2021–22 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal 2021–22
Club information
Manager	Mikel Arteta
Stadium	Emirates Stadium
League Season information
Final League position	Premier League TBD
Highest position	4th
lowest position	20th
Points	54
Goals for	45
Goals against	36
Goals difference	+9
Cup placements
FA Cup	Third round Lost 1–0 to Nottingham Forest
EFL Cup	Semi-finals Lost 2–0 to Liverpool
Season statistics
Matches played	25
Top goalscorer	Bukayo Saka Emile Smith Rowe (9 each)
Biggest home win	Arsenal 3–0 Southampton
Biggest away win	Norwich City 0–5 Arsenal
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The 2021–22 season is the 135th in the history of Arsenal Football Club. It began on 1 July 2021 and will conclude on 30 June 2022, with competitive matches played between August and May. This is Arsenal's 30th season in the Premier League, their 102nd consecutive season in the top-flight of English football, and their 105th season in the top-flight overall. In addition to the domestic league, Arsenal will also participate in the FA Cup and EFL Cup, but they will not be participating in any European competition for the first time since the 1995–96 season.

Overview

June and July

On 24 June, Greek centre-back Konstantinos Mavropanos's loan spell at Bundesliga club Stuttgart was extended for another season.

On 1 July, Arsenal released several players, of which the only first-team player was Brazilian centre-back David Luiz, who was at the end of his contract; Luiz later joined Brazilian top-flight side Flamengo in September. At the same time, Spanish midfielder Dani Ceballos and Australian goalkeeper Mathew Ryan finished their loan spells and returned to Real Madrid and Brighton & Hove Albion, respectively, though the latter would join Real Sociedad on 12 July. On 6 July, French midfielder Matteo Guendouzi, who spent the entirety of the previous season on loan at Bundesliga club Hertha Berlin, was once again loaned out, this time to Ligue 1 club Marseille for the entire Ligue 1 season. Arsenal's first signing of the summer transfer window came on 10 July, with 21-year-old Portuguese left-back Nuno Tavares arriving from Benfica for about £8 million.

Arsenal had four players unavailable for pre-season friendlies, as Bernd Leno, Bukayo Saka, Kieran Tierney, and Granit Xhaka had competed in the Euros, which ended on 11 July. On 13 July, Arsenal began their pre-season tour of Scotland with a 2–1 defeat to Hibernian and former Arsenal goalkeeper Matt Macey, who played the first half. Martin Boyle scored on 21 minutes for the hosts after goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo, on his senior team debut, failed to deal with a back pass from Cédric, before Daniel MacKay doubled their lead 69 minutes in. Four minutes later, Maciej Dąbrowski saved Nicolas Pépé's penalty, but Emile Smith Rowe scored a tap-in at the back post in the 82nd minute from Héctor Bellerín's pass for the sole Arsenal goal. This was followed by a game four days later against defending Scottish champions Rangers, who were celebrating their 125th anniversary. The game ended 2–2, with Arsenal twice going behind. Leon Balogun's 17th-minute header was followed by a debut goal for Tavares nine minutes later, and Cedric Itten's 75th-minute header was matched by a late strike from Eddie Nketiah through a crowded box.

Between the two Scottish friendlies, it was announced on 15 July that French centre-back William Saliba, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Nice, would join Guendouzi at Marseille on a season-long loan deal. On 19 July, Arsenal made their second signing, bringing in 21-year-old Belgian midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga from Anderlecht for about £17.2 million.

The day after, Arsenal withdrew from the seventh edition of the Florida Cup, citing "a small number of positive COVID-19 tests" among the staff. They had been set to compete with fellow Premier League club Everton, Serie A club Inter Milan, and Colombian top-flight club Millionarios, but they and fellow withdrawals Inter Milan were replaced by Atlético Nacional, also from the Colombian first division, and Liga MX club Pumas UNAM.

In lieu of the Florida Cup matches, Arsenal organised friendlies at their London Colney training ground against two other London sides, Millwall from the EFL Championship on 24 July and newly promoted Premier League side Watford on 28 July, with both matches finishing 4–1 to Arsenal. Calum Chambers opened the scoring against Millwall, tapping in the rebound after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang hit the crossbar. At halftime, Albert Sambi Lokonga came on for his club debut. Alexandre Lacazette headed home the second goal before Nicolas Pépé finished Aubameyang's low cross from 10 yards out for the third goal. Folarin Balogun finished off a move from Lacazette and Willian for the fourth goal late in the game. With a few minutes remaining, Alex Mitchell tapped in [Murray Wallace]]'s header from a corner to end the combined clean sheet of academy graduates Arthur Okonkwo and Karl Jakob Hein. In the match against Watford, Eddie Nketiah gave Arsenal the early lead before Philip Zinckernagel drew even after Mohamed Elneny was caught in possession inside the penalty area. In the second half, Ainsley Maitland-Niles won a penalty that was converted by Alexandre Lacazette, which was shortly followed by Kieran Tierney's half-volley, assisted by Emile Smith Rowe. After Lacazette came close to scoring three times, academy graduate Miguel Azeez curled the ball into the top corner for the fourth goal.

Arsenal concluded the month with the announced signing of 23-year-old English centre-back Ben White on 30 July, who joined from fellow Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion on a £50 million deal.

