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Reading 1-2 Arsenal - April 18, 2015 / FA Cup 2014/2015

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FA Cup 2014/2015 - Semi-finals

Madejski Stadium - Reading - England

April 18, 2015

84 081

Reading

1 - 2

After extra time

Arsenal

Assist by Pavel PogrebnyakGarath McCleary

54'

39'

Alexis SánchezAssist by Mesut Özil

90+16'

Alexis SánchezAssist by Mesut Özil

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39' - Goal Alexis Sánchez

45' - Yellow card Nathaniel Chalobah45

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54' - Goal Garath McCleary54

63' - Substitution Per Mertesackeris substituted by Gabriel Paulista

72' - Substitution Danny Welbeckis substituted by Olivier Giroud

90' - Substitution Hal Robson-Kanuis substituted by Jem Karacan90

106

106' - Goal Alexis Sánchez

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101

101' - Substitution Francis Coquelinis substituted by Theo Walcott

105' - Substitution Nathaniel Chalobahis substituted by Simon Cox105

108

108' - Yellow card Gabriel Paulista

111' - Substitution Pavel Pogrebnyakis substituted by Yakubu Ayegbeni111

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Reading

1 - 2

Arsenal

Reading Arsenal

Team line-ups

Reading

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Pogrebnyak111

Pavel Pogrebnyak

Russia

B.date08/11/1983

Age31 years

H1m88

positionStriker

19Mackie

Jamie Mackie

Scotland

B.date22/09/1985

Age29 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

9Robson-Kanu90

Hal Robson-Kanu

Wales

B.date21/05/1989

Age25 years

H1m84

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

14Chalobah10545

Nathaniel Chalobah

England

B.date12/12/1994

Age20 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

23Williams

Daniel Williams

United States

B.date08/03/1989

Age26 years

H1m82

positionRight central midfielder

12McCleary54

Garath McCleary

Jamaica

B.date08/03/1987

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

11Obita

Jordan Obita

England

B.date08/12/1993

Age21 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

5Pearce

Alex Pearce

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/11/1988

Age26 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

15Hector

Michael Hector

Jamaica

B.date19/07/1992

Age22 years

H1m93

positionRight central defender

2Gunter

Chris Gunter

Wales

B.date21/07/1989

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

1Federici

Adam Federici

Australia

B.date31/01/1985

Age30 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Adam Federici		30	243	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Michael Hector		22	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Alex Pearce		26	238	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Jordan Obita		21	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Chris Gunter		25	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Nathaniel Chalobah	10545	20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Jamie Mackie		29	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Daniel Williams		26	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Hal Robson-Kanu	90	25	191	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Garath McCleary	54	28	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Pavel Pogrebnyak	111	31	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

113

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

23Welbeck72

Danny Welbeck

England

B.date26/11/1990

Age24 years

H1m85

positionStriker

17Sánchez39106

Alexis Sánchez

Chile

B.date19/12/1988

Age26 years

H1m71

positionVersatile Forward

11Özil

Mesut Özil

Germany

B.date15/10/1988

Age26 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

16Ramsey

Aaron Ramsey

Wales

B.date26/12/1990

Age24 years

H1m78

positionBox-to-box midfielder

19Cazorla

Santi Cazorla

Spain

B.date13/12/1984

Age30 years

H1m68

positionBox-to-box midfielder

34Coquelin101

Francis Coquelin

France

B.date13/05/1991

Age23 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

3Gibbs

Kieran Gibbs

England

B.date26/09/1989

Age25 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

6Koscielny

Laurent Koscielny

France

B.date10/09/1985

Age29 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

4Mertesacker63

Per Mertesacker

Germany

B.date29/09/1984

Age30 years

H1m98

positionRight central defender

2Debuchy

Mathieu Debuchy

France

B.date28/07/1985

Age29 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

1Szczesny

Wojciech Szczesny

Poland

B.date18/04/1990

Age24 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Wojciech Szczesny		24	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Per Mertesacker	63	30	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Laurent Koscielny		29	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Kieran Gibbs		25	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Mathieu Debuchy		29	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	M	Francis Coquelin	101	23	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Aaron Ramsey		24	218	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Santi Cazorla		30	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Mesut Özil		26	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Danny Welbeck	72	24	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Alexis Sánchez	39106	26	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

118

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
21	M	Jem Karacan	90	26	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Simon Cox	105	27	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Yakubu Ayegbeni	111	32	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
5	D	Gabriel Paulista	63108	24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Theo Walcott	101	26	295	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Olivier Giroud	72	28	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Daniel Williams

