Arsenal vs Leeds

8 May 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Eddie Nketiah 5’, 10’
  • Diego Llorente 66’

Match summary

Arsenal won 2-1 at home to Leeds. Arsenal led 2-0 at half-time.

Eddie Nketiah put Arsenal ahead in the 5th minute, Nketiah made it 2-0 in the 10th minute, set up by Gabriel Martinelli, and Diego Llorente pulled one back to make it 2-1 from a corner in the 66th minute, set up by Júnior Firpo.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 2.72 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Leeds's 0.70 from 3. Leeds had a player sent off.

Match stats

Arsenal Leeds
19 Shots 3
9 Shots on Target 2
8 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 1
2.72 xG 0.70
2.72 Non-penalty xG 0.70
14 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Arsenal Leeds
Kick-off
Eddie Nketiah1-0 (Arsenal)
5’
Eddie Nketiah
Assist: Gabriel Martinelli2-0 (Arsenal)
10’
Half-time2-0
66’
Diego Llorente
Assist: Júnior Firpo2-1 (Leeds)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Arsenal
  • Gabriel
  • Takehiro Tomiyasu
Leeds
  • Luke Ayling
  • Mateusz Klich
  • Raphinha

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.72 0.70 5’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), 1-0 5’ 10’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), 2-0 10’ 66’ Diego Llorente (Leeds), 2-1 66’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.72 0.70 5’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), 1-0 Nketiah 5’ 10’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), 2-0 Nketiah 10’ 66’ Diego Llorente (Leeds), 2-1 Llorente 66’
Arsenal 2.72 xGLeeds 0.70 xG Goal

Tap a goal for the scorer and score.

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Leeds attacking Arsenal attacking 
5’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.66 xG, goal 60’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.47 xG, off target 10’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.45 xG, goal 66’ Diego Llorente (Leeds), from a corner, 0.34 xG, goal 90+3’ Rodrigo (Leeds), set piece, 0.33 xG, saved 38’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 18’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 51’ Gabriel (Arsenal), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 75’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 62’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 3’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 85’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, saved 24’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 29’ Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 55’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 39’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 23’ Cédric Soares (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 58’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 90’ Kalvin Phillips (Leeds), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 8’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 40’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 77’ Gabriel (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 5’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.66 xG, goal 60’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.47 xG, off target 10’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.45 xG, goal 66’ Diego Llorente (Leeds), from a corner, 0.34 xG, goal 90+3’ Rodrigo (Leeds), set piece, 0.33 xG, saved 38’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 18’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 51’ Gabriel (Arsenal), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 75’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 3’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 62’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 85’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, saved 24’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 29’ Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 55’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 39’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 23’ Cédric Soares (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 58’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 90’ Kalvin Phillips (Leeds), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 8’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 40’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 77’ Gabriel (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Aaron Ramsdale GK900 0.000.000
Cédric Soares DEF901 0.040.011
Gabriel DEF902 0.130.000
Rob Holding DEF900 0.000.000
Takehiro Tomiyasu DEF901 0.060.132
Mohamed Elneny MID900 0.000.111
Martin Odegaard MID903 0.250.203
Granit Xhaka MID901 0.010.303
Bukayo Saka FWD722 0.090.000
Eddie Nketiah FWD9025 1.360.000
Gabriel Martinelli FWD8214 0.760.582
Nicolas Pepe Sub180 0.000.000
Emile Smith-Rowe Sub80 0.000.000
Alexandre Lacazette Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 63% Avg odds 1.53
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.51
Leeds win 16% Avg odds 6.21

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

Form going into the game

Arsenal LLWWW
Leeds WDWDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Leeds 1-4 Arsenal, 18 Dec 21 Next meeting: Leeds 0-1 Arsenal, 16 Oct 22  All Arsenal vs Leeds 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.