Thanks folks!

FT

JUST WIDE

OOOOOOH

Some other fella booked

Throw Sporting in our half

Then Trossard went on the break but got tackled

Raya came all the way

Ref saw a handball nobody else did

FK Sporting just inside our half

Arsenal throw, deep in our half

Sporting throw, deep in our half

Rice puts it behind for a goal kick, poor corner

Corner Arsenal

In no rush

Arsenal throw, Sporting half

4 mins added

Hincapie overlaps Trossard, hell of a run at this stage, but his cross is blocked

Mosquera heads away

Sporting possession

Jesus pull back cleared

Arteta having a real pop at Trossard it seems

Trossard nuts but it's cleared

Sporting double sub

Jesus runs into the box, tight the goalline, he goes for goal but the angle is too tight

Ooooooh

Saliba too heavy, throw to Sporting deep in their own half

Back post header, free, clattered off the upright

Trossard hit the post

OOoh

Dowman to take

Corner Arsenal, good scrapping Havertz

Hincapie stepover but Trossard hadn't made the run, goal kick Sporting

FK Arsenal in our half, Saliba fouled

Goal kick Sporting

Tried to backheel but it was blocked

Fell for Havertz

Oooh

Araujo booked for a foul on Dowman out on the wing

Arsenal subs: Eze and Martinelli off, Trossard and Jesus on

Dowman fouled, ref plays on

Sporting sub

Keeper fingertips but ref has given a foul for something

OOooojh

Another corner after Havertz's header back across goal was put behind

Rice to take

Corner Arsenal

Ref has just given an Arsenal FK when a Sporting player fell down

zubi wins it, Eze takes it on but there's no support and he's dispossessed

Havertz fouled, but the ref gives the FK to Sporting, wtf?

Raya long ball, Havertz knock down, Eze fires over with his left foot

Oooh

Arsenal throw, Sporting half, right hand side

Sporting double sub

Arteta booked

Foul throw Hincapie

Martinelli too easily dispossessed in their box, throw Arsenal

Sporting are gonna have to really start to push, they have to score

Raya takes a cross at his near post

Shot from miles out, easy save Raya

Raya punches

Corner Sporting

He was not getting anywhere near the ball anyway

Nah

For a push by Mosquera on Araujo

Sporting want a penalty

Raya with a bad kick, Sporting throw

Goal kick Arsenal

Sporting corner

Arsenal sub: Madueke off, Dowman on

Dowman about to come on

Doesn't look good

Madueke down holding his knee

Still down, holding his knee

Corner Sporting, again good defending from Zubi

Madueke loses it

Zubi back to clear, good defending

Madueke has a chance to run at the full back, but clumps it off his own foot and it's out for a goal kick

Rice does well

He should have left it

Madueke runs across the box, takes it on, it ran for Martinelli but Madueke kept going then smashed the ball into the side netting

Ooooh

Arsenal sub: Gyokere off, Havertz on

Martinelli over the bar, after Madueke's best moment of the game, and Eze blocked off

Oooh

Must be for Gyok

Havertz about to come on

Arsenal throw, deep in their half

Sporting throw, in their half

Eze fouled, but it's just a throw for ARsenal

Arsenal throw on halfway

Straight into the arms of the keeper

Feels like ages since we scored from a corner

Rice to take

Corner Arsenal after some positive stuff down the left from Martinelli and Hihcapie

Eze with a shot from distance, but wide

Oooh

Better from Gabriel, wins it, drives forward, wins a free kick out wide

Gabriel gives it away

Chance Sporting, cut inside Mosquera, Araujo shoots wide

OOoooh

Gyokeres with a pass to nobody when we had it on the edge of their box

Eze cross, keeper takes it

We're off again

Half-time

Eze fires a left footed shot over

Oooojh

Terrible pass again Madueke

1 min added

Zubi in well again

Sporting throw

Zubi wins it, Martinelli loses it

Cross to the back post, volley with the outside of his left foot, clipped the post and went for a throw

Sporting hit the post

OOOH

Tips of Saliba's fingers caught the guy's face and he's still down pretending to be hurt

OMG, how is that a free kick?

