Man City vs Arsenal

28 August 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 5 – 0

Half-time: 3–0

  • Ilkay Gündogan 7’
  • Ferrán Torres 12’, 84’
  • Gabriel Jesus 43’
  • Rodri 53’

Match summary

Man City won comfortably, 5-0 at home to Arsenal. Man City led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ilkay Gündogan put Man City ahead with a header in the 7th minute, set up by Gabriel Jesus, Ferrán Torres made it 2-0 in the 12th minute, and Gabriel Jesus made it 3-0 in the 43rd minute, set up by Jack Grealish. In the second half, Rodri made it 4-0 in the 53rd minute, set up by Ferrán Torres and Torres made it 5-0 with a header in the 84th minute, set up by Riyad Mahrez.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 4.48 expected goals (xG) from 25 shots to Arsenal's 0.12 from 1. Arsenal had a player sent off.

Match stats

Man City Arsenal
25 Shots 1
10 Shots on Target 0
14 Corners 0
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 1
4.47 xG 0.12
4.47 Non-penalty xG 0.12
14 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Man City Arsenal
Kick-off
Ilkay Gündogan
Assist: Gabriel Jesus1-0 (Man City)
7’
Ferrán Torres2-0 (Man City)
12’
Gabriel Jesus
Assist: Jack Grealish3-0 (Man City)
43’
Half-time3-0
Rodri
Assist: Ferrán Torres4-0 (Man City)
53’
Ferrán Torres
Assist: Riyad Mahrez5-0 (Man City)
84’
Full-time5-0

Bookings

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

Man City
  • Rodri
Arsenal
  • Granit Xhaka
  • Cédric Soares
  • Sead Kolasinac

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 5 6 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.48 0.12 7’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 1-0 7’ 12’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), 2-0 12’ 43’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), 3-0 43’ 53’ Rodri (Man City), 4-0 53’ 84’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), 5-0 84’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.48 0.12 7’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 1-0 Gündogan 7’ 12’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), 2-0 Torres 12’ 43’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), 3-0 Jesus 43’ 53’ Rodri (Man City), 4-0 Rodri 53’ 84’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), 5-0 Torres 84’
Man City 4.48 xGArsenal 0.12 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Arsenal attacking Man City attacking 
43’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.68 xG, goal 90+2’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.60 xG, saved 12’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), set piece, 0.58 xG, goal 84’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 77’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.43 xG, saved 68’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 7’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 17’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 6’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 76’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 50’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 65’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 90+1’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 52’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 63’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 88’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 87’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 86’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 51’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 68’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 87’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 38’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 53’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 56’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 39’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 43’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.68 xG, goal 90+2’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.60 xG, saved 12’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), set piece, 0.58 xG, goal 84’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 77’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.43 xG, saved 68’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 7’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 17’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 6’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 50’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 76’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 65’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 90+1’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 52’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 63’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 88’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 87’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 86’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 87’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 51’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 68’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 38’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 53’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 56’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 39’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ederson GK900 0.000.000
Kyle Walker DEF490 0.000.000
Rúben Dias DEF900 0.000.152
Aymeric Laporte DEF905 0.320.000
João Cancelo DEF901 0.600.000
Ilkay Gündogan MID9013 0.220.702
Rodri MID9012 0.050.122
Bernardo Silva MID611 0.110.000
Gabriel Jesus FWD64111 0.680.324
Ferrán Torres FWD90214 1.250.021
Jack Grealish FWD9011 0.101.096
Oleksandr Zinchenko Sub411 0.020.000
Raheem Sterling Sub294 0.950.111
Riyad Mahrez Sub2612 0.191.303

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 72% Avg odds 1.34
Draw 18% Avg odds 5.24
Arsenal win 10% Avg odds 9.86

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

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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.