UEFA Champions League · League phase MD2

3:0

Jurriën Timber 64'
Eberechi Eze 67'
Bukayo Saka 71'

HT 0:0

Tue, 13 Oct 2026, 20:00 (UK) · Emirates Stadium, London

Arsenal found three goals in a burst after the hour while Lille never managed a shot on target.

FN MOMJurriën Timber8.8Decisive moment64' Jurriën Timber+1.2LIL −0.8

Arsenal 3-0 Lille: three goals between the 64th and 71st minutes

AI-written review based on match data · How we make it

Key numbers

Shots on target 8-0: Lille never tested Raya
Three goals between the 64th and 71st minutes
xG 1.89 v 0.4: the better chances were Arsenal's

Goals arrived in a rush after the hour

Arsenal beat Lille 3-0 at the Emirates Stadium, but the match stayed goalless until Jurriën Timber scored in the 64th minute. Eberechi Eze and Bukayo Saka added two more by the 71st, turning a tight contest into a comfortable win.

Lille barely reached Raya's goal

Lille finished with no shot on target, against a season average of five across seven matches. They also had no corners, compared with an average of 3.3. David Raya made no saves all evening, which suggests Arsenal's defence kept the visitors at a distance.

Özer held out until the opener

Arsenal put eight shots on target, and until the opener Berke Özer's five saves kept Lille level. Their xG of 1.89 was well ahead of Lille's 0.4, and the finishing eventually outperformed it, with the chances turning into goals in one spell.

The opener and the bench changed the match

Timber's goal was worth +1.2 FN xPts to Arsenal, while Lille's FN xPts fell by 0.8, the largest combined change of any moment. Saka and Kai Havertz, both on the bench to start, came on in the 65th minute and were involved in the next two goals.

FN MOM

Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match

Jurriën Timber 8.8Dominant

He scored the 64th-minute opener and added two key passes and five duels won from six.

Timber's attacking work carried the most weight: his one shot on target was the goal that ended 64 minutes of stalemate, and two key passes and two successful dribbles came with it. He also won five of six duels and made two tackles. The opener was followed by Eze's and Saka's goals.

Game state

1-02-03-0

Arsenal ahead 26 min · level 64 min · Lille 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. The value next to a team code is what the same moment did to the other side's expected points; the decisive moment is the one with the largest combined change for both teams.

64' Jurriën Timber Goal · scorer +0.8 · assist Noni Madueke +0.4 · LIL −0.8 +1.2

67' Eberechi Eze Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Bukayo Saka +0.1 · LIL −0.2 +0.3

71' Bukayo Saka Goal · assist Kai Havertz · LIL 0.0 0.0

Arsenal Expected (last two seasons) 1.9Own moments +1.5Opponent moments 0.0Time effect −0.4→ League points won 3

Lille Expected (last two seasons) 0.9Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −1.0Time effect +0.1→ 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.

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Match stats

ArsenalLille

58%Possession42%

1.89Expected goals (xG)0.4

0.12xG per shot0.1

16Shots4

8Shots on target0

50%Shots on target %0%

12Shots in box1

544Passes404

7Corners0

0Saves5

13Fouls9

2Yellow cards1

4Offsides3

Compared with usual

Arsenal

8 matches this season, all competitions baseline

	This match	Avg
Goals	3	1.9
Conceded	0	0.88
xG	1.89	1.7
xG against	0.4	0.8
Shots	16	14.5
On target	8	5.5
Shots faced	4	9.6
xG per shot	0.12	0.14
Possession	58%	58.9%
Passes	544	526
Corners	7	4.5
Fouls	13	10.9

Lille

7 matches this season, all competitions baseline

	This match	Avg
Goals	0	1.6
Conceded	3	1
xG	0.4	1.3
xG against	1.89	1.7
Shots	4	10.7
On target	0	5
Shots faced	16	16.7
xG per shot	0.1	0.14
Possession	42%	47.1%
Passes	404	452.1
Corners	0	3.3
Fouls	9	11.6

Timeline

29' Yellow Mikel Merino
64' Goal Jurriën Timber competition goal #1 assist Noni Madueke
65' Sub Viktor Gyökeres → Kai Havertz
65' Sub Mikel Merino → Martin Ødegaard
65' Sub Noni Madueke → Bukayo Saka
67' Goal Eberechi Eze competition goal #1 assist Bukayo Saka
71' Goal Bukayo Saka competition goal #1 assist Kai Havertz
72' Sub Ngal'ayel Mukau → Maurits Kjaergaard
72' Sub Nabil Bentaleb → Osame Sahraoui
78' Sub Romain Perraud → Calvin Verdonk
78' Sub Ayase Ueda → Olivier Giroud
78' Sub Jurriën Timber → Ben White
81' Yellow Maxima Goffi
82' Sub Dilane Bakwa → Soriba Diaoune
85' Sub Eberechi Eze → Max Dowman
90+2' Yellow Kai Havertz

Category leaders

Key passesMyles Lewis-Skelly3
Duels wonAyase Ueda9/12
DribblesEberechi Eze4/8
Defensive actionsBruno Guimarães11
ShotsBruno Guimarães5 (on target 2)
Fouls wonHakon Arnar Haraldsson3

#Arsenal#Lille#Champions League#Jurriën Timber#Eberechi Eze#Bukayo Saka

This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.

