Arsenal 1-0 West Bromwich Albion: result and report
Premier League · Monday 26 December 2016
Result
Arsenal 1-0 West Bromwich Albion
Premier League · Monday 26 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Arsenal 1-0 West Bromwich Albion: match report
Arsenal won against West Bromwich Albion 1-0 in the Premier League on Monday 26 December 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Olivier Giroud of Arsenal in the 86th minute.
Discipline: Arsenal received 3 yellow cards; West Bromwich Albion received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Arsenal were 4th on 34 points from 17 and West Bromwich Albion 8th on 23 points from 17. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and West Bromwich Albion 10th with 45.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Foster of West Bromwich Albion (8.4), ahead of Laurent Koscielny (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 1 for West Bromwich Albion.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read L-L-W-W-W and West Bromwich Albion's L-W-L-W-D.
Key events
- 42'Yellow card · Olivier Giroud
- 65'Yellow card · K. Gibbs
- 83'Yellow card · Ben Foster
- 86'Goal · Olivier Giroud
- 88'Yellow card · Aaron Ramsey
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, Héctor Bellerín, Gabriel Paulista, Laurent Koscielny, Kieran Gibbs, Francis Coquelin, Granit Xhaka, Alex Iwobi, Mesut Özil, Alexis Sánchez, Olivier Giroud
West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ben Foster, Craig Dawson, Gareth McAuley, Jonny Evans, Allan Nyom, Claudio Yacob, Darren Fletcher, Chris Brunt, Nacer Chadli, Matt Phillips, Salomón Rondón