Arsenal vs Everton

1 March 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

Bukayo Saka 40’
Gabriel Martinelli 45+1’, 80’
Martin Odegaard 71’

Match summary

Arsenal won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Everton. Arsenal led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Bukayo Saka put Arsenal ahead in the 40th minute, set up by Oleksandr Zinchenko and Gabriel Martinelli made it 2-0 in first-half stoppage time, set up by Bukayo Saka. In the second half, Martin Odegaard made it 3-0 in the 71st minute, set up by Leandro Trossard and Martinelli made it 4-0 in the 80th minute, set up by Eddie Nketiah.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 3.12 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Everton's 1.64 from 8.

Match stats

15 Shots 8

5 Shots on Target 5

5 Corners 1

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

3.07 xG 1.60

3.07 Non-penalty xG 1.60

13 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Arsenal Everton

Kick-off

Bukayo Saka
Assist: Oleksandr Zinchenko

1-0

40’

Gabriel Martinelli
Assist: Bukayo Saka

2-0

45+1’

Half-time2-0

Martin Odegaard
Assist: Leandro Trossard

3-0

71’

Gabriel Martinelli
Assist: Eddie Nketiah

4-0

80’

Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Everton

James Tarkowski
Ben Godfrey

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 3.12 xGEverton 1.64 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Everton 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
Aaron Ramsdale	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben White	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.14	1
Gabriel	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
William Saliba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Oleksandr Zinchenko	DEF	86		1	0	0.00	0.34	2
Martin Odegaard	MID	90	1		2	0.58	0.12	2
Granit Xhaka	MID	76			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jorginho	MID	50			1	0.03	0.00	0
Bukayo Saka	FWD	86	1	1	3	0.55	0.39	2
Leandro Trossard	FWD	76		1	1	0.14	0.54	1
Gabriel Martinelli	FWD	90	2		3	1.04	0.14	1
Thomas Partey	Sub	40			0	0.00	0.43	1
Fábio Vieira	Sub	14			3	0.21	0.00	0
Eddie Nketiah	Sub	14		1	1	0.43	0.67	1
Emile Smith-Rowe	Sub	4			1	0.14	0.00	0
Kieran Tierney	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jordan Pickford	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Seamus Coleman	DEF	65	0	0.00	0.00	0
Michael Keane	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
James Tarkowski	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Vitalii Mykolenko	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Alex Iwobi	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Amadou Onana	MID	90	0	0.00	0.04	1
Abdoulaye Doucouré	MID	83	0	0.00	0.15	2
Idrissa Gueye	MID	50	0	0.00	0.00	0
Dwight McNeil	MID	90	1	0.04	0.68	1
Neal Maupay	FWD	65	5	0.89	0.00	0
Mason Holgate	Sub	40	0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben Godfrey	Sub	25	0	0.00	0.06	1
Demarai Gray	Sub	25	1	0.06	0.00	0
Tom Davies	Sub	7	1	0.66	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 73% Avg odds 1.32

Draw 18% Avg odds 5.20

Everton win 9% Avg odds 11.22

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Arsenal L D L W W

Everton L W L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Everton 1-0 Arsenal, 04 Feb 23 Next meeting: Everton 0-1 Arsenal, 17 Sep 23 All Arsenal vs Everton meetings

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.