Arsenal vs FC Zürich 2022-23 UEFA Europa League, Group Stage

Arsenal

17': Kieran Tierney

FT
1 - 0

FC Zürich

Arsenal hang on for win over Zurich to top Europa League group

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Arsenal beat FC Zurich at the Emirates Stadium in their final Europa League Group A match to advance directly to the round of 16 as group winners.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
17': Goal! Arsenal 1, Zürich 0. Kieran Tierney (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
32': Fidan Aliti (Zürich) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, Zürich. Antonio Marchesano replaces Fabian Rohner.
45': Second Half begins Arsenal 1, Zürich 0.
49': Nikola Katic (Zürich) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
62': Cheick Condé (Zürich) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
63': Substitution, Arsenal. Thomas Partey replaces Mohamed Elneny.
63': Substitution, Arsenal. Bukayo Saka replaces Gabriel Jesus.
73': Substitution, Arsenal. Martin Ødegaard replaces Fábio Vieira.
73': Substitution, Arsenal. Takehiro Tomiyasu replaces Ben White.
77': Substitution, Zürich. Marc Hornschuh replaces Ole Selnæs.
78': Substitution, Zürich. Bohdan Viunnyk replaces Aiyegun Tosin.
82': Substitution, Zürich. Bledian Krasniqi replaces Cheick Condé.
88': Substitution, Arsenal. Cédric Soares replaces Takehiro Tomiyasu because of an injury.
89': Substitution, Zürich. Ivan Santini replaces Fidan Aliti.
90'+6': Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: Emirates Stadium
Location: London, England
Attendance: 48,500

UEFA Europa League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+6	West Ham United	6	15	1
+10	SC Freiburg	6	12	2
-3	Olympiacos	6	7	3
-13	TSC Backa Topola	6	1	5

Full Table

Statistics

ZUR		ARS
9	Fouls	11
3	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	3
4	Corner Kicks	8
3	Saves	2
44.2	Possession	55.8
7	SHOTS	17
2	ON GOAL	4
0.3	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
189	Accurate Passes	286
291	Passes	367
0.6	Pass Completion %	0.8
2	Accurate Crosses	5
14	Crosses	21
0.1	Cross %	0.2
59	Long Balls	70
16	Accurate Long Balls	31
0.3	Long Balls %	0.4
2	Blocked Shots	8
11	Effective Tackles	7
18	Tackles	17
0.6	Tackle %	0.4
5	Interceptions	6
21	Effective Clearances	14
21	Clearances	14

Line-Ups

Arsenal (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Aaron Ramsdale (GK)
6	Gabriel
16	Rob Holding
3	Kieran Tierney
4	Ben White
25	Mohamed Elneny
23	Albert Lokonga
21	Fabio Vieira
9	Gabriel Jesus
14	Eddie Nketiah
24	Reiss Nelson

Substitutes:

Cédric, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Marquinhos, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Thomas Partey, Bukayo Saka, William Saliba, Karl Hein, Gabriel Martinelli, Matthew Smith, James Hillson, Martin Ødegaard.

FC Zürich (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
25	Yanick Brecher (GK)
24	Nikola Katic
6	Fidan Aliti
2	Lindrit Kamberi
17	Cheick Oumar Conde
8	Ole Selnaes
11	Jonathan Okita
3	Adrián Guerrero
19	Nikola Boranijasevic
15	Tosin Aiyegun
23	Fabian Rohner

Substitutes:

Zivko Kostadinovic, Antonio Marchesano, Karol Mets, Bogdan V'Yunnik, Ilan Sauter, Selmin Hodza, Bledian Krasniqi, Ivan Santini, Marc Hornschuh, Becir Omeragic, Alan Omerovic.