West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 31 December 2017
Result
West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Arsenal
Premier League · Sunday 31 December 2017, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Arsenal: match report
West Bromwich Albion drew with Arsenal 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 31 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
West Bromwich Albion's goal came from Jay Rodríguez (89', penalty). Arsenal scored through an own goal by James McClean (83').
Discipline: West Bromwich Albion received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game West Bromwich Albion were 20th on 15 points from 20 and Arsenal 6th on 37 points from 20. West Bromwich Albion went on to finish that season 20th with 31 points, and Arsenal 6th with 63.
West Bromwich Albion lined up in a 5-3-2 and Arsenal in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexis Sánchez of Arsenal (8.2), ahead of Chris Brunt (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 West Bromwich Albion wins, 2 draws and 6 for Arsenal.
Going into the match West Bromwich Albion's last five read D-L-L-D-L and Arsenal's W-D-W-D-D.
Key events
- 34'Yellow card · Jonny Evans
- 58'Yellow card · Nurgzay Khayrulin
- 59'Yellow card · Chris Brunt
- 82'Yellow card · Craig Dawson
- 83'Own goal · James McClean
- 88'Yellow card · J. Wilshere
- 89'Penalty goal · Jay Rodríguez
- 90+5'Yellow card · Petr Čech
Head-to-head
Team news
West Bromwich Albion line-up (5-3-2)
Ben Foster, Matt Phillips, Craig Dawson, Ahmed Hegazy, Jonny Evans, Kieran Gibbs, Jake Livermore, Gareth Barry, Chris Brunt, Jay Rodríguez, Hal Robson-Kanu
Arsenal line-up (3-4-2-1)
Petr Čech, Calum Chambers, Shkodran Mustafi, Laurent Koscielny, Héctor Bellerín, J. Wilshere, Granit Xhaka, Sead Kolasinac, Alex Iwobi, Alexis Sánchez, Alexandre Lacazette