Arsenal 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Key numbers
- Possession 42% – 58%
- Shots 21 (12 on target) – 9 (2)
- Decisive moment: 36' Eberechi Eze, FN xPts +0.8
Eberechi Eze 36'
Declan Rice 63'
Declan Rice 63'
HT 1:0
Arsenal won on the scoreboard and on xG (1.7–0.52).
Player of the matchDeclan RiceDecisive moment36' Eberechi Eze+0.8
Player of the match
Declan Rice Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.5 (Dominant)
Game state
Arsenal ahead 54 min · level 36 min · Bayer Leverkusen 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.
36'
Eberechi Eze
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Leandro Trossard +0.2
+0.8
63'
Declan Rice
Goal
+0.3
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
ArsenalBayer Leverkusen
42%Possession58%
1.7Expected goals (xG)0.52
0.08xG per shot0.06
21Shots9
12Shots on target2
57%Shots on target %22%
13Shots in box5
383Passes535
83%Pass accuracy88%
10Corners8
2Saves10
4Fouls8
0Yellow cards1
1Offsides0
Compared with usual
Arsenal
48 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2.2 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0.67 | |
| xG | 1.7 | 1.8 | |
| xG against | 0.52 | 0.73 | |
| Shots | 21 | 15 | |
| On target | 12 | 5.4 | high |
| Shots faced | 9 | 8.9 | |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 42% | 57% | |
| Passes | 383 | 479 | |
| Pass accuracy | 83% | 84.2% | |
| Corners | 10 | 5.9 | |
| Fouls | 4 | 10.4 |
Bayer Leverkusen
41 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.9 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.2 | |
| xG | 0.52 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 1.7 | 1.1 | |
| Shots | 9 | 13.5 | |
| On target | 2 | 4.8 | |
| Shots faced | 21 | 12.3 | |
| xG per shot | 0.06 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 58% | 57.2% | |
| Passes | 535 | 601 | |
| Pass accuracy | 88% | 87.5% | |
| Corners | 8 | 4.7 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 8.9 |
Timeline
- 36' Goal Eberechi Eze competition goal #1 assist Leandro Trossard
- 46' Yellow Exequiel Palacios
- 60' Sub Martin Terrier → Malik Tillman
- 60' Sub Ernest Poku → Montrell Culbreath
- 63' Goal Declan Rice competition goal #1
- 68' Sub Martín Zubimendi → Christian Nørgaard
- 69' Sub Eberechi Eze → Kai Havertz
- 69' Sub Leandro Trossard → Gabriel Martinelli
- 69' Sub Ben White → Cristhian Mosquera
- 70' Sub Exequiel Palacios → Patrik Schick
- 83' Sub Robert Andrich → Ezequiel Fernández
- 90' Sub Viktor Gyökeres → Myles Lewis-Skelly
Category leaders
- Key passesBukayo Saka5
- Duels wonGabriel Magalhães9/10
- DribblesEberechi Eze2/2
- Defensive actionsGabriel Magalhães6
- ShotsLeandro Trossard5 (on target 3)
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.