Kane's penalty and Rice's late goal shared the points at Bayern

Bayern created the better chances against Arsenal, but Declan Rice's late goal kept the visitors level.

Harry Kane's penalty in the 61st minute gave Bayern München their first lead of the night, and Declan Rice's goal in the 82nd minute took it away again. The match had already swung once before that, with Arsenal ahead and then level, so neither side had held a lead for long. The last quarter of an hour carried most of the weight: Kane's spot kick came first, and Rice's goal answered it.

Arsenal opened the scoring in the 25th minute through Eberechi Eze, who was set up by Martin Odegaard, and a video review confirmed the goal a minute later. Alphonso Davies levelled for Bayern at 35 minutes, with Harry Kane providing the pass, so the first half ended even. Neither side had a clear advantage at the interval, and the second half was where the chances started to separate.

Expected goals, usually shortened to xG, adds up how good each chance was, so a close-range shot counts for far more than one struck from distance. Bayern's chances came to 2.55 xG across the match, well above the 1.76 that the average side in this league creates. Arsenal's added up to 1.35, below that same average. Bayern scored twice from the stronger chances and Arsenal scored twice from weaker ones, which is why the finishing is the more interesting story here. Four goals also sits above the 3.7 the league averages per match, so this was a more open game than most.

Arsenal had 58% of the ball, against Bayern's 42%, but possession only tells you who kept it, not who was dangerous. Both sides took fewer shots than the 14.6 the average side in this league takes, with Bayern on 13 and Arsenal on 14. Ten of Bayern's shots came from inside the box, against nine for Arsenal, which fits with the gap in expected goals. The side that held the ball more was not the side that made the better chances.

Nobody was sent off, but Arsenal picked up both of the yellow cards, Kai Havertz in the 13th minute and Ezri Konsa in the 39th. Havertz was replaced at 68 minutes, and the cards did not change how the match was played out in front of the goal. Rice's goal came with the highest rating of the match in the pitch statistics, and it kept Arsenal from losing a game they had been level in for most of the second half.

Both sides arrived with recent form worth noting. Bayern have won four of their last six home matches, with two draws in that run, and Arsenal have won five of their last six away. Bayern's home record is a little less steady than Arsenal's away one, which sits well with a match where the home side made more of the chances but the visitors finished theirs.

After two matches, Arsenal sit ninth in the table with six points, and Bayern are 13th with four.

Player of the matchD. Rice1 goal8.2

E. Eze1 goal7.9

H. Kane1 goal · 1 assist7.7

M. Ødegaard1 assist7.6