August

To finish their pre-season, Arsenal participated in the Mind Series pre-season tournament, which supported Mind and other mental health charities, against London rivals Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur. The Gunners started off the month at home at the Emirates Stadium against Chelsea in the first of two matches, with manager Mikel Arteta opting not to start any of the new signings. The visitors opened the scoring in the twenty-sixth minute: on the break, Timo Werner passed across to Kai Havertz, who fired into the roof of the net. Four minutes later, Arsenal hoped to get a quick equaliser but Emile Smith Rowe hit the post; just before halftime, Chelsea also hit the post through Hakim Ziyech. At halftime, new signing Ben White was substituted on for his Arsenal debut. Early in the second half, a low free kick from Alexandre Lacazette forced a save from Édouard Mendy. In the fifty-ninth minute, a ball over the top found Ziyech one-on-one with Bernd Leno, but with the former taking extra touches to try and get around Calum Chambers, White managed to recover and make a goal-line block on Ziyech's eventual shot. Arsenal finally equalised in the sixty-ninth minute, with a Nicolas Pépé corner headed down and in by Granit Xhaka. However, Chelsea capitalised on an Arsenal mistake a few minutes later to retake the lead, as an errant pass from Héctor Bellerín past Xhaka fell to Tammy Abraham, who slotted the ball into the bottom corner. With under ten minutes left, Arsenal looked to equalise again. Pépé centered the ball to Joe Willock, whose first-time shot bounced down off the underside of the crossbar. The ball looked to have crossed the goal line, but without the aid of goal-line technology, referee Andre Marriner did not award the goal, and the match ended 2–1 in Chelsea's favour.

For their last pre-season game, Arsenal played their second Mind Series match, this time away to Tottenham Hotspur on 8 August, with Ben White joining fellow new signing Albert Sambi Lokonga in the starting lineup. Son Heung-min had two close scoring chances for the home side in the opening twenty minutes: the first flashed wide of the post while the second was smothered by Bernd Leno. Later in the first half, Alexandre Lacazette had two chances of his own, with the first being pushed away by Hugo Lloris and the second clattering off the post. Just before halftime, Dele Alli hit the post too from close range after a centered pass from Son. Alli repeated the feat, again from close range, on fifty-nine minutes after a Son free kick was headed on by Davinson Sánchez to the far post. The deadlock was finally broken in the seventy-ninth minute. On the right flank, Serge Aurier outdueled Nicolas Pépé for possession of the ball before playing a one-two with Giovanni Lo Celso. Aurier's cross into the box found Son, who fired to the near post past Leno for the game's solitary goal. By losing both of the matches, Arsenal finished at the bottom of the tournament, while Chelsea beat Tottenham for the inaugural title on goals scored.

After being loaned to fellow Premier League side Newcastle United at the end of last season's winter transfer window, Joe Willock had scored eight goals in 14 league appearances, and manager Steve Bruce was keen on bringing him back. As a result, on 13 August, Arsenal announced the transfer of the academy graduate from the first team to Newcastle United on a six-year deal worth at least £20 million.

That same day, Arsenal opened the new Premier League season and headed to the Brentford Community Stadium in west London to take on newly-promoted Brentford F.C., who were making their Premier League debut. The Gunners began the season without Alexandre Lacazette and captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who were ruled out a few hours prior to kick-off due to illness, while Ben White and Albert Sambi Lokonga made their competitive debuts for the team. Academy graduate Folarin Balogun was also named to the starting lineup for his Premier League debut. Twelve minutes in, Brentford came close to opening the scoring when a Bryan Mbeumo shot from an Ivan Toney pass hit the outside of the right post. Ten minutes later, an initial Brentford attack was cleared by Calum Chambers only as far as Ethan Pinnock in the Brentford offensive half. Pinnock immediately headed the ball to Sergi Canós, who ran into the box, cut inside on Chambers, and fired a low shot in at Bernd Leno's near-side post for the opening goal of the season. Mbeumo came close again just before halftime, while Kieran Tierney's shot early on was Arsenal's only shot on target in the first half. In the seventy-third minute, a long throw-in from substitute Mads Bech Sørensen into the box bounced over Chambers, Toney, and Pablo Marí at the near post, before Christian Nørgaard headed the ball in at the far post. Shots from Emile Smith Rowe, Granit Xhaka, and Nicolas Pépé were Arsenal's closest chances of scoring in the second half; Xhaka missed high and wide, while Smith Rowe and Pépé forced saves from David Raya. As a result, Arsenal opened their season with a 2–0 loss to the Premier League debutants.

On 20 August, Arsenal announced two more signings. Norwegian midfielder Martin Ødegaard, who had been on loan at Arsenal from Real Madrid for the second half of last season, joined on a permanent deal worth £34 million. Meanwhile, English goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale joined from Sheffield United, which had been relegated from the Premier League last season, in a deal worth up to £30 million.

Arsenal played the home opener of their Premier League campaign on 22 August against cross-town rivals Chelsea. The match was decided by two goals, both of which were scored in the first half. In the 15th minute, Mateo Kovačić picked out an open Reece James on the right side of the box, who then controlled the ball and fired a low cross past Kieran Tierney and a diving Bernd Leno into the centre of the box, where Romelu Lukaku tapped it in from close range on his return to Chelsea. Thirty-four minutes in, James once again received the ball out wide, this time from Mason Mount. As Tierney scrambled to close James down, the latter fired into the opposite side netting to increase Chelsea's lead. Minutes before halftime, referee Paul Tierney dismissed penalty calls after contact between James and Bukayo Saka in the box, with video assistant referee Chris Kavanagh upholding the ruling. In the 77th minute, Lukaku nearly scored again, but his header from Mount's cross was parried onto the underside of the crossbar by Leno. With a second consecutive 2–0 loss to open the season, Arsenal dropped to 19th, just ahead of last-placed Norwich City on goal difference.

