Arsenal 4-1 Fulham: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 1 January 2019
Result
Arsenal 4-1 Fulham
Premier League · Tuesday 1 January 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Arsenal 4-1 Fulham: match report
Arsenal won against Fulham 4-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 1 January 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Granit Xhaka opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Granit Xhaka (25'), Alexandre Lacazette (55'), Aaron Ramsey (79') and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (83'). Fulham scored through Aboubakar Kamara (69').
Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Fulham received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 38 points from 20 and Fulham 19th on 14 points from 20. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 70 points, and Fulham 19th with 26.
Arsenal lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Fulham in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Alex Iwobi of Arsenal (8.3), ahead of Granit Xhaka (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 1 for Fulham.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read L-D-W-L-W and Fulham's W-D-D-L-L.
Key events
- 25'Goal · Granit Xhaka
- 55'Goal · Alexandre Lacazette
- 69'Goal · Aboubakar Kamara
- 77'Yellow card · Timothy Fosu-Mensah
- 79'Goal · Aaron Ramsey
- 83'Goal · Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (3-4-2-1)
Bernd Leno, Shkodran Mustafi, Sokratis, Laurent Koscielny, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Mattéo Guendouzi, Granit Xhaka, Sead Kolasinac, Alex Iwobi, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette
Fulham line-up (3-4-3)
Sergio Rico, Denis Odoi, Maxime Le Marchand, Tim Ream, Cyrus Christie, Tom Cairney, Ibrahima Cisse, Joe Bryan, Ryan Sessegnon, Aleksandar Mitrović, Andre Schürrle