Arsenal 2-0 Everton: result, goals, stats and reaction

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Arsenal beat Everton 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium in London in the Premier League on Saturday 24 October. Ezri Konsa scored in the seventh minute and Gabriel added a second in the 68th. The Matchweek 8 game kicked off at 3pm and Tony Harrington was the referee. Arsenal led 1-0 at half-time.

How the goals came

Arsenal took the lead after seven minutes. Konsa scored, with Viktor Gyökeres credited with the assist. The score was 1-0 at half-time, with Everton’s Vitaliy Mykolenko booked in the second minute of first-half stoppage time (45+2) for a foul.

The second goal came in the 68th minute. Gabriel scored from an assist by Ben White. Arsenal made three substitutions in the same minute, and the match finished 2-0.

Match stats

Arsenal had 58% of possession and Everton 42%. Arsenal had 20 shots to Everton’s 8, and 4 of Arsenal’s shots were on target against 3 from Everton. Arsenal were awarded 12 corners and Everton 3.

Arsenal were credited with 2 big chances and Everton with 1. Pass accuracy was 87% for Arsenal and 86% for Everton. There were 3 saves for Arsenal and 2 for Everton. Everton were flagged offside once and Arsenal not at all. Arsenal committed 11 fouls and Everton 13. The cards total was 1 yellow for Arsenal and 3 for Everton.

Cards and changes

Mykolenko was booked for Everton in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Myles Lewis-Skelly (58 minutes, foul) was booked for Arsenal. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was shown a yellow card in the 64th minute for arguing, and Everton’s James Garner was booked in the 66th minute, also for arguing.

In the 79th minute Everton manager David Moyes was booked for arguing, and James Tarkowski was booked for a foul.

Arsenal made five substitutions in two groups. In the 68th minute Riccardo Calafiori replaced Lewis-Skelly, Bruno Guimarães replaced Mikel Merino and Kai Havertz replaced Gyökeres. In the 80th minute Max Dowman replaced Eberechi Eze and Martín Zubimendi replaced Declan Rice.

Everton made three changes. Tyler Dibling replaced Brennan Johnson in the 72nd minute, Hayden Hackney replaced Mykolenko in the 74th, and Carlos Alcaraz replaced Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in the 86th.

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