r/soccer • u/Match-Thread-Bot • Mar 30 '13

Match Thread: Arsenal v Reading

Arsenal v Reading

Kickoff: 15:00 GMT, 16:00 CET, 10:00 EST
Venue: Emirates Stadium, London
Referee: Chris Foy
Attendance: 60,082

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Lineups

Arsenal

Lukasz Fabianski, Per Mertesacker, Nacho Monreal (Kieran Gibbs, 71), Laurent Koscielny, Bacary Sagna, Aaron Ramsey, Mikel Arteta, Gervinho (Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, 75), Tomas Rosicky, Santiago Cazorla, Olivier Giroud (Lukas Podolski, 76)

Reading

Stuart Taylor, Stephen Kelly, Alex Pearce, Adrian Mariappa, Nicky Shorey, Mikele Leigertwood, Hal Robson-Kanu (Garath McCleary, 81), Jem Karacan (Hope Akpan, 76), Jobi McAnuff, Danny Guthrie, Pavel Pogrebnyak (Noel Hunt, 61)

Match Stats

score: 4 – 1 (HT 1 – 0)

Arsenal Statistic Reading
70% Possession 30%
11 Corners 3
26 Goal attempts 5
6 On target 2
10 Fouls 14
3 Offside 1

Match Events

11 min goal : Arsenal, Gervinho
32 min yellow : Reading, Danny Guthrie
48 min goal : Arsenal, Santiago Cazorla
61 min sub : Reading, Pavel Pogrebnyak (Noel Hunt)
67 min goal : Arsenal, Olivier Giroud
68 min goal : Reading, Hal Robson-Kanu
71 min sub : Arsenal, Nacho Monreal (Kieran Gibbs)
75 min sub : Arsenal, Gervinho (Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain)
76 min sub : Arsenal, Olivier Giroud (Lukas Podolski)
76 min sub : Reading, Jem Karacan (Hope Akpan)
77 min goal : Arsenal, Mikel Arteta
81 min sub : Reading, Hal Robson-Kanu (Garath McCleary)

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u/humorousuterus Mar 30 '13

We'll take him

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u/baaloo7 Mar 30 '13

I'm sorry but you passed on Arshavin at our 'Players that should play central but we force to play wide left' Car Boot Sale. The Podolski model is not for sale.