English FA Cup

Portsmouth vs Arsenal, 2019-20 English FA Cup, 5th Round

· English FA Cup
Portsmouth
    FT
    0 - 2
    Arsenal
    • 45'+4': Sokratis Papastathopoulos
    • 51': Eddie Nketiah

    Arsenal into FA Cup quarterfinals with win at Portsmouth

    Arsenal reached the FA Cup quarterfinals with a win at Portsmouth on Monday thanks to goals from Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Edward Nketiah.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Attempt blocked. Gareth Evans (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Williams.
    • 4': Foul by Ryan Williams (Portsmouth).
    • 4': Lucas Torreira (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 5': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Christian Burgess.
    • 7': Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Foul by Cameron McGeehan (Portsmouth).
    • 8': Attempt blocked. Ellis Harrison (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by James Bolton.
    • 8': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Pablo Marí.
    • 9': Foul by Gareth Evans (Portsmouth).
    • 9': Matteo Guendouzi (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 10': Attempt blocked. Ryan Williams (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Close.
    • 16': Substitution, Arsenal. Dani Ceballos replaces Lucas Torreira because of an injury.
    • 20': Attempt blocked. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) left footed shot from very close range is blocked.
    • 20': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Christian Burgess.
    • 22': Dani Ceballos (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 22': Foul by Ryan Williams (Portsmouth).
    • 23': Attempt saved. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joseph Willock.
    • 24': Attempt blocked. Marcus Harness (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Williams.
    • 24': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Pablo Marí.
    • 27': Foul by Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal).
    • 27': Ryan Williams (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 27': Attempt blocked. Marcus Harness (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Williams.
    • 27': Cameron McGeehan (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 27': Foul by Dani Ceballos (Arsenal).
    • 28': Attempt missed. Gareth Evans (Portsmouth) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Steve Seddon with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 29': Foul by Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal).
    • 29': Ross McCrorie (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 30': Attempt missed. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Reiss Nelson.
    • 31': Ben Close (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 31': Foul by Joseph Willock (Arsenal).
    • 32': Attempt blocked. Gareth Evans (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Harness.
    • 32': Offside, Portsmouth. Marcus Harness tries a through ball, but James Bolton is caught offside.
    • 35': Dani Ceballos (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 35': Foul by Gareth Evans (Portsmouth).
    • 35': Matteo Guendouzi (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
    • 36': Hand ball by Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal).
    • 37': Foul by Dani Ceballos (Arsenal).
    • 37': Ryan Williams (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 37': Attempt missed. Gareth Evans (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
    • 39': Attempt blocked. Dani Ceballos (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eddie Nketiah.
    • 39': Cameron McGeehan (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 40': Attempt missed. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by David Luiz.
    • 42': Offside, Portsmouth. Ryan Williams tries a through ball, but Ellis Harrison is caught offside.
    • 45'+1': Dani Ceballos (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Ben Close (Portsmouth).
    • 45'+2': Attempt blocked. David Luiz (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 45'+3': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Christian Burgess.
    • 45'+4': Goal! Portsmouth 0, Arsenal 1. Sokratis (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Reiss Nelson with a cross following a corner.
    • 45'+6': First Half ends, Portsmouth 0, Arsenal 1.
    • 45': Second Half begins Portsmouth 0, Arsenal 1.
    • 46': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Ross McCrorie.
    • 46': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Ellis Harrison.
    • 47': Offside, Arsenal. Emiliano Martínez tries a through ball, but Eddie Nketiah is caught offside.
    • 48': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Gabriel Martinelli.
    • 49': Attempt missed. Ryan Williams (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Steve Seddon.
    • 51': Goal! Portsmouth 0, Arsenal 2. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
    • 53': Attempt missed. Joseph Willock (Arsenal) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Gabriel Martinelli with a cross.
    • 67': Substitution, Portsmouth. John Marquis replaces Ellis Harrison.
    • 67': Substitution, Portsmouth. Ronan Curtis replaces Marcus Harness.
    • 68': Hand ball by Bukayo Saka (Arsenal).
    • 69': Attempt blocked. Reiss Nelson (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 69': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by James Bolton.
    • 70': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Christian Burgess.
    • 70': Attempt missed. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Reiss Nelson with a cross following a corner.
    • 70': Dani Ceballos (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 70': Foul by Gareth Evans (Portsmouth).
    • 73': Attempt saved. Ronan Curtis (Portsmouth) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alex Bass.
    • 74': Substitution, Portsmouth. Andrew Cannon replaces Gareth Evans.
    • 77': Attempt saved. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Dani Ceballos.
    • 77': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Alex Bass.
    • 77': Attempt blocked. David Luiz (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Reiss Nelson with a cross.
    • 77': Attempt missed. Pablo Marí (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
    • 81': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Steve Seddon.
    • 83': Offside, Arsenal. Bukayo Saka tries a through ball, but Eddie Nketiah is caught offside.
    • 85': Attempt missed. Andrew Cannon (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
    • 87': Substitution, Arsenal. Granit Xhaka replaces Joseph Willock.
    • 88': Attempt blocked. Dani Ceballos (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eddie Nketiah.
    • 88': Foul by Andrew Cannon (Portsmouth).
    • 88': Pablo Marí (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Ross McCrorie.
    • 90'+1': Substitution, Arsenal. Ainsley Maitland-Niles replaces Reiss Nelson.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal).
    • 90'+3': Ryan Williams (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Portsmouth 0, Arsenal 2.
    • 0': Match ends, Portsmouth 0, Arsenal 2.

    Statistics

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    8 Fouls 8
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 2
    10 Corner Kicks 3
    1 Saves 2
    73.1 Possession 26.9
    15 SHOTS 11
    4 ON GOAL 1
    0.3 On Target % 0.1
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    560 Accurate Passes 152
    636 Passes 217
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
    5 Accurate Crosses 4
    23 Crosses 26
    0.2 Cross % 0.2
    68 Long Balls 57
    46 Accurate Long Balls 27
    0.7 Long Balls % 0.5
    6 Blocked Shots 6
    8 Effective Tackles 7
    17 Tackles 14
    0.5 Tackle % 0.5
    2 Interceptions 13
    18 Effective Clearances 20
    18 Clearances 20

    Game Information

    Competition: English FA Cup

    Venue: Fratton Park
    Location: Portsmouth, England
    Attendance: 18,839

    Line-Ups

    POR Portsmouth (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    35 Alex Bass (GK)
    6 Christian Burgess
    13 James Bolton
    42 Steve Seddon
    15 Ross McCrorie
    26 Gareth Evans
    24 Cameron McGeehan Yellow Card
    33 Ben Close
    22 Ellis Harrison
    19 Marcus Myers-Harness
    7 Ryan Williams
    Portsmouth Substitutes:
    Sean Raggett, Jack Whatmough, Andrew Cannon, John Marquis, Ronan Curtis, Craig MacGillivray, Tom Naylor.

    ARS Arsenal (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    26 Emiliano Martínez (GK)
    22 Pablo Marí
    23 David Luiz
    77 Bukayo Saka
    5 Sokratis Papastathopoulos
    28 Joe Willock
    11 Lucas Torreira
    29 Matteo Guendouzi Yellow Card
    30 Eddie Nketiah
    35 Gabriel Martinelli
    24 Reiss Nelson
    Arsenal Substitutes:
    Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Bernd Leno, Granit Xhaka, Rob Holding, Nicolas Pépé, Dani Ceballos, Alexandre Lacazette.

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