Match story
- Manchester City created the clearer chances on xG (1.12 vs 2.29, Δ 1.17).
- Arsenal was more accurate in front of goal (40% on target vs 20%).
- Manchester City held more of the ball (62% possession).
Manchester City defeated Arsenal 0-2 in the League Cup. The fixture is part of the Final stage in the 2025 season. The match was played at Wembley Stadium in London. P. Bankes officiated the match. The full-time result capped a Arsenal vs Manchester City meeting in League Cup with detailed post-match statistics available on Sportra. This match centre covers lineups, live events, player ratings, team statistics, xG, head-to-head history, and related news for Arsenal and Manchester City. On Sportra you can view xG, lineups, match statistics, events, player ratings, predictions, head-to-head history, and related news for this fixture.
League CupRecorded meetings: 12 (available previous meetings, not necessarily all-time).
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Chelsea should take ‘confidence’ from their 2-1 defeat to Arsenal, says Gary Neville (Picture: Sky Sports) Gary Neville says Chelsea are going in the ‘right direction’ under Xabi Alonso and should finish no lower than third in the Premier League this season. After winning their opening two matches against Fulham and Brighton, Chelsea were given their sternest test yet away to the champions Arsenal on Sunday. The visitors got off to a dream start as Morgan Rogers fired a brilliant second-minute volley past David Raya from the edge of the box to send the away end into raptures at the Emirates. But the Gunners rallied and found an equaliser through Kai Havertz, who beat Emiliano Martinez at his near post with a smart finish against his former club. Exclusive Premier League previews Get ahead of the start of the season with our weekly football newsletter. Sign up now for free. The two teams went into the half-time break all square before Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard capitalised on an exquisite dummy from Havertz to put the hosts in front for the first time in the contest. Mikel Arteta’s men held firm to come away from the derby with a 2-1 victory, ensuring they moved level on points with Manchester City – last year’s runners-up – at the top of the table. Arsenal are now undefeated in their last 12 matches in all competitions versus the Blues, dating back to the latter’s 2-0 win at the Emirates in August 2021. Odegaard scored the decisive goal in north London (Picture: Getty) Rogers had put the away side in front in only the second minute (Picture: Getty) Chelsea’s latest setback leaves the club stuck down in fourth, with Alonso’s side facing third-placed Hull City in their next top-flight game on Saturday afternoon. Dissecting the match on his Sky Sports podcast, Neville picked out where they remain some question marks in Chelsea’s starting XI. The former Manchester United and England right-back also revealed his ‘surprise’ at Alonso’s decision to remove Romeo Lavia for Malo Gusto on the hour-mark in north London. ‘I thought Emiliano Martinez should have saved that first goal and he’ll be really disappointed with that,’ Neville said. ‘The back three is a question and whether that can grow to be good enough… [Wesley] Fofana not reading the one where Havertz dummies it. Again, just that experience, being wise. {"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"'It was beautiful': Arteta hails Arsenal's attack-to-defence display in win against Chelsea","contentUrl":"https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2026\/09\/07\/2593273995855020828\/480x270_MP4_2593273995855020828.mp4","description":"Arsenal came from behind to beat Chelsea 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium after Morgan Rogers stunned home fans into silence with a volleyed goal 77 seconds into the game.","duration":"T5M27S","height":270,"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/09\/07\/07\/111091359-0-image-a-53_1788761962819.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-09-07T07:17:08+0100","width":480} To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page window.addEventListener('metroVideo:relatedVideosCarouselLoaded', function(data) { if (typeof(data.detail) === 'undefined' || typeof(data.detail.carousel) === 'undefined' || typeof(data.detail.carousel.el_) === 'undefined') { return; } var player = data.detail.carousel.el_; var container = player.closest('.metro-video-player'); var placeholder = container.querySelector('.metro-video-player__up-next-placeholder'); if (placeholder) { container.removeChild(placeholder); container.classList.add('metro-video-player--related-videos-loaded'); } }); ‘Whether the wing-backs are good enough right now… but I think [Pedro] Neto did a very good job and [Jorrel] Hato’s done okay. ‘In midfield, I thought Lavia played well. He was disappointed to go off and I was surprised to see him go off but they don’t want to lose him, maybe they thought Gusto an
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