Norwich vs Arsenal

26 December 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Graham Scott

Full time 0 – 5

Half-time: 0–2

Bukayo Saka 6’, 67’
Kieran Tierney 44’
Alexandre Lacazette 84’ (pen)
Emile Smith-Rowe 90+1’

Match summary

Arsenal won comfortably, 5-0 away at Norwich. Arsenal led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Bukayo Saka put Arsenal ahead in the 6th minute, set up by Martin Odegaard and Kieran Tierney made it 0-2 in the 44th minute, set up by Martin Odegaard. In the second half, Saka made it 0-3 in the 67th minute, set up by Alexandre Lacazette, Alexandre Lacazette made it 0-4 from the penalty spot in the 84th minute, and Emile Smith-Rowe made it 0-5 in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 2.93 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Norwich's 0.15 from 4.

Match stats

4 Shots 16

2 Shots on Target 6

3 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

0.15 xG 2.88

0.15 Non-penalty xG 2.11

1 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Norwich Arsenal

Kick-off

6’

Bukayo Saka
Assist: Martin Odegaard

0-1

44’

Kieran Tierney
Assist: Martin Odegaard

0-2

Half-time0-2

67’

Bukayo Saka
Assist: Alexandre Lacazette

0-3

84’

Alexandre Lacazette
Penalty

0-4

90+1’

Emile Smith-Rowe

0-5

Full-time0-5

Bookings

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

Norwich

Przemyslaw Placheta

Arsenal

Thomas Partey
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.

Norwich 0.15 xGArsenal 2.93 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Arsenal attacking Norwich attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Angus Gunn	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Max Aarons	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Ozan Kabak	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben Gibson	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Brandon Williams	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Joshua Sargent	MID	74	0	0.00	0.00	0
Kenny McLean	MID	90	1	0.04	0.02	1
Billy Gilmour	MID	90	1	0.02	0.11	2
Przemyslaw Placheta	MID	77	2	0.10	0.00	0
Kieran Dowell	MID	68	0	0.00	0.00	0
Teemu Pukki	FWD	90	0	0.00	0.03	1
Pierre Lees-Melou	Sub	22	0	0.00	0.00	0
Adam Idah	Sub	16	0	0.00	0.00	0
Christos Tzolis	Sub	13	0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Aaron Ramsdale	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben White	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriel	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rob Holding	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kieran Tierney	DEF	90	1		2	0.14	0.00	0
Granit Xhaka	MID	90			0	0.00	0.14	3
Thomas Partey	MID	77			1	0.11	0.06	1
Bukayo Saka	MID	80	2		3	0.26	0.72	2
Martin Odegaard	MID	90		2	3	0.14	0.24	3
Gabriel Martinelli	MID	84			3	0.12	0.00	0
Alexandre Lacazette	FWD	90	1	1	2	1.37	0.04	1
Mohamed Elneny	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolas Pepe	Sub	10			1	0.07	0.00	0
Emile Smith-Rowe	Sub	6	1		1	0.73	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Norwich win 15% Avg odds 6.42

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.48

Arsenal win 63% Avg odds 1.52

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

Form going into the game

Norwich D D L L L

Arsenal L L W W W

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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.