Arsenal 2-0 Everton: two defenders score the goals
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Key numbers
- xG 1.85 v 0.54: Arsenal created the better chances
- 12 corners, a high across 11 matches this season
- Led for around 83 of the 90 minutes
Defenders supply both goals
Arsenal beat Everton thanks to goals from two defenders. Ezri Konsa scored in the seventh minute and Arsenal stayed in front for around 83 minutes. Gabriel Magalhães added a second in the 68th. Both goals came from defenders, with the forwards providing the assist for the first rather than the finish.
Plenty of shots, modest quality
Arsenal's 20 shots produced only four on target. An xG per shot of 0.09 sits below their season average, and with so many efforts blocked the pattern looks like mostly volume rather than clean opportunities. Even so, their total xG comfortably exceeded Everton's.
Everton's attack went missing
Everton managed only eight shots, far below their season average. Their xG of 0.54 was the lowest in nine matches this season. Their corner count was also a season low, while their fouls ran well above the norm. It reads as a side pushed back for long spells.
The opener carried the most weight
Konsa's early opener was worth +0.7 FN xPts to Arsenal, while Everton's FN xPts were −0.5, the largest combined change of any moment in the match. Viktor Gyökeres, newly included in a reshuffled 4-2-3-1, provided the assist, and Ben White, also a new starter, laid on the second goal.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Gabriel Magalhães 8.5Dominant
He scored the 68th-minute second goal and put both of his shots on target.
Most of his credit came from attacking output, yet the defensive numbers were solid too: two tackles, two interceptions and 44 accurate passes from 49. His goal in the 68th minute made it 2-0, and Everton did not score at any point afterwards.
Game state
1-02-0
Arsenal ahead 83 min · level 7 min · Everton 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.
7'
Ezri Konsa
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Viktor Gyökeres +0.2 · EVE −0.5
+0.7
68'
Gabriel Magalhães
Goal · assist Ben White · EVE −0.1
+0.2
Arsenal
Expected (last two seasons) 2.0Own moments +0.9Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.1→ League points won 3
Everton
Expected (last two seasons) 0.8Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.6Time 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.
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Match stats
ArsenalEverton
1.85Expected goals (xG)0.54
Compared with usual
Arsenal
11 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.9 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0.82 | |
| xG | 1.85 | 1.6 | |
| xG against | 0.54 | 0.95 | |
| Shots | 20 | 14.1 | |
| On target | 4 | 5.3 | |
| Shots faced | 8 | 9.8 | |
| xG per shot | 0.09 | 0.13 | |
| Possession | 58% | 60.1% | |
| Passes | 508 | 534.8 | |
| Corners | 12 | 4.9 | high |
| Fouls | 11 | 10.4 | |
Everton
9 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.4 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0.78 | |
| xG | 0.54 | 1.4 | |
| xG against | 1.85 | 1.4 | |
| Shots | 8 | 16.2 | |
| On target | 3 | 5.7 | |
| Shots faced | 20 | 11.9 | high |
| xG per shot | 0.07 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 42% | 51.1% | |
| Passes | 368 | 480 | |
| Corners | 3 | 5.2 | low |
| Fouls | 13 | 7.9 | |
Timeline
- 7'
Goal
Ezri Konsa league goal #1 assist Viktor Gyökeres
- 45+2'
Yellow
Vitaliy Mykolenko
- 58'
Yellow
Myles Lewis-Skelly
- 64'
Yellow
Mikel Arteta Amatriain (coaching staff)
- 66'
Yellow
James Garner
- 68'
Sub
Mikel Merino → Bruno Guimarães
- 68'
Sub
Viktor Gyökeres → Kai Havertz
- 68'
Sub
Myles Lewis-Skelly → Riccardo Calafiori
- 68'
Goal
Gabriel Magalhães league goal #1 assist Ben White
- 72'
Sub
Brennan Johnson → Tyler Dibling
- 74'
Sub
Vitaliy Mykolenko → Hayden Hackney
- 79'
Yellow
James Tarkowski
- 79'
Yellow
David William Moyes (coaching staff)
- 80'
Sub
Declan Rice → Martín Zubimendi
- 80'
Sub
Eberechi Eze → Max Dowman
- 86'
Sub
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall → Carlos Alcaraz
Category leaders
- Key passesDeclan Rice4
- Duels wonThierno Barry11/18
- DribblesNoni Madueke2/7
- Defensive actionsHarrison Armstrong6
- ShotsMikel Merino5 (on target 0)
- Fouls wonMikel Merino3
#Arsenal#Everton#Premier League#Gabriel Magalhães#Ezri Konsa
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.