On 25 August, ahead of their first Carabao Cup match of the season, Arsenal announced that Lucas Torreira would once again go out on loan, this time to Serie A team ACF Fiorentina for the entire 2021–22 season. Torreira had spent the entirety of last season on loan at La Liga team Atlético Madrid, accumulating 26 appearances one goal in all competitions; Atlético Madrid went on to win the league.

Arsenal entered the Carabao Cup in the second round, facing Championship side West Bromwich Albion away at the Hawthorns. Aaron Ramsdale made his debut and started in goal, while Martin Ødegaard made his first start as a full-fledged Arsenal player. With West Brom opting to field a team of mostly backup and academy players, Arsenal dominated the game from start to end and won 6–0. They kicked off the scoring in the 17th minute, as Bukayo Saka's shot was parried away by goalkeeper Alex Palmer into the path of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who converted the rebound. Arsenal added two more goals just before halftime. First, Aubameyang tapped in a Nicolas Pépé shot that ricocheted off the near post. Then, in the first minute of stoppage time, Aubameyang broke through the West Brom defense and faced Palmer one-on-one, but the former's first shot was tipped into the air by the latter. With his second attempt, Aubameyang tried a bicycle kick but misfired, with the ball ending up at Pépé's feet for another tap-in. Five minutes into the second half, Saka played a one-two with Ødegaard before the former fired past Palmer. In the 62nd minute, substitute Ainsley Maitland-Niles passed to Aubameyang on the left flank, who then proceeded to cut inside in the box and curl his shot past Cédric Kipré and Palmer into the far corner to complete the hat-trick, his third as an Arsenal player. Seven minutes later, Pépé chased down a long ball from Rob Holding over the top before hitting a low cross into the box and connecting with substitute Alexandre Lacazette, who beat two West Brom defenders to the ball before firing into the bottom corner. With the win, Arsenal advanced to the third round and were drawn against League One team AFC Wimbledon at home.

On 28 August, Arsenal continued their Premier League campaign, facing Manchester City away at the Etihad Stadium. In the seventh minute, Bernd Leno was unable to save İlkay Gündoğan's close-range header from a Gabriel Jesus cross, only managing to punch the ball into the roof of the net. Five minutes later, a low curling cross from Bernardo Silva into the box made its way to Ferran Torres at the back post, who then fired past a diving Leno from close range. Referee Martin Atkinson showed Granit Xhaka a red card for a dangerous tackle on João Cancelo in the 35th minute. With the man advantage, Manchester City added a third goal shortly before halftime, when Jack Grealish managed to find Gabriel Jesus in a congested box for a tap-in. In the 53rd minute, Torres, after receiving a pass from Gabriel Jesus, passed back to Rodri, whose first-time low shot curled around Leno and went in at the post. Manchester City added a fifth goal in the 84th minute as Torres scored his second goal of the game, beating Leno to head in a cross from Riyad Mahrez. With the 5–0 result and their third consecutive loss to open their Premier League campaign, Arsenal dropped to 20th, sitting at the bottom of the table and behind both Wolverhampton Wanderers and Norwich City on goal difference and goals scored.

With the end of the summer transfer window approaching at the end of the month, Arsenal sought to make some final transactions. On 30 August, Willian, who had two years remaining in his contract, left by mutual consent and returned to boyhood club Corinthians in Brazil. On the final day of the transfer window, three first team players were loaned out for the rest of the 2021–22 season: Reiss Nelson joined Feyenoord in the Eredivisie, Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson joined OH Leuven in the Belgian First Division A, and Héctor Bellerín joined Real Betis in La Liga. Meanwhile, the club made one deadline day signing, adding 22-year-old Japanese defender Takehiro Tomiyasu from Serie A side Bologna on a £16 million deal.

September

Ahead of the international break, Arsenal held a friendly against Brentford F.C., to whom they had lost their first game of the Premier League campaign. The match was held behind closed doors at the Arsenal Training Centre in London Colney. After neither team scored in the first half, Arsenal began the scoring in the opening minutes of the second half. Gabriel, returning from injury, scored after a Brentford clearance fell to him in the box. At the hour mark, after a foul on Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Alexandre Lacazette scored the ensuing free kick to double Arsenal's lead. Cédric scored twice in the final 15 minutes; he chipped the ball over goalkeeper Álvaro Fernández in the 76th minute before heading in a cross from Nicolas Pépé 13 minutes later to cap off the 4–0 victory and avenge Arsenal's opening day loss.

After the international break, Arsenal, sitting at the bottom of the Premier League standings, took on 19th placed Norwich City at home on 11 September. New signing Takehiro Tomiyasu made his debut, starting at right back, while Aaron Ramsdale started over Bernd Leno in goal. Ten minutes in, Kieran Tierney cleared the ball upfield to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who saw Tim Krul off his line and attempted a long shot from over 25 yards away that missed just left of the goal. Arsenal twice came close to scoring later in the first half, with Aubameyang's curling shot saved by Krul from close range and Tomiyasu's first-time volley sailing just over the crossbar, but the match remained scoreless at halftime. In the 66th minute, Bukayo Saka received a pass from substitute Thomas Partey and dribbled past Grant Hanley before playing the ball wide to Nicolas Pépé. Pépé then curled a shot past Krul to the far post, but the shot rebounded off the post back to Pépé, who was immediately tackled by Brandon Williams just as he was about to take his second shot. The ball ricocheted off several players just in front of the goal before falling to Aubameyang for a tap-in. A VAR check confirmed that the goal was onside, thus putting Arsenal into the lead and giving them their first Premier League goal of the season. Arsenal tried to score a second goal to secure the victory, but Krul saved a shot from Emile Smith Rowe in the 86th minute before Pépé shot the rebound wide. The 1–0 win was Arsenal's first of their Premier League campaign, and it elevated them out of the bottom three positions.

