Match events
Minute by minute- 38' Substitution: Konstantin RauschOff: Dominic Maroh FC Cologne
- 45' Substitution: Alex IwobiOff: Danny Welbeck Arsenal
- Half-time 0–0
- 49' Yellow card: Mathieu Debuchy Arsenal
- 56' Yellow card: Lukas Klünter FC Cologne
- 56' Substitution: Pawel OlkowskiOff: Jhon Córdoba FC Cologne
- 62'1–0 Penalty goal: Serhou Guirassy pen FC Cologne
- 67' Substitution: Reiss NelsonOff: Calum Chambers Arsenal
- 73' Substitution: Matthias LehmannOff: Yuya Osako FC Cologne
- 84' Substitution: Eddie NketiahOff: Mathieu Debuchy Arsenal
- 88' Yellow card: Serhou Guirassy FC Cologne
Line-ups
Confirmed
FC Cologne3-4-33-4-3Arsenal
- 1 Horn
- 22 Meré
- 538' Maroh
- 4 Sörensen
- 23 Horn
- 8 Jojic
- 20 Özcan
- 24 Klünter
- 19 Guirassy
- 1373' Osako
- 1556' Córdoba
- 13 Ospina
- 16 Holding
- 4 Mertesacker
- 284' Debuchy
- 30 Maitland-Niles
- 35 Elneny
- 34 Coquelin
- 2167' Chambers
- 2345' Welbeck
- 12 Giroud
- 10 Wilshere
FC Cologne bench
- 34Konstantin Rausch38'
- 16Pawel Olkowski56'
- 33Matthias Lehmann73'
Arsenal bench
- 61Reiss Nelson67'
- 62Eddie Nketiah84'
- 17Alex Iwobi45'