Arsenal vs Everton

22 May 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Andre Marriner

Full time 5 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

Gabriel Martinelli 27’ (pen)
Eddie Nketiah 31’
Cédric Soares 56’
Gabriel 59’
Martin Odegaard 82’

Donny van de Beek 45+3’

Match summary

Arsenal won comfortably, 5-1 at home to Everton. Arsenal led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Gabriel Martinelli put Arsenal ahead from the penalty spot in the 27th minute, Eddie Nketiah made it 2-0 with a header in the 31st minute, set up by Gabriel Martinelli, and Donny van de Beek pulled one back to make it 2-1 in first-half stoppage time, set up by Dominic Calvert-Lewin. In the second half, Cédric Soares made it 3-1 from a corner in the 56th minute, set up by Bukayo Saka, Gabriel made it 4-1 from a corner in the 59th minute, set up by Cédric Soares, and Martin Odegaard made it 5-1 in the 82nd minute, set up by Nicolas Pepe.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 4.39 expected goals (xG) from 26 shots to Everton's 1.09 from 6.

Match stats

26 Shots 6

9 Shots on Target 2

12 Corners 2

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

4.36 xG 1.09

3.59 Non-penalty xG 1.09

11 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Arsenal Everton

Kick-off

Gabriel Martinelli
Penalty

1-0

27’

Eddie Nketiah
Assist: Gabriel Martinelli

2-0

31’

45+3’

Donny van de Beek
Assist: Dominic Calvert-Lewin

2-1

Half-time2-1

Cédric Soares
Assist: Bukayo Saka

3-1

56’

Gabriel
Assist: Cédric Soares

4-1

59’

Martin Odegaard
Assist: Nicolas Pepe

5-1

82’

Full-time5-1

Bookings

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

Everton

Tom Davies

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 4.39 xGEverton 1.09 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
Cédric Soares	DEF	90	1	1	3	0.10	0.42	1
Gabriel	DEF	90	1		1	0.42	0.00	0
Rob Holding	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nuno Tavares	DEF	90			2	0.15	0.02	1
Mohamed Elneny	MID	90			2	0.04	0.00	0
Granit Xhaka	MID	66			1	0.02	0.17	2
Bukayo Saka	MID	81		1	3	0.29	0.09	2
Martin Odegaard	MID	90	1		3	0.22	0.29	5
Gabriel Martinelli	MID	90	1	1	4	2.21	0.62	3
Eddie Nketiah	FWD	70	1		3	0.64	0.16	2
Albert Sambi Lokonga	Sub	24			1	0.08	0.04	1
Alexandre Lacazette	Sub	20			2	0.17	0.00	0
Nicolas Pepe	Sub	9		1	1	0.04	0.09	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Asmir Begovic	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alex Iwobi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.10	1
Jarrad Branthwaite	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Michael Keane	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mason Holgate	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonjoe Kenny	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Demarai Gray	MID	90			3	0.14	0.00	0
Tom Davies	MID	80			0	0.00	0.00	0
Abdoulaye Doucouré	MID	36			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dele Alli	MID	70			0	0.00	0.02	1
Dominic Calvert-Lewin	FWD	90		1	1	0.02	0.94	2
Donny van de Beek	Sub	54	1		1	0.67	0.00	0
Anthony Gordon	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.02	1
Isaac Price	Sub	10			1	0.27	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 72% Avg odds 1.34

Draw 17% Avg odds 5.54

Everton win 11% Avg odds 8.95

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

Form going into the game

Arsenal W W W L L

Everton W W D L W

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Previous and next meeting

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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.