Aaron Ramsdale kept his place in goal as Arsenal traveled to Turf Moor to play Burnley on 18 September. After Ashley Westwood clipped Bukayo Saka just outside of the penalty arc, Martin Ødegaard scored the ensuing 25-yard free kick into the top corner to the right of Nick Pope in the 30th minute. In the 68th minute, Matěj Vydra chased down Ben White's back pass to Ramsdale before being closed down and tackled in the box by the latter. Referee Anthony Taylor awarded Burnley a penalty, having originally thought that Ramsdale made contact with Vydra before the ball, but Taylor reversed his decision after taking a second look at the incident on the pitchside VAR monitor. Neither team had many other close shots on goal, though Burnley came close to scoring with Dwight McNeil's shot in the 78th minute that missed just wide of the near post. With a second consecutive 1–0 victory, Arsenal improved to 13th.

In the midweek match, Arsenal faced EFL League One team AFC Wimbledon on 22 September at home in the third round of the Carabao Cup. Manager Mikel Arteta fielded an almost entirely new starting eleven, with Thomas Partey the only holdover from the squad that started against Burnley and Eddie Nketiah making his season debut. Early in the match, Gabriel Martinelli chased down a through ball from Nketiah and was tackled from behind by Nesta Guinness-Walker, with referee Jarred Gillett awarding a penalty to Arsenal that was converted by Alexandre Lacazette. Later in the first half, Wimbledon goalkeeper Nik Tzanev nearly scored an own goal; while under pressure, he batted a Cédric corner against the crossbar. In the 77th minute, Arsenal added a second goal as Emile Smith Rowe tapped in a short pass from Lacazette, which came after an initial cross from Lacazette to Saka was cut off by Ben Heneghan. About three minutes later, Arsenal added a third goal, with Nketiah finishing off a low cross from Cédric with a backheel flick to the far post. The 3–0 victory advanced Arsenal into the fourth round, in which they were drawn against fellow Premier League side Leeds United.

The first of two North London derby matches in the Premier League season took place on 25 September, as Arsenal hosted rivals Tottenham Hotspur at the Emirates Stadium. In the 12th minute, Bukayo Saka centred the ball and Emile Smith Rowe ran in front of Davinson Sánchez to score past Hugo Lloris. Arsenal were on the break 15 minutes later, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang flicked a pass from Kieran Tierney forward for Smith Rowe. After running with the ball, Smith Rowe cut the ball inside for Aubameyang, whose first-time shot bounced past Eric Dier and Lloris for the Gunners' second goal. A third goal came in the 34th minute; after Smith Rowe passed long to an open Saka on the right flank, Harry Kane slid in and tackled the ball from the latter on the edge of the box, but Saka was the quickest to the rebound and curled it in. Early in the second half, referee Craig Pawson decided not to award Arsenal a penalty when Sánchez ran into the back of Gabriel to head away a pass from Aubameyang, a decision upheld by video assistant referee Stuart Attwell. With just over ten minutes to go, Son Heung-min finally scored Tottenham's first goal of the match; after receiving Sergio Reguilón's cross in the box, his first-time shot could not be saved by Aaron Ramsdale, despite the latter getting his left hand to the ball. In stoppage time, Ramsdale made a leaping save on a shot from Lucas Moura headed towards the top corner. Arsenal's first-half goals were enough for the 3–1 victory, their third in a row after losing their first three matches; meanwhile, Tottenham lost their third game in a row after starting off with three wins and topping the league table. As a result, Arsenal moved up to 10th place, tied on points and goal difference with Tottenham in 11th but ahead due to goals scored.

After guiding Arsenal to wins in all three of their Premier League matches of the month, manager Mikel Arteta was named as the Premier League Manager of the Month over Pep Guardiola (Manchester City), Jürgen Klopp (Liverpool), Graham Potter (Brighton & Hove Albion), and Dean Smith (Aston Villa). This was Arteta's first Manager of the Month award and the first for an Arsenal manager since Arsène Wenger's October 2015 award.

October

Arsenal's first match of the month was a Premier League match away to Brighton & Hove Albion at the Amex Stadium on 2 October. Albert Sambi Lokonga stepped in for Granit Xhaka, who had been ruled out for up to three months after suffering a knee injury in the match against Tottenham Hotspur. In the last few minutes of the match, penalty claims from Brighton for a shove on Shane Duffy by Gabriel were dismissed by VAR. Neither team was able to score all game, though Brighton had the majority of possession as well as 21 shots to Arsenal's eight; of these shots, both teams had two on target.

During the international break, Arsenal hosted fellow London side Queens Park Rangers F.C. from the EFL Championship for a closed-door friendly match at the London Colney training ground on 6 October. The Gunners won 3–2, although the goal scorers for either team were not made publicly known.

