Arsenal vs Fulham

1 January 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Graham Scott

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Granit Xhaka 25’
Alexandre Lacazette 55’
Aaron Ramsey 79’
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 83’

Aboubakar Kamara 69’

Match summary

Arsenal won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Fulham. Arsenal led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Granit Xhaka put Arsenal ahead in the 25th minute, set up by Alex Iwobi. In the second half, Alexandre Lacazette made it 2-0 in the 55th minute, set up by Sead Kolasinac, Aboubakar Kamara pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 69th minute, set up by Ryan Sessegnon, Aaron Ramsey made it 3-1 in the 79th minute, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang made it 4-1 from a corner in the 83rd minute, set up by Sokratis.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 4.44 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Fulham's 1.71 from 9.

Match stats

16 Shots 9

9 Shots on Target 4

8 Corners 3

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

4.43 xG 1.71

4.43 Non-penalty xG 1.71

21 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Arsenal Fulham

Kick-off

Granit Xhaka
Assist: Alex Iwobi

1-0

25’

Half-time1-0

Alexandre Lacazette
Assist: Sead Kolasinac

2-0

55’

69’

Aboubakar Kamara
Assist: Ryan Sessegnon

2-1

Aaron Ramsey

3-1

79’

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Assist: Sokratis

4-1

83’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Fulham

Timothy Fosu-Mensah

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 4.44 xGFulham 1.71 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Fulham 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
Laurent Koscielny	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sokratis	DEF	90		1	1	0.06	0.05	1
Shkodran Mustafi	DEF	47			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ainsley Maitland-Niles	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sead Kolasinac	MID	90		1	0	0.00	1.68	4
Matteo Guendouzi	MID	90			1	0.08	0.07	1
Granit Xhaka	MID	90	1		3	1.09	0.49	3
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	MID	90	1		6	1.81	0.17	2
Alex Iwobi	MID	84		1	1	0.03	1.46	3
Alexandre Lacazette	FWD	76	1		3	0.90	0.00	0
Lucas Torreira	Sub	43			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Ramsey	Sub	14	1		1	0.48	0.00	0
Bukayo Saka	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Sergio Rico	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Denis Odoi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maxime Le Marchand	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tim Ream	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cyrus Christie	MID	57			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joe Bryan	MID	90			1	0.02	0.40	1
Tom Cairney	MID	90			0	0.00	0.32	2
Ibrahima Cissé	MID	62			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ryan Sessegnon	FWD	90		1	1	0.31	0.64	2
Aleksandar Mitrovic	FWD	90			3	0.73	0.02	1
André Schürrle	FWD	62			2	0.06	0.00	1
Timothy Fosu-Mensah	Sub	33			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aboubakar Kamara	Sub	28	1		1	0.58	0.00	0
Jean Michael Seri	Sub	28			1	0.01	0.26	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 73% Bet365 odds 1.33

Draw 17% Bet365 odds 5.75

Fulham win 10% Bet365 odds 9.50

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

Form going into the game

Arsenal W L W D L

Fulham L L D D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Fulham 1-5 Arsenal, 07 Oct 18 Next meeting: Fulham 0-3 Arsenal, 12 Sep 20 All Arsenal vs Fulham 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.