Arsenal vs Burnley

22 December 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Kevin Friend

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 14’, 48’
Alex Iwobi 90+1’

Ashley Barnes 63’

Match summary

Arsenal won 3-1 at home to Burnley. Arsenal led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang put Arsenal ahead in the 14th minute, set up by Sead Kolasinac. In the second half, Aubameyang made it 2-0 in the 48th minute, set up by Alexandre Lacazette, Ashley Barnes pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 63rd minute, set up by Kevin Long, and Alex Iwobi made it 3-1 in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 1.59 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Burnley's 1.03 from 7.

Match stats

10 Shots 7

6 Shots on Target 2

1 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 5

0 Red Cards 0

1.47 xG 1.03

1.47 Non-penalty xG 1.03

9 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Arsenal Burnley

Kick-off

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Assist: Sead Kolasinac

1-0

14’

Half-time1-0

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Assist: Alexandre Lacazette

2-0

48’

63’

Ashley Barnes
Assist: Kevin Long

2-1

Alex Iwobi

3-1

90+1’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Arsenal

Sokratis
Matteo Guendouzi

Burnley

Ben Mee
Jack Cork
Ashley Westwood
Chris Wood
Ashley Barnes

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Arsenal 1.59 xGBurnley 1.03 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Burnley attacking Arsenal attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Bernd Leno	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ainsley Maitland-Niles	DEF	90			2	0.17	0.00	0
Sokratis	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nacho Monreal	DEF	36			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sead Kolasinac	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.22	2
Matteo Guendouzi	MID	90			0	0.00	0.10	1
Granit Xhaka	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Mohamed Elneny	MID	61			2	0.21	0.00	0
Mesut Özil	MID	90			1	0.22	0.00	0
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	FWD	90	2		3	0.38	0.08	1
Alexandre Lacazette	FWD	80		1	0	0.00	0.23	2
Stephan Lichtsteiner	Sub	54			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Torreira	Sub	29			1	0.03	0.00	0
Alex Iwobi	Sub	10	1		1	0.55	0.22	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Joe Hart	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Phil Bardsley	DEF	85			1	0.01	0.00	0
Kevin Long	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.41	1
James Tarkowski	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben Mee	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Charlie Taylor	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Jeff Hendrick	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jack Cork	MID	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Ashley Westwood	MID	90			1	0.49	0.00	0
Chris Wood	FWD	79			0	0.00	0.04	1
Ashley Barnes	FWD	79	1		3	0.46	0.49	1
Matej Vydra	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sam Vokes	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthew Lowton	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 78% Bet365 odds 1.25

Draw 15% Bet365 odds 6.50

Burnley win 7% Bet365 odds 15.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Arsenal W W D W L

Burnley L L L W L

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.