On 18 October, Arsenal took on south London side Crystal Palace, managed by former Arsenal player Patrick Vieira. In the eighth minute, Nicolas Pépé retrieved a long cross from Martin Ødegaard and played a one-two with Takehiro Tomiyasu before curling a shot that was parried by goalkeeper Vicente Guaita to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who beat James McArthur to tap in the rebound. Crystal Palace equalized early in the second half; after Jordan Ayew dispossessed Thomas Partey, Christian Benteke picked up the rebound and fired a low shot past Aaron Ramsdale. On 73 minutes, Crystal Palace was on the break after Conor Gallagher dispossessed Albert Sambi Lokonga; he and Michael Olise exchanged passes while running upfield before Olise passed to Odsonne Édouard, who fired past Ben White and Ramsdale onto the underside of the crossbar to give the visiting team the lead. After Kieran Tierney hit his shot against the crossbar in the 88th minute, Arsenal finally drew even in the fifth minute of stoppage time to extend their unbeaten streak. After his initial cross was headed away by Olise, Pépé's second cross was headed around in the box before falling to White, whose shot was deflected by Guaita into the path of substitute Alexandre Lacazette for a tap-in, and the game ended 2–2.

In their second Premier League match at home in four days, 12th-placed Arsenal hosted 13th-placed Aston Villa. Left-back Kieran Tierney missed his first Premier League match of the season due to a bruised right ankle, thus giving Nuno Tavares his first Premier League start. After Thomas Partey hit the crossbar following a Bukayo Saka free kick in the 21st minute, he scored a header off Emile Smith Rowe's corner two minutes later for his first Arsenal goal. In first-half stoppage time, referee Craig Pawson consulted the pitchside VAR monitor for Matt Targett's challenge on Alexandre Lacazette and awarded Arsenal a penalty. Former Arsenal goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez saved Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's initial shot by diving down to his left, but the rebound fell to Aubameyang for a tap-in. Ten minutes into the second half, Smith Rowe intercepted a pass from John McGinn to Matty Cash, with the ball rebounding to Albert Sambi Lokonga, who passed out wide to Tavares. Tavares's through pass to Aubameyang was then flicked forward to Smith Rowe, who continued his run before eventually firing a shot that deflected off Tyrone Mings and the near post past Martínez. Aston Villa were able to score a consolation goal late in the match when Leon Bailey's run along the edge of the box took the ball into the path of Jacob Ramsey, whose first-time shot found the top corner, but Arsenal hung on for the 3–1 victory.

In the midweek match at home against fellow Premier League club Leeds United on 26 October in the fourth round of the EFL Cup, Bernd Leno made his first start in goal since the previous round's match against AFC Wimbledon a month ago. Neither team scored in the first half, but ten minutes into the second half, Calum Chambers was substituted on in place of an injured Ben White before scoring the opening goal 23 seconds later. After Emile Smith Rowe's corner was headed around the box by Eddie Nketiah and Nicolas Pépé, Chambers beat Jack Harrison to the header; referee Andre Marriner confirmed that the ball had crossed the goal line before Illan Meslier could parry the ball away. On 69 minutes, Arsenal doubled their lead when Nketiah intercepted a backwards header from Leeds captain Liam Cooper to Meslier, guided the ball over Meslier, and slotted in the goal from a narrow angle; this was Nketiah's second goal in as many appearances all season. The 2–0 result advanced Arsenal to the quarter-finals, in which they were drawn at home against League One team Sunderland.

Arsenal finished the month away to Leicester City at the King Power Stadium on 30 October, with the match being decided by two early goals. After Daniel Amartey nearly scored an own goal in the opening minute, Gabriel scored a header, and his first goal of the season, in the fifth minute on a corner from Bukayo Saka, who was making his 100th senior club appearance. In the eighteenth minute, Alexandre Lacazette received a pass from Saka before running into a crowd of Leicester defenders in the box. After Jonny Evans dispossessed Lacazette, Luke Thomas's attempted clearance fell to Emile Smith Rowe, who fired in the second goal. Meanwhile, Aaron Ramsdale made several key saves in a performance that earned him his first Man of the Match as an Arsenal player. Among these was a leaping save near the end of the first half to parry a James Maddison free kick onto the crossbar before Evans's shot from the rebound was cleared off the line by Thomas Partey. The 2–0 victory extended Arsenal's unbeaten streak since the beginning of September to seven matches in the league and nine in all competitions.

Arsenal's successful defensive performances led to Aaron Ramsdale being nominated for the Premier League's Player of the Month Award, though it was eventually awarded to Liverpool's Mohamed Salah.

November

On 7 November, Arsenal faced Watford at home. In the seventh minute, Ainsley Maitland-Niles dispossessed Ismaïla Sarr before Alexandre Lacazette's chipped ball was deflected by Ben Foster to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Aubameyang's first touch then took the ball into the path of Bukayo Saka, whose shot went in between Nicolas Nkoulou and a recovering Foster for what seemed to be the opening goal. However, while Saka was in front of Nkoulou, he was also behind of Foster, thus making him offside, and the goal was disallowed. In the 34th minute, referee Kevin Friend awarded Arsenal a penalty after Danny Rose ran into Lacazette, who was trying to control an errant shot from Maitland-Niles. Foster then saved Aubameyang's penalty before recovering the rebound. In the 56th minute, Ben White regained possession of the ball in the Arsenal offensive third and ran forward, evading Juraj Kucka and Joshua King before running into Moussa Sissoko. The ball then fell to Emile Smith Rowe on the edge of the box, who fired into the far corner for what would be the match's only goal, as well as Smith Rowe's third goal in as many Premier League matches. Martin Ødegaard nearly scored a second goal on 73 minutes, but Aubameyang, who had been in an offside position, touched the ball right before it crossed the goal line. In the 89th minute, Kucka, who was already on a yellow card after a foul on Lacazette in the first half, was shown a second yellow card for a foul on Nuno Tavares and was sent off. The 1–0 victory continued Arsenal's rise up the table, as they moved into fifth place.

