West Brom vs Arsenal

2 January 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 0 – 4

Half-time: 0–2

Kieran Tierney 23’
Bukayo Saka 28’
Alexandre Lacazette 61’, 64’

Match summary

Arsenal won comfortably, 4-0 away at West Brom. Arsenal led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Kieran Tierney put Arsenal ahead in the 23rd minute, set up by Rob Holding and Bukayo Saka made it 0-2 in the 28th minute, set up by Emile Smith-Rowe. In the second half, Alexandre Lacazette made it 0-3 in the 61st minute and Lacazette made it 0-4 in the 64th minute, set up by Kieran Tierney.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 4.17 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to West Brom's 0.87 from 7.

Match stats

7 Shots 21

3 Shots on Target 12

3 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

0.87 xG 4.03

0.87 Non-penalty xG 4.03

4 Deep Completions 7

Key events

West Brom Arsenal

Kick-off

23’

Kieran Tierney
Assist: Rob Holding

0-1

28’

Bukayo Saka
Assist: Emile Smith-Rowe

0-2

Half-time0-2

61’

Alexandre Lacazette

0-3

64’

Alexandre Lacazette
Assist: Kieran Tierney

0-4

Full-time0-4

Bookings

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

West Brom

Conor Gallagher

Arsenal

Héctor Bellerín
Dani Ceballos

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.

West Brom 0.87 xGArsenal 4.17 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Arsenal attacking West Brom attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Sam Johnstone	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Darnell Furlong	DEF	90	1	0.03	0.00	0
Semi Ajayi	DEF	90	1	0.03	0.00	0
Branislav Ivanovic	DEF	68	0	0.00	0.00	0
Dara O'Shea	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.01	1
Matt Phillips	MID	83	1	0.40	0.38	2
Romaine Sawyers	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Conor Gallagher	MID	90	1	0.01	0.00	0
Grady Diangana	MID	48	0	0.00	0.00	0
Matheus Pereira	MID	90	0	0.00	0.43	2
Callum Robinson	FWD	90	0	0.00	0.04	2
Charlie Austin	Sub	42	2	0.36	0.00	0
Kyle Bartley	Sub	22	0	0.00	0.00	0
Rekeem Harper	Sub	7	1	0.03	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Bernd Leno	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Héctor Bellerín	DEF	56			1	0.03	0.00	0
Pablo Marí	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rob Holding	DEF	90		1	1	0.05	0.06	1
Kieran Tierney	DEF	90	1	1	2	0.07	1.12	4
Dani Ceballos	MID	90			1	0.02	0.41	3
Granit Xhaka	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bukayo Saka	MID	73	1		4	1.00	0.05	1
Emile Smith-Rowe	MID	79		1	1	0.10	0.89	2
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	MID	90			3	0.85	0.00	0
Alexandre Lacazette	FWD	90	2		5	1.77	0.12	3
Ainsley Maitland-Niles	Sub	34			0	0.00	0.00	0
Willian	Sub	17			2	0.20	0.79	2
Joe Willock	Sub	11			1	0.10	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

West Brom win 16% Avg odds 5.98

Draw 24% Avg odds 4.01

Arsenal win 60% Avg odds 1.60

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

Form going into the game

West Brom L D L D L

Arsenal L D L 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.