Man City vs Arsenal

3 February 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

  • Sergio Agüero 1’, 44’, 61’
  • Laurent Koscielny 11’

Match summary

Man City beat Arsenal 3-1. Man City led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Sergio Agüero put Man City ahead with a header in the first minute, set up by Aymeric Laporte, Laurent Koscielny equalised with a header in the 11th minute, set up by Nacho Monreal, and Agüero put Man City back in front in the 44th minute, set up by Raheem Sterling. In the second half, Agüero made it 3-1 in the 61st minute, set up by Raheem Sterling.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 3.03 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Arsenal's 0.70 from 4.

Match stats

Man City Arsenal
19 Shots 4
12 Shots on Target 2
4 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3.03 xG 0.70
3.03 Non-penalty xG 0.70
22 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Man City Arsenal
Kick-off
Sergio Agüero
Assist: Aymeric Laporte1-0 (Man City)
1’
11’
Laurent Koscielny
Assist: Nacho Monreal1-1 (Arsenal)
Sergio Agüero
Assist: Raheem Sterling2-1 (Man City)
44’
Half-time2-1
Sergio Agüero
Assist: Raheem Sterling3-1 (Man City)
61’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Man City
  • Ilkay Gündogan
Arsenal
  • Lucas Torreira

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 0.70 1’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), 1-0 1’ 11’ Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), 1-1 11’ 44’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), 2-1 44’ 61’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), 3-1 61’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.03 0.70 1’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), 1-0 Agüero 1’ 11’ Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), 1-1 Koscielny 11’ 44’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), 2-1 Agüero 44’ 61’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), 3-1 Agüero 61’
Man City 3.03 xGArsenal 0.70 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Arsenal attacking Man City attacking 
44’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.91 xG, goal 61’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.90 xG, goal 11’ Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.60 xG, goal 1’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 72’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 82’ David Silva (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 56’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 85’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 51’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 18’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 18’ Nicolás Otamendi (Man City), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 49’ David Silva (Man City), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 48’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 53’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 67’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 39’ Sead Kolasinac (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 42’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 87’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 39’ Lucas Torreira (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 5’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 28’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 44’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.91 xG, goal 61’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.90 xG, goal 11’ Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.60 xG, goal 1’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 72’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 82’ David Silva (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 56’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 85’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 18’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 51’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 18’ Nicolás Otamendi (Man City), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 49’ David Silva (Man City), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 48’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 53’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 67’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 39’ Sead Kolasinac (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 42’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 87’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 39’ Lucas Torreira (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 5’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 28’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ederson GK900 0.000.000
Kyle Walker DEF900 0.000.000
Nicolás Otamendi DEF901 0.050.000
Fernandinho DEF900 0.000.000
Aymeric Laporte DEF9010 0.000.351
Kevin De Bruyne MID905 0.340.000
Ilkay Gündogan MID900 0.000.000
David Silva MID902 0.150.213
Bernardo Silva FWD902 0.090.244
Sergio Agüero FWD8334 2.190.000
Raheem Sterling FWD9023 0.112.025
Gabriel Jesus Sub71 0.070.000
Riyad Mahrez Sub11 0.030.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 73% Bet365 odds 1.33
Draw 16% Bet365 odds 6.00
Arsenal win 11% Bet365 odds 9.00

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

Form going into the game

Man City WWWWL
Arsenal LWLWW

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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.