Line-ups

Lille 4-2-3-1 · Manager Davide Ancelotti

1 Özer6.1

38 Goffi5.6

3 Ngoy5.7

4 Ribeiro6.7

15 Perraud6.0▼78'

6 Bentaleb6.6▼72'

21 André5.9

7 Bakwa5.9▼82'

17 Mukau5.9▼72'

10 Haraldsson6.2

18 Ueda5.9▼78'

1 Raya7.0

12 Timber8.8⚽▼78'

15 Konsa7.0

6 Magalhães6.4

49 Lewis-Skelly7.6

41 Rice7.2

39 Guimarães8.2

20 Madueke7.1▼65'

23 Merino6.0▼65'

10 Eze8.6⚽▼85'

14 Gyökeres5.8▼65'

Arsenal 4-2-3-1 · Manager Mikel Arteta

Show bench

Arsenal

33Riccardo Calafiori
13Kepa
56Max Dowman▲85'
74M. Hashi
29Kai Havertz▲65'6.8
30Illan Meslier
3Cristhian Mosquera
8Martin Ødegaard▲65'6.3
7Bukayo Saka▲65'7.9⚽
89Marli Salmon
4Ben White▲78'
53Ceadach O'Neill

Lille

24Calvin Verdonk▲78'
2Loun Srdanovic
50Thomas Sajous
11Osame Sahraoui▲72'5.7
28Gaëtan Perrin
19Başar Önal
23Tanguy Nianzou
14Maurits Kjaergaard▲72'5.6
9Olivier Giroud▲78'
12Orlando Gill
26Isaac Cossier
35Soriba Diaoune▲82'

FN Score — top 3

8.8Dominant Jurriën TimberArsenal

Attack+1.93

Build-up+0.44

Defence+0.70

Result+0.50

8.6Dominant Eberechi EzeArsenal

Attack+1.98

Build-up+0.37

Defence+0.55

Discipline+0.08

Result+0.20

8.2Dominant Bruno GuimarãesArsenal

Attack+0.30

Build-up+0.54

Defence+1.60

Result+0.20

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Lowest FN Scores

5.6Below par Maxima GoffiLille

Build-up+0.18

Defence+0.49

Discipline-0.25

Result-0.44

Goffi won four of nine duels and was booked in the 81st minute. Three tackles were not enough to offset a match in which Lille conceded three.

5.7Below par Nathan NgoyLille

Build-up+0.57

Result-0.44

Ngoy completed 55 of 59 passes but contested only two duels, so his defensive work barely registered. The three goals conceded also counted against him.

5.8Below par Viktor GyökeresArsenal

Discipline-0.05

Result+0.20

Gyökeres played 65 minutes without a shot, completing six of eight passes and winning one of five duels. He simply had little involvement in the match.

Player ratings

Arsenal

Player	Min	G	A	FN	Provider
Jurriën Timber	78'	1		8.8	8.5
Eberechi Eze	85'	1		8.6	8.2
Bruno Guimarães	90'			8.2	7.0
Bukayo Saka	25'	1	1	7.9	7.9
Myles Lewis-Skelly	90'			7.6	7.5
Declan Rice	90'			7.2	7.2
Noni Madueke	65'		1	7.1	7.7
Ezri Konsa	90'			7.0	7.5
David Raya	90'			7.0	6.6
Kai Havertz	25'		1	6.8	6.9
Gabriel Magalhães	90'			6.4	7.0
Martin Ødegaard	25'			6.3	7.2
Mikel Merino	65'			6.0	6.5
Viktor Gyökeres	65'			5.8	6.4
Ben White	12'			–	6.7
Max Dowman	5'			–	6.6

Lille

Player	Min	FN	Provider
Alexsandro Ribeiro	90'	6.7	6.8
Nabil Bentaleb	72'	6.6	6.4
Hakon Arnar Haraldsson	90'	6.2	6.3
Berke Özer	90'	6.1	6.7
Romain Perraud	78'	6.0	6.3
Dilane Bakwa	82'	5.9	6.4
Benjamin André	90'	5.9	6.2
Ayase Ueda	78'	5.9	6.0
Ngal'ayel Mukau	72'	5.9	5.9
Osame Sahraoui	18'	5.7	6.6
Nathan Ngoy	90'	5.7	6.5
Maurits Kjaergaard	18'	5.6	5.9
Maxima Goffi	90'	5.6	5.6
Soriba Diaoune	8'	–	6.2
Olivier Giroud	12'	–	6.1
Calvin Verdonk	12'	–	6.0