Preston 0-3 Arsenal
Key numbers
- Possession 26% – 74%
- Shots 7 (2 on target) – 18 (10)
- Decisive moment: 24' Gabriel Jesus, FN xPts +0.3
HT 0:2
Gabriel Jesus 24'
Ethan Nwaneri 33'
Kai Havertz 57'
Ethan Nwaneri 33'
Kai Havertz 57'
Arsenal beat Preston 3-0.
Player of the matchJakub KiwiorDecisive moment24' Gabriel Jesus+0.3
Player of the match
Jakub Kiwior Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.9 (Dominant)
Game state
Preston ahead 0 min · level 24 min · Arsenal ahead 66 min
- Kai Havertz — off the bench 45 min · 1G 0A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
24'
Gabriel Jesus
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Jakub Kiwior +0.1
+0.3
33'
Ethan Nwaneri
Goal · assist Gabriel Jesus
+0.1
57'
Kai Havertz
Goal · assist Jakub Kiwior
0.0
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Preston is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
PrestonArsenal
26%Possession74%
7Shots18
2Shots on target10
29%Shots on target %56%
6Shots in box14
244Passes718
77%Pass accuracy93%
1Corners6
6Saves2
11Fouls4
4Yellow cards0
2Offsides2
The data provider has no xG (expected goals) for this match.
Compared with usual
Arsenal
13 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 1.9 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0.85 | |
| Shots | 18 | 13.5 | |
| On target | 10 | 5.4 | |
| Shots faced | 7 | 12 | |
| Possession | 74% | 50.2% | |
| Passes | 718 | 442.2 | high |
| Pass accuracy | 93% | 83.1% | high |
| Corners | 6 | 5.6 | |
| Fouls | 4 | 10.8 | low |
Timeline
- 23' Yellow Kaine Kesler-Hayden
- 24' Goal Gabriel Jesus competition goal #1 assist Jakub Kiwior
- 33' Goal Ethan Nwaneri competition goal #3 assist Gabriel Jesus
- 46' Sub Mikel Merino → Kai Havertz
- 46' Sub Jurriën Timber → Thomas Partey
- 55' Yellow Andrew Hughes
- 57' Goal Kai Havertz competition goal #2 assist Jakub Kiwior
- 59' Sub Josh Bowler → Mads Frøkjær-Jensen
- 60' Sub Sam Greenwood → Emil Riis Jacobsen
- 60' Sub Kaine Kesler-Hayden → Brad Potts
- 62' Sub Gabriel Martinelli → Bukayo Saka
- 62' Sub Oleksandr Zinchenko → Myles Lewis-Skelly
- 68' Sub Andrew Hughes → Kian Best
- 73' Yellow Stefán Teitur Þórðarson
- 77' Sub Liam Lindsay → Jordan Storey
- 80' Sub Ethan Nwaneri → Ayden Heaven
- 83' Yellow Mads Frøkjær-Jensen
Category leaders
- Key passesSam Greenwood2
- Duels wonRaheem Sterling7/18
- DribblesRaheem Sterling6/7
- Defensive actionsJack Whatmough7
- ShotsEthan Nwaneri5 (on target 2)
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.