Arsenal vs Man City

8 October 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Gabriel Martinelli 86’

Match summary

Arsenal won 1-0 at home to Man City, with a late winner. It was goalless at half-time.

Gabriel Martinelli put Arsenal ahead in the 86th minute, set up by Kai Havertz.

Man City can feel hard done by, creating 0.86 expected goals (xG) from 4 shots to Arsenal's 0.39 from 12.

Match stats

Arsenal Man City
12 Shots 4
2 Shots on Target 1
5 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.39 xG 0.86
0.39 Non-penalty xG 0.86
9 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Arsenal Man City
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Gabriel Martinelli
Assist: Kai Havertz1-0 (Arsenal)
86’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Arsenal
  • Jorginho
  • Gabriel Jesus
Man City
  • Ederson
  • Mateo Kovacic
  • 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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.39 0.86 86’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), 1-0 86’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.39 0.86 86’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), 1-0 Martinelli 86’
Arsenal 0.39 xGMan City 0.86 xG Goal

Tap a goal for the scorer and score.

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Man City attacking Arsenal attacking 
5’ Nathan Aké (Man City), from a corner, 0.45 xG, off target 4’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), from a corner, 0.31 xG, blocked 58’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 51’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 63’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 38’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 9’ Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 26’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 62’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 86’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 38’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 50’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 9’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 34’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 63’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 5’ Nathan Aké (Man City), from a corner, 0.45 xG, off target 4’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), from a corner, 0.31 xG, blocked 58’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 51’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 63’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 38’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 9’ Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 26’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 62’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 86’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 38’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 50’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 9’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 34’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 63’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (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
David Raya GK900 0.000.000
Ben White DEF900 0.000.062
Gabriel DEF900 0.000.000
William Saliba DEF900 0.000.000
Oleksandr Zinchenko DEF763 0.080.041
Martin Odegaard MID903 0.070.052
Declan Rice MID900 0.000.102
Jorginho MID760 0.000.000
Gabriel Jesus FWD901 0.040.000
Eddie Nketiah FWD763 0.110.000
Leandro Trossard FWD470 0.000.041
Gabriel Martinelli Sub4312 0.080.011
Kai Havertz Sub1410 0.000.031
Thomas Partey Sub140 0.000.000
Takehiro Tomiyasu Sub140 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 32% Avg odds 3.00
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.30
Man City win 39% Avg odds 2.50

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

Form going into the game

Arsenal DWWDW
Man City WWWWL

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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.