Arsenal vs Man City

21 February 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Raheem Sterling 2’

Match summary

Man City beat Arsenal 1-0 on the road. Man City led 1-0 at half-time.

Raheem Sterling put Man City ahead with a header in the 2nd minute, set up by Riyad Mahrez.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 2.09 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Arsenal's 0.33 from 7.

Match stats

Arsenal Man City
7 Shots 15
1 Shots on Target 3
1 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.33 xG 2.09
0.33 Non-penalty xG 2.09
6 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Arsenal Man City
Kick-off
2’
Raheem Sterling
Assist: Riyad Mahrez0-1 (Man City)
Half-time0-1
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Arsenal
  • Héctor Bellerín
  • Granit Xhaka
Man City
  • João Cancelo
  • Bernardo Silva

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.33 2.09 2’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 0-1 2’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.33 2.09 2’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 0-1 Sterling 2’
Arsenal 0.33 xGMan City 2.09 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Man City attacking Arsenal attacking 
2’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.56 xG, goal 6’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 80’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 34’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 27’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 56’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 56’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 77’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 8’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 48’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 18’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 44’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 50’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 52’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 47’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 56’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 70’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 8’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 57’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 30’ Kieran Tierney (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 73’ Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 2’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.56 xG, goal 6’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 80’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 34’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 27’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 90’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 56’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 77’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 56’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 8’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 48’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 18’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 44’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 50’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 52’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 70’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 47’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 56’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 8’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 57’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 30’ Kieran Tierney (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 73’ Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Bernd Leno GK900 0.000.000
Héctor Bellerín DEF900 0.000.000
Pablo Marí DEF900 0.000.000
Rob Holding DEF830 0.000.000
Kieran Tierney DEF901 0.020.122
Granit Xhaka MID900 0.000.072
Mohamed Elneny MID871 0.020.000
Nicolas Pepe MID742 0.110.000
Martin Odegaard MID740 0.000.000
Bukayo Saka MID903 0.190.000
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang FWD900 0.000.000
Alexandre Lacazette Sub160 0.000.000
Emile Smith-Rowe Sub160 0.000.000
David Luiz Sub70 0.000.000
Dani Ceballos Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 14% Avg odds 6.84
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.59
Man City win 65% Avg odds 1.47

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

Form going into the game

Arsenal WDLLW
Man City WWWWW

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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.