Arsenal vs Man City

2 February 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Peter Bankes

Full time 5 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Martin Odegaard 2’
  • Thomas Partey 57’
  • Myles Lewis-Skelly 62’
  • Kai Havertz 76’
  • Ethan Nwaneri 90+3’
  • Erling Haaland 55’

Match summary

Arsenal won comfortably, 5-1 at home to Man City. Arsenal led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Martin Odegaard put Arsenal ahead in the 2nd minute, set up by Kai Havertz. In the second half, Erling Haaland equalised with a header in the 55th minute, set up by Sávio, Thomas Partey put Arsenal back in front in the 57th minute, Myles Lewis-Skelly made it 3-1 in the 62nd minute, set up by Declan Rice, Kai Havertz made it 4-1 in the 76th minute, set up by Gabriel Martinelli, and Ethan Nwaneri made it 5-1 in stoppage time, set up by Declan Rice.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 1.53 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Man City's 0.74 from 7.

Match stats

Arsenal Man City
12 Shots 7
7 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1.53 xG 0.74
1.53 Non-penalty xG 0.74
6 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Arsenal Man City
Kick-off
Martin Odegaard
Assist: Kai Havertz1-0 (Arsenal)
2’
Half-time1-0
55’
Erling Haaland
Assist: Sávio1-1 (Man City)
Thomas Partey2-1 (Arsenal)
57’
Myles Lewis-Skelly
Assist: Declan Rice3-1 (Arsenal)
62’
Kai Havertz
Assist: Gabriel Martinelli4-1 (Arsenal)
76’
Ethan Nwaneri
Assist: Declan Rice5-1 (Arsenal)
90+3’
Full-time5-1

Bookings

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

Arsenal
  • Jurriën Timber
  • Martin Odegaard

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 1.53 0.74 2’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), 1-0 2’ 55’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 1-1 55’ 57’ Thomas Partey (Arsenal), 2-1 57’ 62’ Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal), 3-1 62’ 76’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), 4-1 76’ 90+3’ Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal), 5-1 90+3’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.53 0.74 2’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), 1-0 Odegaard 2’ 55’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 1-1 Haaland 55’ 57’ Thomas Partey (Arsenal), 2-1 Partey 57’ 62’ Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal), 3-1 Lewis-Skelly 62’ 76’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), 4-1 Havertz 76’ 90+3’ Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal), 5-1 Nwaneri 90+3’
Arsenal 1.53 xGMan City 0.74 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Man City attacking Arsenal attacking 
2’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 55’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 26’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.40 xG, off target 68’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 76’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 60’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 62’ Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 33’ Manuel Akanji (Man City), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 81’ Gabriel (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 23’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 24’ Sávio (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+3’ Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 44’ Sávio (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 45’ Mateo Kovacic (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 57’ Thomas Partey (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 18’ Omar Marmoush (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 1’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 28’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 89’ Jurriën Timber (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 2’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 55’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 26’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.40 xG, off target 68’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 76’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 60’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 62’ Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 33’ Manuel Akanji (Man City), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 81’ Gabriel (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 23’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 24’ Sávio (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+3’ Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 44’ Sávio (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 45’ Mateo Kovacic (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 57’ Thomas Partey (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 18’ Omar Marmoush (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 1’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 28’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 89’ Jurriën Timber (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
David Raya GK900 0.000.000
Jurriën Timber DEF901 0.020.000
Gabriel DEF901 0.080.000
William Saliba DEF900 0.000.000
Myles Lewis-Skelly DEF9011 0.090.000
Thomas Partey MID9011 0.040.091
Declan Rice MID9020 0.000.704
Martin Odegaard MID8512 0.450.000
Gabriel Martinelli FWD9011 0.150.152
Kai Havertz FWD90114 0.650.431
Leandro Trossard FWD850 0.000.000
Mikel Merino Sub50 0.000.000
Ethan Nwaneri Sub511 0.050.021
Riccardo Calafiori Sub10 0.000.000
Raheem Sterling Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 50% Avg odds 1.91
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.93
Man City win 25% Avg odds 3.81

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

Form going into the game

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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.