UEFA Europa League

BATE Borisov vs Arsenal, 2018-19 UEFA Europa League, Round of 32

· 1st Leg
BATE Borisov
  • 45': Stanislaw Dragun
FT
1 - 0
1st Leg
Arsenal
  • Red Card 85': Alexandre Lacazette

Arsenal's Alexandre Lacazette sees red in shock Europa loss to BATE

Alexandre Lacazette was booked with a late red card in Arsenal's Europa League round-of-32 loss to BATE Borisov on Thursday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 1': Foul by Maksim Skavysh (BATE Borisov).
  • 1': Matteo Guendouzi (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 2': Attempt saved. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Arsenal) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sead Kolasinac.
  • 5': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Stanislav Dragun.
  • 5': Attempt missed. Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan with a cross following a corner.
  • 7': Offside, Arsenal. Granit Xhaka tries a through ball, but Sead Kolasinac is caught offside.
  • 9': Foul by Granit Xhaka (Arsenal).
  • 9': Maksim Skavysh (BATE Borisov) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 9': Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 12': Attempt saved. Alex Iwobi (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sead Kolasinac.
  • 12': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Denis Scherbitski.
  • 12': Attempt blocked. Sead Kolasinac (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
  • 13': Attempt saved. Maksim Skavysh (BATE Borisov) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nemanja Milic.
  • 17': Foul by Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal).
  • 17': Maksim Skavysh (BATE Borisov) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Attempt missed. Alex Iwobi (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sead Kolasinac.
  • 22': Attempt missed. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Sead Kolasinac.
  • 23': Corner, BATE Borisov. Conceded by Sead Kolasinac.
  • 25': Corner, BATE Borisov. Conceded by Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
  • 25': Attempt blocked. Aleksey Rios (BATE Borisov) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  • 28': Nemanja Milic (BATE Borisov) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box. Assisted by Maksim Skavysh.
  • 33': Offside, BATE Borisov. Maksim Skavysh tries a through ball, but Nemanja Milic is caught offside.
  • 34': Offside, BATE Borisov. Zakhar Volkov tries a through ball, but Maksim Skavysh is caught offside.
  • 35': Offside, BATE Borisov. Stanislav Dragun tries a through ball, but Maksim Skavysh is caught offside.
  • 37': Attempt blocked. Sead Kolasinac (Arsenal) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.
  • 37': Attempt blocked. Alex Iwobi (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sead Kolasinac.
  • 39': Attempt blocked. Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  • 40': Foul by Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Arsenal).
  • 40': Stanislav Dragun (BATE Borisov) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Attempt missed. Sead Kolasinac (Arsenal) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left.
  • 43': Foul by Nacho Monreal (Arsenal).
  • 43': Maksim Skavysh (BATE Borisov) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 45': Goal! BATE Borisov 1, Arsenal 0. Stanislav Dragun (BATE Borisov) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Igor Stasevich with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, BATE Borisov 1, Arsenal 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins BATE Borisov 1, Arsenal 0.
  • 47': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Nemanja Milic.
  • 48': Attempt blocked. Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan with a cross.
  • 50': Attempt saved. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Sead Kolasinac.
  • 51': Delay in match Dmitri Baga (BATE Borisov) because of an injury.
  • 52': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 53': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Nemanja Milic.
  • 55': Attempt missed. Alex Iwobi (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Sead Kolasinac with a cross.
  • 55': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Stanislav Dragun.
  • 55': Offside, Arsenal. Sead Kolasinac tries a through ball, but Alexandre Lacazette is caught offside.
  • 56': Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 56': Foul by Egor Filipenko (BATE Borisov).
  • 58': Substitution, BATE Borisov. Evgeni Berezkin replaces Alyaksandr Hleb.
  • 59': Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Foul by Stanislav Dragun (BATE Borisov).
  • 61': Attempt saved. Igor Stasevich (BATE Borisov) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 61': Offside, BATE Borisov. Nemanja Milic tries a through ball, but Aleksandar Filipovic is caught offside.
  • 62': Foul by Maksim Skavysh (BATE Borisov).
  • 62': Nacho Monreal (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Corner, BATE Borisov. Conceded by Laurent Koscielny.
  • 67': Foul by Maksim Skavysh (BATE Borisov).
  • 67': Sead Kolasinac (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 67': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Aleksey Rios.
  • 68': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Aleksey Rios.
  • 68': Substitution, Arsenal. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang replaces Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
  • 69': Substitution, Arsenal. Lucas Torreira replaces Granit Xhaka.
  • 69': Substitution, BATE Borisov. Bojan Dubajic replaces Nemanja Milic.
  • 69': Foul by Bojan Dubajic (BATE Borisov).
  • 69': Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Foul by Bojan Dubajic (BATE Borisov).
  • 71': Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Bojan Dubajic (BATE Borisov) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 72': Attempt missed. Sead Kolasinac (Arsenal) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right.
  • 74': Bojan Dubajic (BATE Borisov) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Foul by Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Arsenal).
  • 74': Substitution, Arsenal. Denis Suárez replaces Sead Kolasinac.
  • 74': Attempt blocked. Evgeni Berezkin (BATE Borisov) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Maksim Skavysh.
  • 77': Foul by Bojan Dubajic (BATE Borisov).
  • 77': Nacho Monreal (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 78': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Denis Scherbitski.
  • 79': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Aleksandar Filipovic.
  • 80': Foul by Alex Iwobi (Arsenal).
  • 80': Maksim Skavysh (BATE Borisov) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 80': Substitution, BATE Borisov. Hervaine Moukam replaces Maksim Skavysh.
  • 82': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Aleksandar Filipovic.
  • 83': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Aleksey Rios.
  • 85': Foul by Hervaine Moukam (BATE Borisov).
  • 85': Matteo Guendouzi (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 85': Foul by Aleksandar Filipovic (BATE Borisov).
  • 85': Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  • 86': Aleksandar Filipovic (BATE Borisov) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 87': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Stanislav Dragun.
  • 87': Stanislav Dragun (BATE Borisov) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 88': Foul by Denis Suárez (Arsenal).
  • 88': Hervaine Moukam (BATE Borisov) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Attempt missed. Lucas Torreira (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Denis Suárez.
  • 90'+2': Bojan Dubajic (BATE Borisov) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Lucas Torreira (Arsenal).
  • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Matteo Guendouzi (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, BATE Borisov 1, Arsenal 0.
  • 90'+5': Match ends, BATE Borisov 1, Arsenal 0.

