Champions League · League phase, matchday 2 Match report

Arsenal 3-0 Lille: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Arsenal

3-0Full time

Lille

Tuesday 13 October 2026, 19:00 UTC Emirates Stadium, London

Our picks against the result

9 of 12 right

Result Arsenal win83% 3-0
Double chance Arsenal or draw (1X)94% 3-0
Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.560% 3 goals
More corners Arsenal84% Arsenal (7-0)
Yellow cards Below average 3 yellow cards · league 3.6
Yellow cards 3 yellow cards 3.5 Under61% 4.5 Under79% 5.5 Under90%
Corners Above average 7 corners · league 8.9
Corners 7 corners 8.5 Over62% 9.5 Over51% 10.5 Under60%

Match stats

Arsenal Lille

3 Goals 0
2 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
7 Corners 0

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Arsenal vs Lille takes place at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday 13 October 2026 in the Champions League, League phase, matchday 2. Our model picks Arsenal to win, with a double chance of Arsenal win or draw.

Why this pick?

Our model makes Arsenal the clear pick to win. The main reason is that Arsenal are rated clearly stronger than Lille on our long-run, xG-based strength rating, sitting above the Champions League average while Lille are below it. There is no significant point against the pick, and the matchup backs it up: Arsenal's defence is the strongest in the competition by our rating, while Lille's attack is among the weakest. Lille also create few big chances and have few touches in the opposition box over their last five matches, while Arsenal concede few of those. The call is clear.

Form guide

Arsenal

W 2-1 vs Leeds United (H) Premier League · 10 Oct
L 0-3 at Brighton & Hove Albion (A) Premier League · 19 Sep
W 4-2 at Ipswich Town (A) EFL Cup · 15 Sep
W 2-0 at Sunderland (A) Premier League · 12 Sep
W 1-0 at Napoli (A) Champions League · 9 Sep

Lille

W 1-0 vs Le Havre (H) Ligue 1 · 10 Oct
L 1-2 at Nice (A) Ligue 1 · 20 Sep
W 2-0 vs Troyes (H) Ligue 1 · 13 Sep
L 2-3 vs Real Betis (H) Champions League · 8 Sep
W 1-0 at Toulouse (A) Ligue 1 · 3 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

ArsenalLille

Attack 86 20 1.0 goals per match this season2.0 goals per match this season

Defence 100 57 0.0 conceded per match this season3.0 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Champions League clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.