Arsenal vs Sheffield United

28 October 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Tim Robinson

Full time 5 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Eddie Nketiah 28’, 50’, 58’
  • Fábio Vieira 88’ (pen)
  • Takehiro Tomiyasu 90+6’

Match summary

Arsenal won comfortably, 5-0 at home to Sheffield United. Arsenal led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Eddie Nketiah put Arsenal ahead in the 28th minute, set up by Declan Rice. In the second half, Nketiah made it 2-0 from a corner in the 50th minute, Nketiah made it 3-0 in the 58th minute, set up by Emile Smith-Rowe, Fábio Vieira made it 4-0 from the penalty spot in the 88th minute, and Takehiro Tomiyasu made it 5-0 from a corner in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 3.03 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Sheffield United's 0.03 from 2.

Match stats

Arsenal Sheffield United
13 Shots 2
8 Shots on Target 0
6 Corners 1
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
3.03 xG 0.03
2.27 Non-penalty xG 0.03
9 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Arsenal Sheffield United
Kick-off
Eddie Nketiah
Assist: Declan Rice1-0 (Arsenal)
28’
Half-time1-0
Eddie Nketiah2-0 (Arsenal)
50’
Eddie Nketiah
Assist: Emile Smith-Rowe3-0 (Arsenal)
58’
Fábio Vieira
Penalty4-0 (Arsenal)
88’
Takehiro Tomiyasu5-0 (Arsenal)
90+6’
Full-time5-0

Bookings

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

Sheffield United
  • Jayden Bogle
  • Oliver Norwood
  • Ben Osborn

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 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.03 0.03 28’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), 1-0 28’ 50’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), 2-0 50’ 58’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), 3-0 58’ 88’ Fábio Vieira (Arsenal), 4-0 88’ 90+6’ Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal), 5-0 90+6’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.03 0.03 28’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), 1-0 Nketiah 28’ 50’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), 2-0 Nketiah 50’ 58’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), 3-0 Nketiah 58’ 88’ Fábio Vieira (Arsenal), 4-0 Vieira 88’ 90+6’ Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal), 5-0 Tomiyasu 90+6’
Arsenal 3.03 xGSheffield United 0.03 xG Goal

Tap a goal for the scorer and score.

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Sheffield United attacking Arsenal attacking 
88’ Fábio Vieira (Arsenal), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+10’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.56 xG, off target 28’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 50’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.54 xG, goal 43’ Emile Smith-Rowe (Arsenal), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 90+6’ Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.12 xG, goal 90+6’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 41’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 62’ Ben White (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 58’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 6’ Declan Rice (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 76’ Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 15’ Gustavo Hamer (Sheffield United), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 42’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 21’ James McAtee (Sheffield United), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 88’ Fábio Vieira (Arsenal), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+10’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.56 xG, off target 28’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 50’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.54 xG, goal 43’ Emile Smith-Rowe (Arsenal), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 90+6’ Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.12 xG, goal 90+6’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 41’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 62’ Ben White (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 58’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 6’ Declan Rice (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 76’ Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 15’ Gustavo Hamer (Sheffield United), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 42’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 21’ James McAtee (Sheffield United), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
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 DEF691 0.070.000
William Saliba DEF900 0.000.000
Jakub Kiwior DEF900 0.000.000
Oleksandr Zinchenko DEF901 0.010.561
Kai Havertz MID901 0.560.091
Declan Rice MID9011 0.040.551
Emile Smith-Rowe MID7611 0.120.051
Bukayo Saka FWD760 0.000.081
Eddie Nketiah FWD9034 1.240.000
Gabriel Martinelli FWD691 0.080.233
Leandro Trossard Sub210 0.000.000
Takehiro Tomiyasu Sub2112 0.150.000
Fábio Vieira Sub1411 0.760.000
Reiss Nelson Sub140 0.000.000
Mohamed Elneny Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 86% Avg odds 1.13
Draw 10% Avg odds 9.57
Sheffield United win 4% Avg odds 21.80

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

Form going into the game

Arsenal WDWWD
Sheffield United LLLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Sheffield United 0-3 Arsenal, 11 Apr 21 Next meeting: Sheffield United 0-6 Arsenal, 04 Mar 24  All Arsenal vs Sheffield United meetings

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.