Statistics

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8 Fouls 10
1 Yellow Cards 3
1 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 4
12 Corner Kicks 3
2 Saves 4
76.6 Possession 23.4
16 SHOTS 6
4 ON GOAL 3
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
596 Accurate Passes 116
689 Passes 212
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.5
5 Accurate Crosses 1
27 Crosses 7
0.2 Cross % 0.1
44 Long Balls 75
25 Accurate Long Balls 24
0.6 Long Balls % 0.3
5 Blocked Shots 2
9 Effective Tackles 13
16 Tackles 23
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
8 Interceptions 23
9 Effective Clearances 32
9 Clearances 32

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: Borisov Arena
Location: Borisov, Belarus
Attendance: 12,527

Line-Ups

BATE BATE Borisov (4-3-3)

No. Name
48 Denis Shcherbitski (GK)
21 Yegor Filipenko
23 Zakhar Volkov
4 Aleksandar Filipovic Yellow Card
17 Aleksey Rios
8 Stanislaw Dragun
11 Aleksandr Hleb
25 Dzmitry Baga
15 Maksim Skavysh
22 Ihar Stasevich
26 Nemanja Milic
BATE Borisov Substitutes:
Slobodan Simovic, Evgeni Berezkin, Anton Chichkan, Dmitry Bessmertny, Bojan Dubajic, Hervaine Moukam, Evgeni Yablonski.

ARS Arsenal (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
1 Petr Cech (GK)
6 Laurent Koscielny
18 Nacho Monreal
20 Shkodran Mustafi
34 Granit Xhaka Yellow Card
29 Matteo Guendouzi
31 Sead Kolasinac
15 Ainsley Maitland-Niles
9 Alexandre Lacazette Red Card
17 Alex Iwobi
7 Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Arsenal Substitutes:
Eddie Nketiah, Bernd Leno, Lucas Torreira, Denis Suárez, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Mohamed Elneny, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

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