Arsenal vs Luton

3 April 2024 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Martin Odegaard 24’
  • Daiki Hashioka 44’ (og)

Match summary

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

Martin Odegaard put Arsenal ahead in the 24th minute, set up by Kai Havertz and Hashioka's own goal made it 2-0 in the 44th minute.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 1.19 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Luton's 0.29 from 5.

Match stats

Arsenal Luton
13 Shots 5
4 Shots on Target 1
3 Corners 1
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.14 xG 0.29
1.14 Non-penalty xG 0.29
14 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Arsenal Luton
Kick-off
Martin Odegaard
Assist: Kai Havertz1-0 (Arsenal)
24’
Daiki Hashioka
Own goal2-0 (Arsenal)
44’
Half-time2-0
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Arsenal
  • Kai Havertz
Luton
  • Fred Onyedinma

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.19 0.29 24’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), 1-0 24’ 44’ Daiki Hashioka (Arsenal) own goal, 2-0 44’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.19 0.29 24’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), 1-0 Odegaard 24’ 44’ Daiki Hashioka (Arsenal) own goal, 2-0 Hashioka 44’
Arsenal 1.19 xGLuton 0.29 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Luton attacking Arsenal attacking 
24’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 34’ Reiss Nelson (Arsenal), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 34’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 34’ Emile Smith-Rowe (Arsenal), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 90+4’ Ross Barkley (Luton), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 20’ Emile Smith-Rowe (Arsenal), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 41’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 8’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 23’ Leandro Trossard (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 42’ Leandro Trossard (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 51’ Ross Barkley (Luton), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 88’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90’ Luke Berry (Luton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 87’ Daiki Hashioka (Luton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 30’ Jordan Clark (Luton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 8’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 80’ Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 13’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 44’ Daiki Hashioka (Luton), own goal 24’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 34’ Reiss Nelson (Arsenal), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 34’ Emile Smith-Rowe (Arsenal), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 34’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 90+4’ Ross Barkley (Luton), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 20’ Emile Smith-Rowe (Arsenal), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 41’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 8’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 23’ Leandro Trossard (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 42’ Leandro Trossard (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 51’ Ross Barkley (Luton), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 88’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90’ Luke Berry (Luton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 87’ Daiki Hashioka (Luton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 30’ Jordan Clark (Luton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 8’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 80’ Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 13’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 44’ Daiki Hashioka (Luton), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
David Raya GK900 0.000.000
Ben White DEF900 0.000.000
Gabriel DEF900 0.000.000
William Saliba DEF900 0.000.000
Oleksandr Zinchenko DEF791 0.030.061
Martin Odegaard MID9013 0.510.162
Emile Smith-Rowe MID902 0.210.082
Thomas Partey MID720 0.000.000
Reiss Nelson FWD801 0.140.071
Kai Havertz FWD7112 0.140.361
Leandro Trossard FWD902 0.110.031
Eddie Nketiah Sub191 0.040.000
Declan Rice Sub180 0.000.000
Takehiro Tomiyasu Sub111 0.030.000
Gabriel Martinelli Sub100 0.000.000
Jorginho Sub10 0.000.041

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 85% Avg odds 1.13
Draw 10% Avg odds 9.75
Luton win 5% Avg odds 19.39

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

Form going into the game

Arsenal WWWWD
Luton LDLDL

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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.