Arsenal 2-0 West Ham
Key numbers
- Possession 68% – 32%
- Shots 21 (5 on target) – 4 (0)
- Decisive moment: 38' Declan Rice, FN xPts +0.6
Declan Rice 38'
Bukayo Saka 67' (pen)
Bukayo Saka 67' (pen)
HT 1:0
Arsenal 4th → 1st · 16 pts|West Ham 19th · 4 pts
Arsenal won on the scoreboard and on xG (2.77–0.49).
Player of the matchJurriën TimberDecisive moment38' Declan Rice+0.6
Player of the match
Jurriën Timber Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.6 (Dominant)
Game state
Arsenal ahead 52 min · level 38 min · West Ham ahead 0 min
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.
38'
Declan Rice
Goal
+0.6
67'
Bukayo Saka
Pen goal
+0.2
Arsenal
Expected (last two seasons) 2.4Own moments +0.8Opponent moments 0.0Time effect −0.2→ League points won 3
West Ham
Expected (last two seasons) 0.5Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.5Time effect 0.0→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
ArsenalWest Ham
68%Possession32%
2.77Expected goals (xG)0.49
0.13xG per shot0.12
21Shots4
5Shots on target0
24%Shots on target %0%
16Shots in box4
566Passes268
88%Pass accuracy78%
8Corners3
0Saves3
14Fouls14
0Yellow cards2
1Offsides1
Compared with usual
Arsenal
9 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0.33 | |
| xG | 2.77 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 0.49 | 0.53 | |
| Shots | 21 | 13.8 | high |
| On target | 5 | 4.3 | |
| Shots faced | 4 | 8.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.13 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 68% | 60.2% | |
| Passes | 566 | 510.4 | |
| Pass accuracy | 88% | 84.9% | |
| Corners | 8 | 6.2 | |
| Fouls | 14 | 11 |
West Ham
7 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.1 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2.4 | |
| xG | 0.49 | 0.88 | |
| xG against | 2.77 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 4 | 10.3 | |
| On target | 0 | 4.3 | |
| Shots faced | 21 | 13.7 | |
| xG per shot | 0.12 | 0.08 | |
| Possession | 32% | 48% | |
| Passes | 268 | 422 | |
| Pass accuracy | 78% | 82% | |
| Corners | 3 | 5.1 | |
| Fouls | 14 | 10.1 |
Timeline
- 30' Sub Martin Ødegaard → Martín Zubimendi
- 38' Goal Declan Rice league goal #1
- 58' Yellow Crysencio Summerville
- 61' Sub Niclas Füllkrug → Callum Marshall
- 61' Sub Soungoutou Magassa → Freddie Potts
- 67' Goal Bukayo Saka (pen) league goal #2
- 69' Yellow Lucas Paquetá
- 75' Sub Leandro Trossard → Ethan Nwaneri
- 75' Sub Riccardo Calafiori → Myles Lewis-Skelly
- 79' Sub Eberechi Eze → Gabriel Martinelli
- 79' Sub Declan Rice → Mikel Merino
- 79' Sub Aaron Wan-Bissaka → Kyle Walker-Peters
Category leaders
- Key passesDeclan Rice3
- Duels wonLucas Paquetá10/19
- DribblesDeclan Rice2/2
- Defensive actionsJurriën Timber8
- Fouls wonLucas Paquetá4
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.