Arsenal 2-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Arsenal 2-1 Cardiff City

Premier League · Tuesday 29 January 2019, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Arsenal beat Cardiff City 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 29 January 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang opened the scoring in the 66th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (66', penalty) and Alexandre Lacazette (83'). Cardiff City scored through Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (90+3').

Discipline: Arsenal received 3 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 44 points from 23 and Cardiff City 18th on 19 points from 23. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 70 points, and Cardiff City 18th with 34.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Cardiff City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexandre Lacazette of Arsenal (8.2), ahead of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Arsenal wins, 0 draws and 0 for Cardiff City.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-L-W-L-D and Cardiff City's L-D-L-W-D.