After the international break, Arsenal traveled to Anfield to take on Liverpool on 20 November. After there was contact between Takehiro Tomiyasu and Sadio Mané as the players were challenging for a header, managers Mikel Arteta and Jürgen Klopp engaged in a verbal dispute on the sideline, for which referee Michael Oliver showed a yellow card to both managers. After Mané and Mohamed Salah were both denied by point-blank saves from Aaron Ramsdale earlier in the game, Mané headed a Trent Alexander-Arnold free kick into the ground and away from Ramsdale for the opening goal in the 39th minute. Early in the second half, Diogo Jota added a second goal for Liverpool after intercepting a backwards pass from Nuno Tavares. In the 73rd minute, a fast break by Liverpool was finished off with Mané centering the ball for Salah to finish from close range. Four minutes later, Takumi Minamino, having just been substituted into the match, slotted home Alexander-Arnold's cross at the back post after just 48 seconds on the pitch. The 4–0 defeat ended Arsenal's unbeaten run at eight matches in the league and 10 in all competitions, although they remained in fifth.

Arsenal rebounded seven days later against bottom-of-the-table Newcastle United and new manager Eddie Howe, who made his debut in the Newcastle dugout; Howe had missed his first match the previous week in quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19. Neither team was able to score in the first half. Jonjo Shelvey came closest for Newcastle in the 30th minute, with his shot parried onto the crossbar by Aaron Ramsdale. Shortly before halftime, after Emile Smith Rowe's header was saved by Martin Dúbravka, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang missed from close range and kicked the rebound against the outside of the post. In the 56th minute, Bukayo Saka passed back to Smith Rowe, who passed infield to Nuno Tavares; meanwhile, Saka had continued his run forward, and after receiving the ball from Tavares, he fired a low shot into the far corner past Dúbravka for the opening goal. Eight minutes later, Saka was forced off with an injury and was replaced by Gabriel Martinelli. Less than two minutes after coming on, Martinelli finished off a chipped pass from Takehiro Tomiyasu with a first-time volley to bolster Arsenal's lead. Arsenal maintained their 2–0 lead to win the match and stay in fifth place.

December

Arsenal began December with a midweek fixture at Old Trafford on 2 December away to Manchester United, who were led by caretaker manager Michael Carrick in his last game before interim manager Ralf Rangnick taking over. From a 13th minute corner by Martin Ødegaard, Emile Smith Rowe scored the opening goal from outside of the box, with the assist from Mohamed Elneny after Harry Maguire's initial clearance. Referee Martin Atkinson was initially hesitant to award the goal, as goalkeeper David de Gea lay injured after having his ankle stepped on by his teammate Fred, but the goal was made official after VAR review. Shortly before halftime, Manchester United equalized after Jadon Sancho passed infield to Fred, who squared the ball for Bruno Fernandes to slot it in past Aaron Ramsdale. In the 52nd minute, the home side took the lead as Cristiano Ronaldo finished off Marcus Rashford's low cross. However, Arsenal equalized less than two minutes later; on the right flank, Gabriel Martinelli received Thomas Partey's through pass before firing a low cross into the box for Ødegaard, whose shot curled in past the reach of de Gea. In the 68th minute, Atkinson initially did not award a penalty to Manchester United after Ødegaard's tackle on Fred, but he reversed his decision after consulting the pitchside VAR monitor. Ronaldo scored again, converting the penalty for his 800th career goal and the decisive goal of the match. Despite the 3–2 defeat, Arsenal remained in fifth place for the fourth consecutive matchweek.

Four days later, Arsenal lost their second game in a row after playing away to Everton at Goodison Park, with Granit Xhaka making his return from injury. Minutes before halftime, a free kick from Andros Townsend was headed in by Richarlison, but the goal was disallowed as the latter was found to be offside by VAR. However, in first-half stoppage time, Arsenal scored the opening goal with Martin Ødegaard slotting in a cross from Kieran Tierney with a side-foot volley. In the 56th minute, Richarlison seemed to have scored after receiving a pass from Abdoulaye Doucouré, but he was ruled offside by VAR again. Richarlison was finally able to score in the 80th minute, as he headed in the rebound after a Demarai Gray shot from outside the box hit the crossbar. After Eddie Nketiah missed a close-range header in the 84th minute, Gray scored Everton's second goal of the game in the second of six minutes of stoppage time. Gray's winning strike, which came from a similar location to the one that hit the crossbar, hit off the far post and into the goal, resulting in a 2–1 loss for Arsenal.

On 11 December, Arsenal returned home to the Emirates Stadium for a match against a depleted Southampton side, who were without several key outfield players and both first-choice goalkeepers, with emergency goalkeeper Willy Caballero starting after signing earlier in the week. Meanwhile, Arsenal themselves started without captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who had reportedly been dropped to the bench for a 'disciplinary breach' by manager Mikel Arteta. In the 21st minute, Arsenal scored first after playing out from the back, as a series of passes down the length of the pitch culminated with Bukayo Saka's low cutback being finished off by Alexandre Lacazette. Six minutes later, Arsenal doubled their lead. After Kieran Tierney received Takehiro Tomiyasu's high pass at the back post, his cross was blocked by Tino Livramento; however, Tierney recovered the rebound and headed the ball to Martin Ødegaard, who scored a header for his third goal in as many matches. After Gabriel had a tap-in disallowed for being offside in the 59th minute, he headed in a corner from Gabriel Martinelli three minutes later. Arsenal continued to apply pressure to Southampton in the search of a fourth goal, but both Martinelli and Saka hit the posts with their shots. Meanwhile, Aaron Ramsdale made six saves to secure the clean sheet and a 3–0 win.

