Premier League

Manchester City 5-0 Arsenal

Competition Premier League Season 2021/2022 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 28 Aug 2021, 11:30 Venue time 28 Aug 2021, 12:30 BST

Manchester City vs Arsenal finished 5-0 in Premier League. Key event: 5' Bukayo Saka (assist Kieran Tierney · xG 0.12 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 94%, 43.5%). Head to head: H2H last 8 before 28 Aug 2021: 8 W / 0 D / 0 L for Manchester City. Home form: W L L W L; Away form: W L L W W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match preview 2 facts

Form before this match (28 Aug 2021): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form W L L W L Matches: 5 · 6 pts, goals 12-5, 2.40 scored/match, 1.00 conceded/match

Away form W L L W W Matches: 5 · 9 pts, goals 11-5, 2.20 scored/match, 1.00 conceded/match

Timeline 42 events

5' shot Bukayo Saka ARS assist Kieran Tierney xG 0.12 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 94%, 43.5%

6' shot Ilkay Gündogan MCI assist Gabriel Jesus xG 0.14 · Open Play · location 95.7%, 56%

7' Goal İlkay Gündoğan 1–0 MCI assist Gabriel Jesus

11' shot Ferrán Torres MCI xG 0.58 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 95.1%, 53.9%

12' Goal Ferran Torres 2–0 MCI Goal

14' VAR Ferran Torres MCI Goal awarded

16' shot Ferrán Torres MCI assist Gabriel Jesus xG 0.14 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.7%, 45.5%

24' Yellow Cédric Soares ARS Yellow card

28' Yellow Sead Kolašinac ARS Yellow card

35' Red Granit Xhaka ARS Red card

37' shot Ferrán Torres MCI assist Gabriel Jesus xG 0.03 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 80.9%, 38.6%

38' shot Aymeric Laporte MCI assist Gabriel Jesus xG 0.01 · Open Play · location 87.3%, 55.8%

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42' shot Gabriel Jesus MCI assist Jack Grealish xG 0.68 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 95.8%, 54%

43' Goal Gabriel Jesus 3–0 MCI assist Jack Grealish

46' Sub Mohamed Elneny ARS on for Bukayo Saka

46' Sub Oleksandr Zinchenko MCI on for Kyle Walker

49' shot Bernardo Silva MCI assist Jack Grealish xG 0.11 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92%, 64.5%

49' shot Rodri MCI xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.8%, 51.5%

50' shot Ilkay Gündogan MCI assist Rúben Dias xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.4%, 48.5%

51' shot Jack Grealish MCI assist Ilkay Gündogan xG 0.1 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.2%, 63.3%

52' shot Rodri MCI assist Ferrán Torres xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.6%, 42.4%

53' Goal Rodri 4–0 MCI assist Ferran Torres

55' shot Oleksandr Zinchenko MCI xG 0.02 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 75%, 58.7%

58' Sub Raheem Sterling MCI on for Bernardo Silva

59' Sub Alexandre Lacazette ARS on for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

61' Sub Riyad Mahrez MCI on for Gabriel Jesus

62' shot Aymeric Laporte MCI assist Rodri xG 0.08 · From Corner · location 92.4%, 56.4%

64' shot Raheem Sterling MCI assist Jack Grealish xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 96.9%, 62.9%

67' shot Raheem Sterling MCI assist Riyad Mahrez xG 0.37 · Open Play · location 93.9%, 56.7%

67' shot Raheem Sterling MCI assist Jack Grealish xG 0.03 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 81.4%, 57.6%

67' Yellow Rodri MCI Yellow card

71' Sub Ainsley Maitland-Niles ARS on for Martin Ødegaard

75' shot Aymeric Laporte MCI assist Rúben Dias xG 0.12 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 92.8%, 53%

76' shot Raheem Sterling MCI assist Riyad Mahrez xG 0.43 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.8%, 41.8%

83' shot Ferrán Torres MCI assist Riyad Mahrez xG 0.5 · Open Play · location 93.6%, 50.6%

84' Goal Ferran Torres 5–0 MCI assist Riyad Mahrez

85' shot Ilkay Gündogan MCI assist Rodri xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.8%, 48%

86' shot Aymeric Laporte MCI xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 83.3%, 67.8%

86' shot Aymeric Laporte MCI assist Jack Grealish xG 0.07 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 90.9%, 59.6%

87' shot Riyad Mahrez MCI assist Jack Grealish xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 81.2%, 49.7%

90' shot Riyad Mahrez MCI assist Raheem Sterling xG 0.11 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 88.6%, 31.6%

91' shot João Cancelo MCI assist Ilkay Gündogan xG 0.6 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 93%, 53.9%

Shot map 26 shots · 5 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Manchester City 25 shots · 4.48 xG · 5 goals

Arsenal 1 shots · 0.12 xG · 0 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Head-to-head Meetings: 12

Manchester City leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 5 wins, 3 losses, 4 draws. Latest meeting: 16 Aug 2026 · Arsenal vs Manchester City · 3 - 0.

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Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (28 Aug 2021). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample.

16 Aug 2026

Arsenal 3 - 0 Manchester City

19 Apr 2026

Manchester City 2 - 1 Arsenal

22 Mar 2026

Arsenal 0 - 2 Manchester City

21 Sep 2025

Arsenal 1 - 1 Manchester City

02 Feb 2025

Arsenal 5 - 1 Manchester City

22 Sep 2024

Manchester City 2 - 2 Arsenal

31 Mar 2024

Manchester City 0 - 0 Arsenal

08 Oct 2023

Arsenal 1 - 0 Manchester City

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06 Aug 2023

Arsenal 1 - 1 Manchester City

26 Apr 2023

Manchester City 4 - 1 Arsenal

15 Feb 2023

Arsenal 1 - 3 Manchester City

01 Jan 2022

Arsenal 1 - 2 Manchester City

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (28 Aug 2021). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

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01 Nov 2026