Arsenal 1-1 Atlético de Madrid: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 26 April 2018
Result
Arsenal 1-1 Atlético de Madrid
Europa League · Thursday 26 April 2018, 19:05 UTC · half-time 0-0
Arsenal 1-1 Atlético de Madrid: match report
Arsenal drew with Atlético de Madrid 1-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 26 April 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Alexandre Lacazette opened the scoring in the 61st minute. Arsenal's goal came from Alexandre Lacazette (61'). Atlético de Madrid scored through Antoine Griezmann (82').
Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Atlético de Madrid received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Arsenal were 6th on 26 points from 12 and Atlético de Madrid 21st on 15 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Atlético de Madrid in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Granit Xhaka of Arsenal (8.8), ahead of Mesut Özil (8.5).
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read D-W-W-W-L and Atlético de Madrid's L-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 2'Yellow card · Š. Vrsaljko
- 10'Second yellow · Š. Vrsaljko
- 61'Goal · Alexandre Lacazette
- 82'Goal · Antoine Griezmann
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-3-2-1)
David Ospina, Héctor Bellerín, Shkodran Mustafi, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Aaron Ramsey, Granit Xhaka, J. Wilshere, Danny Welbeck, Mesut Özil, Alexandre Lacazette
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Jan Oblak, Šime Vrsaljko, José María Giménez, Diego Godín, Lucas Hernández, Ángel Correa, Thomas Partey, Saúl Ñíguez, Koke, Kévin Gameiro, Antoine Griezmann