Arsenal
Everton
Match summary
Arsenal saw off Everton 2-0. Arsenal led 1-0 at half-time.
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo put Arsenal ahead from a corner in the 7th minute, set up by Viktor Gyokeres and Gabriel made it 2-0 with a header in the 68th minute, set up by Ben White.
The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 2.29 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Everton's 0.72 from 8.
Arsenal secured a 2-0 victory against Everton in the Premier League on matchday 8 after dominating the overall performance and territory throughout the encounter. The hosts controlled 58 percent of possession and registered 20 shots compared to the visitors' 8 attempts, while also managing 12 corners to 3 and completing 508 passes with an 87 percent accuracy rate. Arsenal constantly applied pressure through 103 attacks and 68 dangerous attacks, limiting Everton to 3 shots on target. Discipline was tested with 11 fouls committed by Arsenal and 13 by Everton, resulting in a total of 5 yellow cards distributed across the match.
The scoring opened quickly in the 7th minute when Ezri Konsa netted with a right foot shot to put Arsenal 1-0 ahead. Everton received a yellow card for a foul by Vitaliy Mykolenko in added time at the end of the first half. After the interval, Myles Lewis-Skelly was booked for a foul in the 58th minute, followed by a yellow card for Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta for an argument in the 64th minute. Everton's James Garner was then cautioned for argument in the 66th minute before Gabriel scored Arsenal's second goal with a right foot shot in the 68th minute. Multiple substitutions followed for both sides, and further yellow cards were shown to James Tarkowski and Everton manager David Moyes in the 79th minute before the match concluded at 2-0.