The day before the home match against West Ham United on 15 December, the club announced that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang would be stripped of the club captaincy due to repeated disciplinary breaches and would not be considered for the West Ham match. Manager Mikel Arteta elaborated that the captaincy would be shared among a "'leadership group' of senior players," including Alexandre Lacazette and Granit Xhaka, the latter of whom had preceded Aubameyang as captain.

After Alexandre Lacazette had assumed the captaincy role against Southampton, manager Mikel Arteta opted to retain him as captain against West Ham. Three minutes into the second half, Lacazette played a through pass to Gabriel Martinelli, who ran past the West Ham defense and curled in the opening goal. In the 67th minute, Vladimír Coufal, who was already on a yellow card after contact with Kieran Tierney in the 11th minute, was sent off after a second yellow card following a tackle on Lacazette in the box. For the same foul, referee Anthony Taylor awarded Arsenal a penalty, which Lacazette took but was saved by Łukasz Fabiański. On 87 minutes, after Takehiro Tomiyasu dispossessed Saïd Benrahma, Bukayo Saka recovered the ball before passing it near the center line to substitute Emile Smith Rowe, who continued his run and scored a second goal for Arsenal. The 2–0 victory moved Arsenal into the top four for the first time all season.

With a rise in positive COVID-19 test results forcing the postponement of the other five matches scheduled for 18 December, Arsenal's match away to an injury-stricken Leeds United at Elland Road was the only remaining Premier League fixture that day. In the 16th minute, after Alexandre Lacazette dispossessed Adam Forshaw in the box, Gabriel Martinelli recovered the loose ball and fired it in first time for the opening goal; this goal was Arsenal's 7,000th scored in the top flight of English football. Twelve minutes later, Granit Xhaka intercepted a pass from Stuart Dallas intended for Mateusz Klich near midfield and played a through pass to Martinelli, who scored to double Arsenal's lead. Three minutes from halftime, Bukayo Saka scored the third goal after his shot deflected off Klich's foot and past Illan Meslier. Notably, Arsenal's 11 shots on target in the first half were the most in the first half of all Premier League matches since the 2003–04 season (also the season of the Invincibles), when Opta began recording such statistics. After Ben White's tackle on Joe Gelhardt, referee Andre Marriner awarded Leeds a penalty, which Raphinha converted in the 75th minute. Substitute Emile Smith Rowe capped off the match by finishing off a pass from Martin Ødegaard to give Arsenal a 4–1 win.

On 21 December, Arsenal hosted League One side Sunderland in the EFL Cup quarter-finals, with Nicolas Pépé making his 100th appearance for Arsenal. Cédric's corner in the 17th minute was headed towards goal by Rob Holding, only for Lee Burge to parry the ball into the path of Eddie Nketiah, who continued his three-match run of scoring in the EFL Cup and put in the tap-in from close range. In the 27th minute, Pépé received a cutback from Cédric and fired a shot, which was deflected by Callum Doyle into the roof of the net to double Arsenal's lead. However, Sunderland scored four minutes later, as Nathan Broadhead received a through pass from Elliot Embleton and lifted the ball over an onrushing Bernd Leno into the goal. Four minutes into the second half, Nketiah scored his second goal, stepping in front of Doyle to redirect a low cross from Nuno Tavares. In the 58th minute, Nketiah completed his hat trick, beating Tom Flanagan to a pass from Pépé and scoring with a backheel finish. In second half stoppage time, Pépé once again provided the assist, this time to Charlie Patino, who had been substituted on ten minutes prior for his senior team debut and slid the ball in past Burge. The 5–1 result advanced Arsenal to the semi-finals for the first time since the 2017–18 edition, while Nketiah's hat trick made him the joint top goalscorer with Brentford's Marcus Forss on five goals.

Arsenal then headed to Carrow Road for a Boxing Day match against Norwich City. Bukayo Saka scored the opening goal in the sixth minute after receiving a pass from Martin Ødegaard and shooting through the legs of Brandon Williams. Arsenal's second goal was also assisted by Ødegaard, as he found Kieran Tierney on the left flank, who ran into the box and fired a low shot across goal just before halftime. In the 67th minute, Saka scored again after receiving a pass from Alexandre Lacazette and beating Williams one-on-one before shooting from the edge of the box. Ozan Kabak tripped Lacazette as the latter was receiving a pass from Emile Smith Rowe, prompting referee Graham Scott to award Arsenal a penalty in the 84th minute, which Lacazette then converted. In second half stoppage time, substitute Nicolas Pépé's pass across the box deflected off Kabak to Smith Rowe, who finished at the back post for his third goal in as many matches, all of which have come as a substitute. The 5–0 win meant that Arsenal ended the year on a four-match win streak, as later that day, it was announced that the home match against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 28 December would be postponed due to a lack of available players in the Wolves squad as a result of numerous injuries and positive COVID-19 test results.

