English Premier League

FT Friday, August 21, 2026
Coventry City WWWWW 0
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Arsenal WLWWW 3
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Emirates Stadium · 60,098 att. · USA Net

Match Report

Arsenal ease past Coventry to start new Prem season

Arsenal opened their bid to defend the Premier League title with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Coventry City at the Emirates Stadium.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
5
2
Corner Kicks
8
2
Saves
1
35.5
Possession
64.5
4
SHOTS
20
1
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
265
Accurate Passes
561
337
Passes
613
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
1
10
Crosses
19
0.1
Cross %
0.1
65
Long Balls
31
33
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
8
2
Effective Tackles
6
4
Tackles
9
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
5
30
Effective Clearances
22
30
Clearances
22

Highlights

01:00 Leboeuf: Arsenal have 'no other contenders' after opening win vs. Coventry Watch on ESPN 00:56 Arteta: I'm really impressed with Arsenal's domination Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

ARS leads series 2-0

Lineups

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1David RayaG
  2. 6Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 3Cristhian MosqueraCD-R
  4. 33Riccardo CalafioriLB
  5. 4Ben WhiteRB
  6. 8Martin ØdegaardAM
  7. 41Declan RiceLM
  8. 49Myles Lewis-SkellyRM
  9. 29Kai HavertzF
  10. 17Christos TzolisAM-L
  11. 7Bukayo SakaAM-R

COV · 4-1-4-1

  1. 19Carl RushworthG
  2. 24Aurèle AmendaCD-L
  3. 4Bobby ThomasCD-R
  4. 6Matt GrimesDM
  5. 3Jay Da SilvaLB
  6. 27Milan van EwijkRB
  7. 16Frank OnyekaCM-L
  8. 8Caleb YirenkyiCM-R
  9. 23Brandon Thomas-AsanteLM
  10. 18Loum TchaounaRM
  11. 9Ellis SimmsF

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Arsenal 1, Coventry City 0. Kai Havertz (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Riccardo Calafiori.
  2. 23' Goal! Arsenal 2, Coventry City 0. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a fast break.
  3. 27' Caleb Yirenkyi (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 34' Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 49' Goal! Arsenal 3, Coventry City 0. Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ben White.
  6. 56' Delay in match (Arsenal).
  7. 56'
  8. 57' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  9. 57'
  10. 62' Substitution, Coventry City. Victor Torp replaces Caleb Yirenkyi.
  11. 68' Substitution, Arsenal. Martín Zubimendi replaces Declan Rice.
  12. 68' Substitution, Arsenal. Noni Madueke replaces Bukayo Saka.
  13. 70' Substitution, Coventry City. Taiwo Awoniyi replaces Ellis Simms.
  14. 70' Substitution, Coventry City. Jack Rudoni replaces Brandon Thomas-Asante.
  15. 76' Substitution, Arsenal. Eberechi Eze replaces Christos Tzolis.
  16. 76' Substitution, Arsenal. Mikel Merino replaces Martin Ødegaard.
  17. 81' Substitution, Arsenal. Piero Hincapié replaces Riccardo Calafiori.
  18. 82' Substitution, Coventry City. Gustavo Hamer replaces Loum Tchaouna.

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