A huge win for Arsenal, made much harder than it should have been by Per Mertesacker’s red card.
Here are the stats from The Hawthorns:
– Chris Brunt had more touches of the ball than any other player (79).
– Jonas Olsson completed 92% of his passes, the only player in the game to register above 90%.
– Tomas Rosicky, Chris Brunt, and Romelu Lukaku all had 4 shots on goal.
– Rosicky hit the target with 3 of his efforts, more than any other player.
– Olivier Giroud and Bacary Sagna both won 4 aerial duels, the most in the game.
– Nobody made more defensive clearances than Laurent Koscielny (11).
– Koscielny and Chris Brunt each made 4 successful tackles.
– Nacho Monreal led the game with 4 interceptions.
– Liam Ridgewell and James Morrison were each fouled 3 times, the most in the game.
– Olivier Giroud and Tomas Rosicky each gave away 4 free-kicks, more than any other players.
– Chris Brunt attempted (7) and completed (3) more crosses than any other player.
– West Brom out-shot Arsenal 19 to 11.
– West Brom’s collective pass success was 4% higher than Arsenal’s (81% to 77%).
– Arsenal won 54% of the aerial duels which occurred during the game.
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