Arsenal 1–0 FC Porto — UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Match Stats

UEFA Champions League · 2023Tue, 12 Mar 2024, 20:00 UTC

Arsenal

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1–0Historical match

FC Porto

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A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Arsenal won 1–0.

Shots: 1310
Shots on target: 43
Expected goals: 0.920.52
Possession: 58%42%

Full time

What the match recorded

Arsenal beat FC Porto 1–0. Recorded in this match (Arsenal – FC Porto): shots 13–10, shots on target 4–3, expected goals 0.92–0.52, possession 58%–42%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

The teams have contrasting possession records

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Arsenal have recorded the higher season possession share.

57.6% ●PossessionArsenal · FC Porto47.9%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 9.8 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Arsenal	FC Porto	Baseline
Possession	57.6%	47.9%	48.7%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

This match

Match statistics

Shots13 shots10 shotsArsenal 13 shots, FC Porto 10 shots
Shots on target4 shots3 shotsArsenal 4 shots, FC Porto 3 shots
Expected goals0.92 xG0.52 xGArsenal 0.92 xG, FC Porto 0.52 xG
Possession58%42%Arsenal 58%, FC Porto 42%
Corners9 corners1 cornerArsenal 9 corners, FC Porto 1 corner
Fouls18 fouls20 foulsArsenal 18 fouls, FC Porto 20 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

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Arsenal: 17 shots, 8 on target, 4.20 xG. FC Porto: 14 shots, 7 on target, 3.80 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Arsenal 4.20 xG · FC Porto 3.80 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0Arsenal

0Draws

1FC Porto

21 Feb 2024FC Porto — Arsenal · UEFA Champions League1–0

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Arsenal favored in 8 of 11 directional metrics · FC Porto in 1 · 2 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Arsenal8 matchesFC Porto8 matches

2.13 goals/match ▲Goals scored8/82 goals/match

0.63 goals/match ▲Goals allowed8/81.13 goals/match

1.52 xG/matchExpected goals8/81.46 xG/match

12.5 shots/matchShots8/813 shots/match

4.5 shots/matchShots on target8/8▲ 5.75 shots/match

57.6% ●Possession8/847.9%

5.38 corners/match ●Corners8/83 corners/match

13 fouls/matchFouls8/811.8 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples8 / 8home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

Evidence is usable but does not meet the strongest completeness threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Wed, 13 Mar 2024, 00:00 UTC · analysis-v4