Cardiff vs Arsenal

2 September 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–1

Víctor Camarasa 45+2’
Danny Ward 70’

Shkodran Mustafi 12’
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 62’
Alexandre Lacazette 81’

Match summary

Arsenal won 3-2 away at Cardiff. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Shkodran Mustafi put Arsenal ahead with a header in the 12th minute, set up by Granit Xhaka and Víctor Camarasa equalised in first-half stoppage time, set up by Joe Bennett. In the second half, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang put Arsenal back in front in the 62nd minute, set up by Alexandre Lacazette, Danny Ward equalised with a header in the 70th minute, set up by Sean Morrison, and Alexandre Lacazette won it in the 81st minute, set up by Lucas Torreira.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 1.42 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Cardiff's 0.77 from 14.

Match stats

14 Shots 17

3 Shots on Target 11

3 Corners 9

3 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

0.77 xG 1.41

0.77 Non-penalty xG 1.41

5 Deep Completions 15

Key events

Cardiff Arsenal

Kick-off

12’

Shkodran Mustafi
Assist: Granit Xhaka

0-1

Víctor Camarasa
Assist: Joe Bennett

1-1

45+2’

Half-time1-1

62’

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Assist: Alexandre Lacazette

1-2

Danny Ward
Assist: Sean Morrison

2-2

70’

81’

Alexandre Lacazette
Assist: Lucas Torreira

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Cardiff

Víctor Camarasa
Harry Arter
Junior Hoilett

Arsenal

Héctor Bellerín
Nacho Monreal
Matteo Guendouzi
Granit Xhaka

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.

Cardiff 0.77 xGArsenal 1.42 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Arsenal attacking Cardiff 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
Neil Etheridge	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bruno Ecuele Manga	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Sean Morrison	DEF	90		1	1	0.09	0.14	3
Sol Bamba	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Joe Bennett	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.09	1
Víctor Camarasa	MID	90	1		1	0.09	0.00	0
Harry Arter	MID	90			3	0.17	0.00	0
Joe Ralls	MID	90			1	0.11	0.00	0
Junior Hoilett	MID	90			3	0.08	0.00	0
Bobby Reid	FWD	90			2	0.14	0.04	1
Danny Ward	FWD	86	1		2	0.08	0.06	1
Kenneth Zohore	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.09	1
Gary Madine	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Petr Cech	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Héctor Bellerín	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Shkodran Mustafi	DEF	90	1		3	0.27	0.12	1
Sokratis	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nacho Monreal	DEF	90			2	0.43	0.00	0
Granit Xhaka	MID	90		1	2	0.08	0.19	3
Matteo Guendouzi	MID	72			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mesut Özil	MID	86			0	0.00	0.02	1
Aaron Ramsey	MID	90			2	0.13	0.31	4
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	MID	90	1		2	0.12	0.00	0
Alexandre Lacazette	FWD	90	1	1	5	0.37	0.10	3
Lucas Torreira	Sub	18		1	0	0.00	0.06	1
Danny Welbeck	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0
Henrikh Mkhitaryan	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Cardiff win 15% Bet365 odds 6.50

Draw 23% Bet365 odds 4.33

Arsenal win 62% Bet365 odds 1.57

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Cardiff L D D

Arsenal L L W

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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.