Jem Karacan

OUT

Pavel Pogrebnyak

Nathan Aké

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kieran Gibbs

Nacho Monreal

OUT

Danny Welbeck

Olivier Giroud

OUT

Wojciech Szczesny

David Ospina

OUT

Mathieu Debuchy

Héctor Bellerín

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Clarke

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

32 %

Clarke vs Arsenal

0 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 2015

Clarke vs Wenger

0 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 2015

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

1059

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Wenger vs Reading

9 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 18, 2015

Wenger vs Clarke

3 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on April 18, 2015

Referee

Martin Atkinson

2 victories	3 draws	6 losses	Reading11 matches	General total	Arsenal68 matches	31 victories	13 draws	24 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Reading1 match	Season total	Arsenal1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 16, 2017					Latest figure on February 24, 2022

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Key figures

It's the first time Garath McCleary scores 1 goal vs Arsenal in his professional career

Reading keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Arsenal in FA Cup running (since 16/02/1935). It's a record streak. The first of history

Arsenal keeps its 19 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 04/01/2015). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 20/04/2013-26/10/2013 time period (20 matches).

Read the next 26 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LReading 0-3 Nottingham Forest28/02/2015

VReading 2-1 Brighton & Hove10/03/2015

VReading 3-0 Bradford16/03/2015

DReading 1-1 Cardiff City04/04/2015

DReading 0-0 Blackburn11/04/2015

LReading 0-1 Bournemouth14/04/2015

Overall

VReading 3-0 Bradford16/03/2015

LCharlton 3-2 Reading21/03/2015

DReading 1-1 Cardiff City04/04/2015

DBlackpool 1-1 Reading07/04/2015

DReading 0-0 Blackburn11/04/2015

LReading 0-1 Bournemouth14/04/2015

Current form

Away

VCrystal Palace 1-2 Arsenal21/02/2015

VQueens Park Rangers 1-2 Arsenal04/03/2015

VManchester United 1-2 Arsenal09/03/2015

VMonaco 0-2 Arsenal17/03/2015

VNewcastle United 1-2 Arsenal21/03/2015

VBurnley 0-1 Arsenal11/04/2015

Overall

VManchester United 1-2 Arsenal09/03/2015

VArsenal 3-0 West Ham14/03/2015

VMonaco 0-2 Arsenal17/03/2015

VNewcastle United 1-2 Arsenal21/03/2015

VArsenal 4-1 Liverpool04/04/2015

VBurnley 0-1 Arsenal11/04/2015

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	3	5
Drawless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	2	2
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	6	8
Unbeaten streak	6	8
Drawless streak	11	21
Scoring streak	9	18
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

0	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	3
0	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	4
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
4	Victories (Competition total)	4
1	Victories (Home / Away)	2
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	9
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1.6	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.25
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.5
0.4	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.75
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
3-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-2 (1 times)

Bookings

8	Yellow cards (Competition total)	5
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Hal Robson-Kanu	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Olivier Giroud
Jamie Mackie	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Tomas Rosicky
Chris Gunter	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Alexis Sánchez
Chris Gunter	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Tomas Rosicky
Garath McCleary	1 goal, 1 assist during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 3 matches	Olivier Giroud

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

0 v

0 d

7 l

10 gf

25 ga

Away

5 matches

0 v

0 d

5 l

2 gf

12 ga

Total

12 matches

0 v

0 d

12 l

12 gf

37 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

5 v

0 d

0 l

12 gf

2 ga

Away

7 matches

7 v

0 d

0 l

25 gf

10 ga

Total

12 matches

12 v

0 d

0 l

37 gf

12 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 22, 2006
Away	4 - 0	October 22, 2006

Latest head to head

March 30, 2013 - Premier League 2012/2013

Arsenal

4 - 1

Reading

December 17, 2012 - Premier League 2012/2013

Reading

2 - 5

Arsenal

October 30, 2012 - League Cup 2012/2013

Reading

5 - 7

Arsenal

April 19, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Arsenal

2 - 0

Reading

November 12, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Reading

1 - 3

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Hal Robson-Kanu	1 goal	2013 - 2013
Noel Hunt	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Pavel Pogrebnyak	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Tony Wagstaff	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Adam Le Fondre	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Nicky Shorey	1 goal	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/02/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Reading

Santi Cazorla	4 goals	2012 - 2013
Theo Walcott	3 goals	2012 - 2012
Thierry Henry	2 goals	2006 - 2006
Olivier Giroud	2 goals	2012 - 2013
Robin van Persie	2 goals	2005 - 2006
Alexander Hleb	2 goals	2006 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/02/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Nicky Shorey	7 matches	2005 - 2013
Marcus Hahnemann	5 matches	2005 - 2008
Ívar Ingimarsson	5 matches	2005 - 2008
James Harper	5 matches	2005 - 2008
Dave Kitson	4 matches	2005 - 2008
Kevin Doyle	4 matches	2005 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/02/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Theo Walcott	6 matches	2006 - 2012
William Gallas	4 matches	2006 - 2008
Cesc Fàbregas	4 matches	2006 - 2008
Alexander Hleb	4 matches	2006 - 2008
Johan Djourou	4 matches	2005 - 2012
Olivier Giroud	3 matches	2012 - 2013