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

UEFA Champions League · 2023Wed, 21 Feb 2024, 20:00 UTC

FC Porto

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1–0Historical match

Arsenal

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

Match at a glance

FC Porto won 1–0.

Shots: 87
Shots on target: 20
Expected goals: 1.190.42
Possession: 35%65%

Full time

What the match recorded

FC Porto beat Arsenal 1–0. Recorded in this match (FC Porto – Arsenal): shots 8–7, shots on target 2–0, expected goals 1.19–0.42, possession 35%–65%. 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.

48.7%PossessionFC Porto · Arsenal● 57.6%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 8.9 percentage points.

Window: season

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

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

This match

Match statistics

Shots8 shots7 shotsFC Porto 8 shots, Arsenal 7 shots
Shots on target2 shots0 shotsFC Porto 2 shots, Arsenal 0 shots
Expected goals1.19 xG0.42 xGFC Porto 1.19 xG, Arsenal 0.42 xG
Possession35%65%FC Porto 35%, Arsenal 65%
Corners1 corner10 cornersFC Porto 1 corner, Arsenal 10 corners
Fouls14 fouls22 foulsFC Porto 14 fouls, Arsenal 22 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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FC Porto: 8 shots, 2 on target, 1.43 xG. Arsenal: 7 shots, 0 on target, 0.41 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: FC Porto 1.43 xG · Arsenal 0.41 xG.

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: FC Porto favored in 2 of 11 directional metrics · Arsenal in 6 · 3 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

FC Porto7 matchesArsenal7 matches

2.29 goals/matchGoals scored7/72.29 goals/match

1.14 goals/matchGoals allowed7/7▲ 0.71 goals/match

1.6 xG/matchExpected goals7/71.6 xG/match

13.4 shots/match ▲Shots7/712.4 shots/match

6.14 shots/match ▲Shots on target7/74.57 shots/match

48.7%Possession7/7● 57.6%

3.29 corners/matchCorners7/7● 4.86 corners/match

10.6 fouls/matchFouls7/712.3 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples7 / 7home / 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: Thu, 22 Feb 2024, 00:00 UTC · analysis-v4