Arsenal vs Man City

15 December 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 0 – 3

Half-time: 0–3

  • Kevin De Bruyne 2’, 40’
  • Raheem Sterling 15’

Match summary

Man City won comfortably, 3-0 away at Arsenal. Man City led 3-0 at half-time.

Kevin De Bruyne put Man City ahead in the 2nd minute, set up by Gabriel Jesus, Raheem Sterling made it 0-2 in the 15th minute, set up by Kevin De Bruyne, and De Bruyne made it 0-3 in the 40th minute, set up by Phil Foden.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 1.70 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Arsenal's 0.28 from 6.

Match stats

Arsenal Man City
6 Shots 14
1 Shots on Target 7
3 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
0.28 xG 1.70
0.28 Non-penalty xG 1.70
1 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Arsenal Man City
Kick-off
2’
Kevin De Bruyne
Assist: Gabriel Jesus
0-1 (Man City)
15’
Raheem Sterling
Assist: Kevin De Bruyne
0-2 (Man City)
40’
Kevin De Bruyne
Assist: Phil Foden
0-3 (Man City)
Half-time0-3
Full-time0-3

Bookings

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

Arsenal
  • Sokratis
Man City
  • Fernandinho
  • Benjamin Mendy
  • Ilkay Gündogan
  • Rodri

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.28 1.70 2’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), 0-1 2’ 15’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 0-2 15’ 40’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), 0-3 40’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.28 1.70 2’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), 0-1 De Bruyne 2’ 15’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 0-2 Sterling 15’ 40’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), 0-3 De Bruyne 40’
Arsenal 0.28 xGMan City 1.70 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Man City attacking Arsenal attacking 
15’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 62’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 52’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 90’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 86’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 1’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 55’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 62’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 2’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 48’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 40’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 77’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 27’ Matteo Guendouzi (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 75’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 8’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 43’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 45’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 73’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 22’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Lucas Torreira (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 15’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 62’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 90’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 52’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 86’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 1’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 55’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 62’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 2’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 48’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 40’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 77’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 27’ Matteo Guendouzi (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 75’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 8’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 43’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 45’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 73’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 22’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Lucas Torreira (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
Ainsley Maitland-Niles DEF900 0.000.081
Sokratis DEF900 0.000.000
Calum Chambers DEF900 0.000.000
Sead Kolasinac DEF390 0.000.000
Matteo Guendouzi MID901 0.040.000
Lucas Torreira MID841 0.020.021
Nicolas Pepe MID901 0.040.000
Mesut Özil MID620 0.000.021
Gabriel Martinelli MID901 0.090.000
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang FWD902 0.100.000
Bukayo Saka Sub510 0.000.000
Emile Smith-Rowe Sub280 0.000.000
Joe Willock Sub60 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 14% Avg odds 6.70
Draw 17% Avg odds 5.78
Man City win 69% Avg odds 1.39

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

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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.