AKINFEEV 6  1 6  Mike MAIGNAN (c)Juan CUADRADO 8  2 7  Thomas PARTEY Filip KOSTIC 6½ 3 8  Sven BOTMAN Henrikh MKHITARYAN 7½ 4 7  Martin ØDEGAARD Jan VERTONGHEN 7½ 5 6  Stefan DE VRIJ Simon KJÆR 6½ 6 7½ William SALIBA Max KRUSE 6½ 7 7  Dominik SZOBOSZLAI Marcos ACUÑA 6½ 8 7½ Julian BRANDT (p)Wissam BEN YEDDER 6½ 9 7  Romelu LUKAKU(p) (f)OKAY Yokuslu 6½ 10 6  Carlos CASEMIRO(c,f) Luis MURIEL 6½ 11 6½ Gabriel MARTINELLI Manager Tony Abbey Craig DAWSON    12    Youri BAAS Sam JOHNSTONE    13    Keylor NAVAS Dara O'SHEA    14    Harry CLARKE Daniel WASS    15    Mohamed SIMAKAN MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza    16    Alexandre LACAZETTE

Arsenal   League position: 13 Away league form: LXLL Overall league form: LLWWXLLX Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

WBA 1 Arsenal 3 (Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 26,773, Stadium: The Hawthorns, Referee: Steve Tanner 7½) Acuña 31¹ Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Lukaku 25¹, Szoboszlai 4², Lukaku 32²           Lukaku 5¹ 4 2 8 17 1 6 2 3 6 5 8 8 1 0 49% 51% ¶ Man of the match: Sven Botman ¶