Arsenal vs Lille 3-0

Arsenal beat Lille 3-0 at Emirates Stadium after a second-half burst settled a goalless game. Jurriën Timber opened the scoring on 64 minutes, Eberechi Eze added a second on 67, and Bukayo Saka made it 3-0 on 71.

The first half brought no goals, though Arsenal carried the greater threat and had Mikel Merino booked in the 29th minute. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Arsenal made three changes on 65 minutes and those switches quickly shaped the match. Timber’s opener came from Noni Madueke’s assist, and three minutes later Eze finished from Bukayo Saka, who had come on in the 65th minute. Saka then scored himself on 71 minutes, with Kai Havertz, also introduced on 65 minutes, supplying the assist. Lille made two changes on 72 minutes and another two on 78, while Arsenal later replaced Timber with Ben White on 78 minutes and Eze with Max Dowman on 85.

The numbers pointed to Arsenal’s control. They had 58% of the possession, 543 passes to Lille’s 404, 16 shots to 4, and 8 on target to 0. Arsenal also won 7 corners to none and finished on 1.86 expected goals against Lille’s 0.4, while Lille’s goalkeeper made 5 saves and Arsenal’s made none.

There were two yellow cards for Arsenal, for Mikel Merino on 29 minutes and for Lille’s Maxima Goffi on 81 minutes. No red cards were shown.