Mansfield Town 1-2 Arsenal
Key numbers
- Possession 33% – 67%
- Shots 18 (5 on target) – 19 (8)
- Decisive moment: 66' Eberechi Eze, FN xPts +0.9
Will Evans 50'
HT 0:1
Noni Madueke 41'
Eberechi Eze 66'
Eberechi Eze 66'
Arsenal won on the scoreboard and on xG (1.36–2.73).
Player of the matchNoni MaduekeDecisive moment66' Eberechi Eze+0.9
Player of the match
Noni Madueke Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.5 (Dominant)
Game state
Mansfield Town ahead 0 min · level 57 min · Arsenal ahead 33 min
- Will Evans — off the bench 45 min · 1G 0A
- Eberechi Eze — off the bench 28 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.
41'
Noni Madueke
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Gabriel Martinelli +0.2
+0.5
50'
Will Evans
Goal
+0.4
66'
Eberechi Eze
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Christian Nørgaard +0.3
+0.9
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Mansfield Town is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Mansfield TownArsenal
33%Possession67%
1.36Expected goals (xG)2.73
0.08xG per shot0.14
18Shots19
5Shots on target8
28%Shots on target %42%
11Shots in box17
260Passes546
74%Pass accuracy84%
4Corners8
5Saves4
16Fouls6
4Yellow cards2
1Offsides1
Compared with usual
Arsenal
45 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2.2 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0.67 | |
| xG | 2.73 | 1.8 | |
| xG against | 1.36 | 0.7 | |
| Shots | 19 | 14.9 | |
| On target | 8 | 5.4 | |
| Shots faced | 18 | 8.7 | |
| xG per shot | 0.14 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 67% | 56.7% | |
| Passes | 546 | 474.2 | |
| Pass accuracy | 84% | 84.1% | |
| Corners | 8 | 5.8 | |
| Fouls | 6 | 10.5 |
Timeline
- 38' Sub Leandro Trossard → Piero Hincapié
- 41' Goal Noni Madueke competition goal #2 assist Gabriel Martinelli
- 46' Sub Tyler Roberts → Will Evans
- 50' Goal Will Evans
- 60' Yellow Louis Reed
- 62' Sub George Abbott → Aaron Lewis
- 62' Sub Marli Salmon → Jurriën Timber
- 62' Sub Kai Havertz → Eberechi Eze
- 66' Goal Eberechi Eze competition goal #1 assist Christian Nørgaard
- 70' Yellow Riccardo Calafiori
- 74' Yellow Eberechi Eze
- 76' Sub Riccardo Calafiori → Jaden Dixon
- 77' Yellow Lucas Akins
- 77' Sub Max Dowman → Bukayo Saka
- 80' Yellow Stephen McLaughlin
- 81' Sub Rhys Oates → Victor Adeboyejo
- 81' Sub Stephen McLaughlin → Oliver Irow
- 87' Sub Kyle Knoyle → Elliott Hewitt
- 90+2' Yellow Aaron Lewis
Category leaders
- Key passesStephen McLaughlin5
- Duels wonJon Russell11/15
- DribblesRhys Oates4/5
- Defensive actionsJon Russell10
- ShotsNoni Madueke5 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonMax Dowman3
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.