Arsenal vs Everton 2-0

Arsenal beat Everton 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium after Ezri Konsa struck early and Gabriel dos Santos Magalhães added a second before the hour. The home side controlled the game for long spells and protected the lead without much alarm.

Konsa opened the scoring in the 7th minute, finishing from Viktor Gyökeres to make it 1-0. Everton went into the book through Vitaliy Mykolenko in first-half stoppage time, and Arsenal took that scoreline into the break.

Arsenal then made three changes on 68 minutes, with Mikel Merino, Viktor Gyökeres and Myles Lewis-Skelly making way for Bruno Guimarães, Kai Havertz and Riccardo Calafiori. From the same passage, Gabriel dos Santos Magalhães scored in the 68th minute from Ben White to make it 2-0. Everton later sent on Tyler Dibling, Hayden Hackney and Charly Alcaraz, but they did not find a way back into the match. Arsenal then made two more changes on 80 minutes, when Declan Rice and Eberechi Eze were replaced by Martín Zubimendi and Max Dowman.

The numbers reflected Arsenal’s edge. They had 58% of the possession, 507 passes to Everton’s 366, and 20 shots to 8. Arsenal also finished with 12 corners to 3 and 1.82 expected goals to Everton’s 0.47, while Everton had 3 shots on target to Arsenal’s 4 and 3 saves to Arsenal’s 2.

Arsenal’s only booking went to Myles Lewis-Skelly in the 58th minute, with Mikel Arteta Amatriain booked on 64 minutes. Everton were cautioned three times, with James Garner on 66 minutes, James Tarkowski on 79 minutes and David William Moyes on 79 minutes.