| 1¹ | A twenty-five yard drive from GIROUD caused VICENTE GUAITA no problem. |
| 5¹ | SÁNCHEZ's shot was well saved by the Cardiff City 'keeper. |
| 10¹ | GIROUD beat a number of Cardiff City players and slammed a great chance wide. |
| 12¹ | WALCOTT rifled a simple chance past the near post. |
| 19¹ | WALCOTT beat MÁRIO FERNANDES and placed the ball to RAMSEY who fumbled his shot wide. |
| 22¹ | A lovely effort from RAKITIC scraped the outside of the lefthand post. |
| 25¹ | A good ball from BELLERÍN on the left bobbled toward SÁNCHEZ who scuffed his shot wide. |
| 26¹ | PENNANT brought the ball away from MUSTAFI and rattled a poor shot well wide. |
| 30¹ | A penalty box scramble resulted in SÁNCHEZ driving the ball wide. |
| 31¹ | WALCOTT shot wide. |
| 44¹ | SÁNCHEZ headed inches over. |
| 4² | An exceptional strike from GIROUD was dealt with by a fine stop from the Cardiff City 'keeper. |
| 7² | ÖZIL knocked the ball to SÁNCHEZ who headed it wide. |
| 11² | GIROUD snapped at a simple chance. |
| 14² | A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing Cardiff City 'keeper. |
| 17² | GRAHAM books RAMSEY for an off-the-ball incident against KEANE. |
| 18² | A free-kick from GIROUD went wide. |
| 20² | XHAKA made space on the left and knocked the ball to RAMSEY who touched the ball wide. |
| 21² | GOAL!! A shot from SÁNCHEZ bobbled through a crowd of players and rolled past the unsighted Cardiff City 'keeper. (1-0 Arsenal)| 25² | A weak strike from SÁNCHEZ bounced agonisingly wide. | | 41² | A corner was collected by REYES who nodded the ball over. | | 43² | GIROUD whacked a right foot shot over the bar from long range. | |