Arsenal vs West Brom

9 May 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Peter Bankes

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Emile Smith-Rowe 29’
Nicolas Pepe 35’
Willian 90’

Matheus Pereira 67’

Match summary

Arsenal beat West Brom 3-1. Arsenal led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Emile Smith-Rowe put Arsenal ahead in the 29th minute, set up by Bukayo Saka and Nicolas Pepe made it 2-0 in the 35th minute, set up by Calum Chambers. In the second half, Matheus Pereira pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 67th minute, set up by Conor Townsend and Willian made it 3-1 with a direct free kick in the 90th minute.

West Brom can feel hard done by, creating 1.83 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Arsenal's 1.07 from 15.

Match stats

15 Shots 12

7 Shots on Target 1

6 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.07 xG 1.83

1.07 Non-penalty xG 1.83

6 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Arsenal West Brom

Kick-off

Emile Smith-Rowe
Assist: Bukayo Saka

1-0

29’

Nicolas Pepe
Assist: Calum Chambers

2-0

35’

Half-time2-0

67’

Matheus Pereira
Assist: Conor Townsend

2-1

Willian

3-1

90’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Arsenal

Dani Ceballos

West Brom

Conor Gallagher
Hal Robson-Kanu

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.

Arsenal 1.07 xGWest Brom 1.83 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

West Brom attacking Arsenal attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Bernd Leno	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Calum Chambers	DEF	90		1	3	0.12	0.05	1
Gabriel	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.03	1
Rob Holding	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bukayo Saka	DEF	90		1	1	0.09	0.43	2
Mohamed Elneny	MID	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Dani Ceballos	MID	77			0	0.00	0.00	0
Willian	MID	90	1		2	0.08	0.19	4
Emile Smith-Rowe	MID	64	1		2	0.42	0.00	0
Nicolas Pepe	MID	90	1		3	0.23	0.00	0
Gabriel Martinelli	FWD	61			2	0.08	0.12	1
Alexandre Lacazette	Sub	29			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kieran Tierney	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thomas Partey	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Sam Johnstone	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Darnell Furlong	DEF	90			2	0.53	0.00	0
Semi Ajayi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Kyle Bartley	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Conor Townsend	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.56	4
Callum Robinson	MID	69			2	0.39	0.00	0
Okay Yokuslu	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matt Phillips	MID	90			1	0.02	0.47	1
Matheus Pereira	MID	90	1		5	0.25	0.71	3
Conor Gallagher	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mbaye Diagne	FWD	57			1	0.63	0.00	0
Hal Robson-Kanu	Sub	33			0	0.00	0.00	0
Grady Diangana	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 64% Avg odds 1.50

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.50

West Brom win 14% Avg odds 6.74

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

Form going into the game

Arsenal L W D L W

West Brom W W L D D

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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.