FK Sporting in midfield

Cleared

Corner Arsenal, Madueke to take

Ther touch was bad and we got lucky

Raya gets away with an awful pass straight to a Sporting player

OOOOH

Zubi with another good forward run but can't quite get enough on the left footed cross and the keeper claims

Sorry, it's been quite sterile

Arsenal possession

Martinelli shot blocked after some clumsiness from Gyokeres

Zubi defends well, he's been quite good this evening so far

Martinelli cross cleared

Eze flicks it Gyok who tries to return it but it's too heavy

Madueke again poor control, although there was pressure from the defender

Cleared, Arsenal throw

FK Sporting, in our half, generous really but one we have to defend

Again, Madueke had a chance to drive across their box but he was insecure on the ball again

Hincapie and Martinelli mix up

Chance Sporting, smashed over

Oooh

Zubi at the back post, heads it down, keeper picks it up

Rice to take

Corner now

Zubi made a good run, knocked it off for Gyokeres who was blocked off

Ooooh

Sporting with 11 behind the ball

Arsenal probing in their half

Cleared, Sporting throw

Mosquera defends, corner Sporting

Curled in, keeper takes it easily

Madueke is gonna take it, inswinger

FK Arsenal, just by the corner of the Sporting box

Arsenal throw, just inside the Sporting half

Zubi in well, gets caught, wins a free kick

But we were caught with everyone forward

Then Martinelli chases back really well to make a good tackle

Takem short, Eze shot blocked, Sporting break

Rice to take

A bit too far to shoot

FK Arsenal, 35 yards out, quite central - foul on Madueke

Hincapie cross cleared, who then tracks back well to intercept a crossfield pass from Spoting

Gyokeres fires a shot from outside the area, plenty of power but no accuracy

Ooooh

Trincao shot, wide

Ooooh

Saliba gives it away

What is our shape? both CMs dropping v deep

All that came from Madueke just not being secure from that Raya pass

Suarez shoots, goes out for a throw, but the flag is up

Raya finds Madueke who loses it too easily

Zubi looks for Martinelli, just cut out but good idea

Arsenal throw, our half

Oh look, he's fine!

There was a light touch from Hincapie, never a penatly, but the bloke is now getting treatment to make him look like less of a tulip

Sporting player went down looking for a penalty, now ref has called on the physio

Goal kick Arsenal

Goo defending Hincapie

Not sure that was the right option

Rice shot blocked

Zubi does well with a poor Madueke pass

Mosquera defends well

Saliba clears

Throw Sporting, deep in our half

Good pressure Arsenal, we have a throw

Some Sporting possession for the first time

Throw Sporting in their half

Rice takes, too long, goal kick

Corner Arsenal

Eze and Madueke set up a half chance for Hincapie to shoot, it's blocked

Arsenal throw in their half

Not one pass back to Raya so far

Arsenal players really trying to set the tone with the early workrate

Great hustle Martinelli

Eze ball into the box cleared

FK Arsenal on halfway

Eze and Gyok combine, he tried to lay it off and it was cleared

Saliba and Madueke do well

Early high pressure from Rice, just goes out for a goal kick though

We're off

Evening all

Arsenal: Raya, Mosquera, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie, Rice, Zubimendi, Eze, Madueke, Martinelli, Gyokeres

Subs: Kepa, Setford, White, Lewis-Skelly, Jesus, Norgaard, Trossard, Havertz, Dudziak, Dowman, Jesus, Salmon

Sporting: Rui Silva, Morita, Goncalves, Catamo, Trincao, Araujo, Inacio, Diomande, Hjulmand, Quaresma, Suarez

Subs: Virginia, Debast, Quenda, Vagiannidis, Kochorashvili, Faye, Braganca, Simoes, Goncalves, Blopa, Nel, Mangas

Team news will be posted 75 mins before kick-off.

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