⏱️How it unfolded
Every goal and card, from kick-off to full time.
Nottingham above the line
Arsenal belowGoals and cards
Half-time 0-0
80'
GoalNoni Madueke, right footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Set up by Declan Rice0-1- 85'
InjuryJair Paula went off injured, Chris Wood on
The score, against the pace we expected
Arsenal stayed close to the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NOT better than we expected
▼ ARS better than we expected
The second half was where it moved most, about where we expected for Nottingham.
⚽Good plays, bad plays
The goals and saves that went each side's way, and what each side did to itself.

Nottingham
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- BIG MISS
Murillo missed from the left side of the box, just wide
90+2' · NOT 0-1 ARS

Arsenal
Good plays
- SAVE
David Raya kept out Murillo with a header from the centre of the box
54' · NOT 0-0 ARS
- WINNER
Noni Madueke, right footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal, set up by Declan Rice
80' · NOT 0-1 ARS
Bad plays
- BIG MISS
Gabriel Magalhães missed with a header from very close range
67' · NOT 0-0 ARS
⭐Who stood out
The players who made the difference, and the ones it went wrong for.

Nottingham
- ★
Liam Delap Forward
4 shots, 1 on target
- ✗
Murillo Center Left Defender
Big chance missed 90+2', 3 shots, 1 on target

Arsenal
- ★
Noni Madueke Substitute, off the bench
Goal 80'
- ★
Declan Rice Right Midfielder
Set up Madueke, 1 shot, 0 on target
- ★
David Raya Goalkeeper
2 saves
- ✗
Gabriel Magalhães Center Left Defender
Big chance missed 67', 2 shots, 0 on target
⚖️What decided it
Why Arsenal won, and why Nottingham did not.
From the game
Nottingham were without Nikola Milenkovic
Had 74% of the ball
Won it late through Noni Madueke in the 80th minute
Key battles
📊The numbers
| NOT | ARS | |
|---|---|---|
| 26% | Possession | 74% |
| 14 | Shots | 9 |
| 2 | Shots on target | 1 |
| 8 | Corners | 6 |
| 0 | Saves | 2 |
| 155 | Passes completed | 565 |
| 70% | Pass accuracy | 90% |
| 15 | Tackles won | 2 |
| 14 | Fouls | 8 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 45% | Share of the chances | 55% |
| 6 | Passes completed near goal | 10 |
| 24 | Passes allowed before winning it back | 5 |








