Match events
Minute by minute- 9'0–1 Goal: Jhon CórdobaAssist: Leonardo Bittencourt FC Cologne
- 35' Substitution: Milos JojicOff: Jonas Hector FC Cologne
- 45' Substitution: Sead KolasinacOff: Rob Holding Arsenal
- Half-time 0–1
- 49'1–1 Goal: Sead Kolasinac Arsenal
- 65' Substitution: Marcel RisseOff: Simon Zoller FC Cologne
- 67'2–1 Goal: Alexis SánchezAssist: Alex Iwobi Arsenal
- 68' Substitution: Jack WilshereOff: Alex Iwobi Arsenal
- 76' Substitution: Yuya OsakoOff: Lukas Klünter FC Cologne
- 81'3–1 Goal: Héctor Bellerín Arsenal
- 82' Substitution: Reiss NelsonOff: Theo Walcott Arsenal
Line-ups
Confirmed
Arsenal3-4-34-5-1FC Cologne
- 13 Ospina
- 18 Monreal
- 4 Mertesacker
- 1645' Holding
- 30 Maitland-Niles
- 17A68' Iwobi
- 35 Elneny
- 24 Bellerín
- 7 Sánchez
- 12 Giroud
- 1482' Walcott
- 1 Horn
- 34 Rausch
- 3 Heintz
- 22 Meré
- 2476' Klünter
- 21A Bittencourt
- 1435' Hector
- 33 Lehmann
- 6 Höger
- 1165' Zoller
- 15 Córdoba
Arsenal bench
- 31Sead Kolasinac45'
- 10Jack Wilshere68'
- 61Reiss Nelson82'
FC Cologne bench
- 8Milos Jojic35'
- 7Marcel Risse65'
- 13Yuya Osako76'