The story
Arsenal beat Leicester 4-2 at Emirates Stadium in the Premier League, gameweek 2.
Arsenal's goals came from Gabriel Jesus (23', 35'), Granit Xhaka (55'), Gabriel Martinelli (75') and an own goal by William Saliba (53'); James Maddison (74') replied for Leicester.
It was 2-0 at half-time.
Arsenal had 50% of the ball and 19 shots to Leicester's 6.
Match stats
Key moments
- 23' Gabriel Jesus Goal · Arsenal 1-0 Assist: Granit Xhaka
- 35' Gabriel Jesus Goal · Arsenal 2-0
- 53' William Saliba Own goal · Arsenal 3-0
- 55' Granit Xhaka Goal · Arsenal 4-0 Assist: Gabriel Jesus
- 74' James Maddison Goal · Leicester 4-1 Assist: Kelechi Iheanacho
- 75' Gabriel Martinelli Goal · Arsenal 5-1 Assist: Gabriel Jesus
Line-ups
Arsenal
- Aaron RamsdaleGoalkeeper
- Ben Whiteoff 75'Defender
- GabrielDefender
- William SalibaDefender
- Martin ØdegaardMidfielder
- Granit XhakaMidfielder
- Oleksandr Zinchenkooff 77'Midfielder
- Thomas ParteyMidfielder
- Bukayo Sakaoff 84'Forward
- Gabriel MartinelliForward
- Gabriel Jesusoff 84'Forward
Leicester
- Danny WardGoalkeeper
- James JustinDefender
- Timothy CastagneDefender
- Wesley FofanaDefender
- Jonny EvansDefender
- Daniel Amarteyoff 63'Defender
- Youri Tielemansoff 63'Midfielder
- Kiernan Dewsbury-HallMidfielder
- James MaddisonMidfielder
- Wilfred NdidiMidfielder
- Jamie Vardyoff 70'Forward
Full timeline
Every goal and card (8)
- 16' 🟨 Wesley Fofana
- 23' ⚽ Gabriel Jesusassist Granit Xhaka
- 35' ⚽ Gabriel Jesus
- 53' ⚽ William Saliba (og)
- 55' ⚽ Granit Xhakaassist Gabriel Jesus
- 74' ⚽ James Maddisonassist Kelechi Iheanacho
- 75' ⚽ Gabriel Martinelliassist Gabriel Jesus
- 90' 🟨 Takehiro Tomiyasu
Head to head
6Arsenal wins0Draws0Leicester wins
