Arsenal 4-1 Aston Villa
Key numbers
- Possession 46% – 54%
- Shots 22 (7 on target) – 11 (3)
- Decisive moment: 48' Gabriel Magalhães, FN xPts +0.8
Gabriel Magalhães 48'
Martín Zubimendi 52'
Leandro Trossard 69'
Gabriel Jesus 78'
Martín Zubimendi 52'
Leandro Trossard 69'
Gabriel Jesus 78'
HT 0:0
Ollie Watkins 90'
Arsenal 1st · 45 pts|Aston Villa 3rd · 39 pts
Arsenal won on the scoreboard and on xG (3.04–2.67).
Player of the matchLeandro TrossardDecisive moment48' Gabriel Magalhães+0.8
Player of the match
Leandro Trossard Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.5 (Dominant)
Game state
Arsenal ahead 42 min · level 48 min · Aston Villa ahead 0 min
- Gabriel Jesus — off the bench 13 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.
48'
Gabriel Magalhães
Goal
+0.8
52'
Martín Zubimendi
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Martin Ødegaard +0.1
+0.3
69'
Leandro Trossard
Goal · assist Jurriën Timber
0.0
78'
Gabriel Jesus
Goal · assist Leandro Trossard
0.0
90'
Ollie Watkins
Goal
0.0
Arsenal
Expected (last two seasons) 2.2Own moments +1.1Opponent moments 0.0Time effect −0.3→ League points won 3
Aston Villa
Expected (last two seasons) 0.6Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.8Time effect +0.2→ 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
ArsenalAston Villa
46%Possession54%
3.04Expected goals (xG)2.67
0.14xG per shot0.24
22Shots11
7Shots on target3
32%Shots on target %27%
17Shots in box9
351Passes416
86%Pass accuracy87%
3Corners3
2Saves3
18Fouls9
2Yellow cards3
4Offsides0
Compared with usual
Arsenal
27 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 4 | 2 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0.48 | |
| xG | 3.04 | 1.9 | |
| xG against | 2.67 | 0.63 | high |
| Shots | 22 | 15.4 | |
| On target | 7 | 5.6 | |
| Shots faced | 11 | 8.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.14 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 46% | 59% | |
| Passes | 351 | 496.7 | |
| Pass accuracy | 86% | 84.8% | |
| Corners | 3 | 5.7 | |
| Fouls | 18 | 9.8 |
Aston Villa
25 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.6 | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0.96 | high |
| xG | 2.67 | 1.2 | |
| xG against | 3.04 | 1.2 | high |
| Shots | 11 | 11.8 | |
| On target | 3 | 4.8 | |
| Shots faced | 22 | 12.2 | high |
| xG per shot | 0.24 | 0.1 | high |
| Possession | 54% | 53.6% | |
| Passes | 416 | 451 | |
| Pass accuracy | 87% | 84.8% | |
| Corners | 3 | 5.2 | |
| Fouls | 9 | 10 |
Timeline
- 45+1' Yellow Mikel Merino
- 45+2' Yellow Morgan Rogers
- 46' Sub Amadou Onana → John McGinn
- 48' Goal Gabriel Magalhães league goal #2
- 52' Goal Martín Zubimendi league goal #3 assist Martin Ødegaard
- 61' Sub Jadon Sancho → Donyell Malen
- 61' Sub Emiliano Buendía → Andrés García
- 69' Goal Leandro Trossard league goal #5 assist Jurriën Timber
- 72' VAR Leandro Trossard
- 73' Sub Mikel Merino → Christian Nørgaard
- 77' Sub Viktor Gyökeres → Gabriel Jesus
- 77' Sub Gabriel Magalhães → Myles Lewis-Skelly
- 78' Goal Gabriel Jesus league goal #1 assist Leandro Trossard
- 79' Yellow Gabriel Jesus
- 81' Yellow Lamare Bogarde
- 82' Sub Morgan Rogers → Jamaldeen Jimoh
- 82' Sub Youri Tielemans → George Hemmings
- 83' Sub Jurriën Timber → Ben White
- 83' Sub Bukayo Saka → Noni Madueke
- 90' Goal Ollie Watkins league goal #6
- 90+7' Yellow Ollie Watkins
Category leaders
- Key passesMartin Ødegaard3
- Duels wonYouri Tielemans9/12
- DribblesAmadou Onana2/2
- Defensive actionsMikel Merino5
- ShotsMartin Ødegaard4 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonMorgan Rogers4
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.