Arsenal vs Fulham

26 August 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

Bukayo Saka 70’ (pen)
Eddie Nketiah 72’

Andreas Pereira 1’
João Palhinha 87’

Match summary

Arsenal and Fulham drew 2-2. Fulham led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Andreas Pereira put Fulham ahead in the first minute. In the second half, Bukayo Saka equalised from the penalty spot in the 70th minute, Eddie Nketiah put Arsenal in front in the 72nd minute, set up by Fábio Vieira, and João Palhinha equalised from a corner in the 87th minute, set up by Harrison Reed.

Arsenal had the better of the chances, with 3.24 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Fulham's 0.85 from 8. Fulham had a player sent off.

Match stats

19 Shots 8

11 Shots on Target 3

8 Corners 3

0 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 1

3.23 xG 0.85

2.47 Non-penalty xG 0.85

22 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Arsenal Fulham

Kick-off

1’

Andreas Pereira

0-1

Half-time0-1

Bukayo Saka
Penalty

1-1

70’

Eddie Nketiah
Assist: Fábio Vieira

2-1

72’

87’

João Palhinha
Assist: Harrison Reed

2-2

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Fulham

Calvin Bassey
Kenny Tete
Sasa Lukic
Raúl Jiménez

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 3.24 xGFulham 0.85 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
Aaron Ramsdale	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thomas Partey	DEF	58			0	0.00	0.00	0
William Saliba	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.04	1
Ben White	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.10	2
Jakub Kiwior	DEF	90			1	0.57	0.00	0
Declan Rice	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Martin Odegaard	MID	86			3	0.10	0.00	0
Kai Havertz	MID	58			1	0.13	0.20	2
Bukayo Saka	FWD	90	1		3	1.34	0.23	4
Leandro Trossard	FWD	48			0	0.00	0.71	3
Gabriel Martinelli	FWD	90			4	0.39	0.00	0
Eddie Nketiah	Sub	42	1		4	0.54	0.00	0
Fábio Vieira	Sub	32		1	1	0.04	0.37	1
Oleksandr Zinchenko	Sub	32			0	0.00	0.11	2
Jorginho	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriel Jesus	Sub	1			1	0.06	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Bernd Leno	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kenny Tete	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Issa Diop	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Calvin Bassey	DEF	85			0	0.00	0.00	0
Antonee Robinson	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.43	1
João Palhinha	MID	90	1		2	0.13	0.00	0
Sasa Lukic	MID	73			1	0.03	0.00	0
Andreas Pereira	MID	65	1		1	0.01	0.02	1
Harry Wilson	FWD	73			1	0.02	0.00	0
Raúl Jiménez	FWD	90			2	0.22	0.00	0
Bobby Reid	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.12	1
Tom Cairney	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adama Traoré	Sub	17			1	0.43	0.00	0
Harrison Reed	Sub	17		1	0	0.00	0.06	1
Tosin Adarabioyo	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 75% Avg odds 1.27

Draw 16% Avg odds 5.98

Fulham win 9% Avg odds 10.95

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

Form going into the game

Arsenal L L W W W

Fulham W D L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Fulham 0-3 Arsenal, 12 Mar 23 Next meeting: Fulham 2-1 Arsenal, 31 Dec 23 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.