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BENÍTEZ was able to palm clear a tame shot from NÚÑEZ.
A penalty box meleé resulted in KUDUS tapping a low shot over.
SZOBOSZLAI beat UDOGIE and hit the ball to MARTINELLI who pulled his effort wide.
16¹KUDUS made space on the right and dragged the ball to UDOGIE who rasped the ball wide.
21¹The ref yellow cards MATHEUS CUNHA.
23¹GOAL!! A great thirty yard shot from NÚÑEZ struck the crossbar and in the ensuing meleé the ball was nodded into the net by MATHEUS CUNHA. (1-0 Arsenal)
35¹A refined cross from OPENDA was flicked goalbound by TROSSARD only for MAIGNAN to claw away.
36¹The motionless BENÍTEZ could only watch as a backpass from RYERSON dropped just over.
37¹FOFANA booked for a bad challenge on UDOGIE.
39¹A corner was collected by MATHEUS CUNHA who touched an effort just wide.
40¹A header by TROSSARD at the far post was easily collected by the Arsenal 'keeper.
43¹The Arsenal 'keeper dived to his right to save an accurate shot from Port Vale's BARCOLA.
44¹A drive from COMAN seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to fist the ball clear.
A header from MATHEUS CUNHA was nodded off the line by RYERSON.
14²AKÉ cautioned for a poor challenge.
17²ØDEGAARD flicked a simple chance past the far post.
19²BENÍTEZ saved a curling shot from SZOBOSZLAI.
21²A shot from NÚÑEZ was smothered by the 'keeper.
26²A mix up in the Arsenal defence enabled BARCOLA to hit the ball over the bar.
30²MARTINELLI fluffed an easy chance.
33²A late challenge gets MARTINELLI a yellow card.
35²NÚÑEZ's shot beat BENÍTEZ but rebounded off the Port Vale upright.

 
Arsenal
 
League position: 7
Home league form: WLLW
Overall league form: XWWLLLLW
Formation: 3-5-2
Line-ups
Mike MAIGNAN1Walter BENÍTEZ
Martin ØDEGAARD2Julian RYERSON
Stefan DE VRIJ3Destiny UDOGIE
(c)Dominik SZOBOSZLAI4Piero HINCAPIÉ(c)
Max KILMAN5Gleison BREMER
Nathan AKÉ6Davide FRATTESI
Kingsley COMAN7Mohammed KUDUS
Gabriel MARTINELLI8Bradley BARCOLA
(p)Darwin NÚÑEZ9Loïs OPENDA
(f)Youssouf FOFANA10Thomas MÜLLER
MATHEUS CUNHA11Leandro TROSSARD(p,f)
Tony AbbeyManagerDean Murphy
Konrad LAIMER  12  Stefanos TZIMAS
DIOGO Meireles COSTA  13  Marcel MOSWITZER
Joe JOHNSON  14  Tommaso MARTINELLI
Godwill KUKONKI  15  Nelson WEIPER
SAVINHO  16  DIEGO López
 
Port Vale
 
League position: 5
Away league form: WLLO
Overall league form: LLWWWLXL
Formation: 4-1-3-2

Statistics
Arsenal 1 Port Vale 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 60,318, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Graham Laws 6)

Matheus Cunha 23¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
  
  
Matheus Cunha 21¹, Fofana 37¹, Aké 14², Martinelli 33² 
46
149
79
104
85
189
84
48%52%
Man of the match: Piero Hincapié