Line-ups
Who started; on the bench, who came on and for how long
Arsenal4-3-1-25-3-2Cardiff
Arsenal bench
- Alex Iwobi43 min
- Carl Jenkinson29 min
- Aaron Ramsey13 min
Cardiff bench
- Nathaniel Mendez-Laing19 min
- Kenneth Zohore16 minA
- Kadeem Harris8 min
Goals
2–1- 66'1–0Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang penArsenal
- 83'2–0Alexandre LacazetteAssist: Pierre-Emerick AubameyangArsenal
- 90+3'2–1Nathaniel Mendez-LaingAssist: Kenneth ZohoreCardiff
What Vesta would have said
Reconstructed, not published at the timeArsenal win78%what happened
Draw14%
Cardiff win8%
The favourite of Vesta won. Likeliest score 2-0 (11%). Expected goals 2.7–0.8.
Today's Vesta with this season hidden: it learned only from the seasons before and from what was known before kickoff. How it does over every season.
Match numbers
2.69
Expected goals
0.6015
Shots
194
Shots on target
24
Corners
714
Fouls
123
Yellow cards
30
Red cards
0Who played
| Arsenal | Min | G | A | xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernd Leno | 90 | 0.00 | ||
| Nacho Monreal | 90 | 0.00 | ||
| Shkodran Mustafi | 90 | 0.10 | ||
| Sead Kolasinac | 90 | 0.06 | ||
| Matteo Guendouzi | 90 | 0.08 | ||
| Lucas Torreira | 90 | 0.02 | ||
| Alexandre Lacazette | 90 | 1 | 0.28 | |
| Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | 90 | 1 | 1 | 1.24 |
| Mesut Özil | 77 | 0.00 | ||
| Stephan Lichtsteiner | 61 | 0.00 | ||
| Mohamed Elneny | 47 | 0.01 | ||
| Alex Iwobi sub | 43 | 0.10 | ||
| Carl Jenkinson sub | 29 | 0.00 | ||
| Aaron Ramsey sub | 13 | 0.79 |
| Cardiff | Min | G | A | xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Etheridge | 90 | 0.00 | ||
| Bruno Ecuele Manga | 90 | 0.00 | ||
| Lee Peltier | 90 | 0.00 | ||
| Sol Bamba | 90 | 0.04 | ||
| Callum Paterson | 90 | 0.11 | ||
| Joe Bennett | 90 | 0.11 | ||
| Aron Gunnarsson | 90 | 0.02 | ||
| Joe Ralls | 90 | 0.06 | ||
| Harry Arter | 82 | 0.03 | ||
| Oumar Niasse | 74 | 0.08 | ||
| Bobby Reid | 71 | 0.10 | ||
| Nathaniel Mendez-Laing sub | 19 | 1 | 0.03 | |
| Kenneth Zohore sub | 16 | 1 | 0.03 | |
| Kadeem Harris sub | 8 | 0.00 |