Arsenal vs Hull City 1-0

Martin Odegaard’s 72nd-minute goal settled it for Arsenal, who beat Hull City 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium.

The first half produced no goals. Arsenal had a penalty overturned by VAR in the 43rd minute when Kai Havertz’s spot-kick was cancelled. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Arsenal made two changes on 63 minutes, with Declan Rice and Kai Havertz coming off for Mikel Merino and Viktor Gyökeres. They made another two on 69 minutes as Eberechi Eze and Piero Hincapié replaced Christos Tzolis and Riccardo Calafiori. Hull City also changed on 69 minutes, and their own two-man switch came again on 75 minutes after Martin Odegaard had put Arsenal ahead. Hull City had made two changes on 60 and 61 minutes, with Brooke Norton-Cuffy booked immediately after coming on, before another two on 75 minutes.

Arsenal had 67% of the ball, 568 passes to Hull City’s 271, and 21 shots to 7, with 10 on target to 2 and xG of 1.01 to 0.36. They also finished with more corners, 7 to 4, while Hull City made more saves, 9 to 2, and committed 15 fouls to Arsenal’s 6.

Hull City collected five yellow cards. Lewie Coyle was booked in the 34th minute, Lucas Gourna-Douath on 48 minutes, Sergej Jakirović on 54, Brooke Norton-Cuffy in the 61st minute and Elliot Stroud on 75 minutes. Arsenal were not booked, and there were no red cards.