January

In the first Premier League fixture of 2022, Arsenal hosted Manchester City at the Emirates Stadium on New Year's Day. Dutch assistant manager Albert Stuivenberg filled in for manager Mikel Arteta, who had tested positive for COVID-19 on 29 December and was forced to miss the match. An Arsenal penalty call in the 10th minute after contact between Martin Ødegaard and Ederson was dismissed by VAR. However, Arsenal took the lead after the half-hour mark when Kieran Tierney found Bukayo Saka in the box, who slotted the ball in as Alexandre Lacazette screened off Nathan Aké. Manchester City equalized when Riyad Mahrez converted a 57th-minute penalty, which had been awarded by referee Stuart Attwell after he deemed Granit Xhaka to have committed a foul on Bernardo Silva. Immediately following the restart, Aké made a goal line clearance on Aymeric Laporte's header to prevent the own goal before Gabriel Martinelli missed the follow-up just wide of the top corner. Less than a minute later, Attwell sent off Gabriel after the latter picked up a second yellow card for a foul on Gabriel Jesus; Attwell had shown him his first yellow card following the Mahrez penalty for dissent. With Manchester City having the man advantage, Rodri scored the winning goal in stoppage time after Laporte's initial shot had been blocked by Ben White, giving the visitors a 2–1 win.

On 5 January, it was announced that the first-leg of the EFL Cup semi-finals against Liverpool, which was to be held the following day, was postponed to 20 January due to a COVID-19 outbreak among Liverpool's players and staff.

Ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations, five players were called up by their respective countries; these were Mohamed Elneny (Egypt), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon), Thomas Partey (Ghana), and Nicolas Pépé (Ivory Coast), with academy player Omar Rekik also being called up for Tunisia.

Ahead of the FA Cup third round match against EFL Championship club Nottingham Forest on 9 January, the club announced the release of a one-off, all-white fourth kit, which will be worn during the match. The kit, which is not commercially available and will be "awarded to individuals who are making a positive difference in the community," is part of a campaign to raise awareness about knife crime and youth violence, which contributed to the highest number of teenage murders in a year in London since records began.

On 8 January, Ainsley Maitland-Niles joined Serie A club Roma on loan until the end of the season.

Arsenal's FA Cup campaign ended after just one match, as [Nottingham Forest]] won 1–0 at the City Ground due to an 83rd minute goal from Lewis Grabban, who finished a cross from Ryan Yates. Meanwhile, Arsenal struggled offensively all game and registered no shots on target despite dominating the time of possession. This was the first time since the 2017–18 edition that Arsenal were knocked out in the third round, which also came at the hands of Nottingham Forest.

Four days later, Arsenal travelled to Anfield for the first leg of the EFL Cup semi-finals against Liverpool. An injury to Cédric early in the match forced a substitution in the 11th minute, with Calum Chambers replacing him at right-back. Moments later, Arsenal nearly conceded the opening goal, as Jordan Henderson charged down and blocked a long kick from Aaron Ramsdale, but the deflection went wide of the open goal and resulted in a Liverpool corner. In the 24th minute, Granit Xhaka was sent off by referee Michael Oliver for a high boot and a denial of a clear goal-scoring opportunity, as the former attempted to intercept a long pass from Andrew Robertson to Diogo Jota. The red card meant that Xhaka would miss Arsenal's next two matches. It also prompted Arteta to make another early substitution, with centre-back Rob Holding replacing striker Eddie Nketiah to provide defensive cover. Despite playing with only 10 players for the rest of the match, Arsenal held Liverpool to a 0–0 draw, with Takumi Minamino shooting over an open goal in the closing minutes and missing Liverpool's other best scoring chance.

On 15 January, the Premier League accepted Arsenal's request to postpone the match against Tottenham Hotspur, which would have been held the following day, due to an insufficient amount of available players in the Arsenal squad as a result of COVID-19, existing and recent injuries, and players away with their countries at the Africa Cup of Nations.

On 18 January, Sead Kolašinac left the club by mutual consent and signed with Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille, joining up with Arsenal loanees Matteo Guendouzi and William Saliba. Two days later, Pablo Marí was loaned out to Serie A club Udinese until the end of the season.

That same day, in the second leg of the EFL Cup semi-finals, Arsenal were knocked out of the competition at home 2–0 by Liverpool, thanks to a brace from Diogo Jota. Both sides came close to scoring early in the match, with Alexandre Lacazette's fifth-minute free kick hitting the crossbar and Joël Matip's tap-in disallowed for offside minutes later, before Jota scored the opener in the 17th minute. After Liverpool came close with Ibrahima Konaté's header from a Trent Alexander-Arnold corner hitting the post early in the second half, they finally scored a second goal as Jota received a long pass from Alexander-Arnold and chipped the ball over an onrushing Aaron Ramsdale. To make matters worse for Arsenal, 74th-minute substitute Thomas Partey, who had just returned from international duty after Ghana's early elimination from the Africa Cup of Nations, received a second yellow card for a late tackle on Fabinho and was sent off in the closing minutes of the game, having received his first yellow card for a foul on Neco Williams minutes earlier.

Arsenal returned to Premier League competition on 23 January at home against Burnley. However, despite Arsenal having three times as much possession as Burnley and dominating shots and corners, neither team was able to break the deadlock and the match finished 0–0, which ended Arsenal's month-long spell in fourth place and dropped them to sixth.

The club continued their exodus of players in the winter transfer window, as Calum Chambers joined fellow Premier League club Aston Villa on a permanent transfer announced on 27 January.

On the final day of that transfer window, Arsenal made their first and only first-team acquisition, signing 23-year-old American centre-back Auston Trusty from Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids, although Trusty will stay with the Rapids on loan until 17 July 2022. The following day, it was announced that former captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who had not been selected for any match squads since the loss to Everton in early December, had left the club by mutual consent, with it being announced later that he had joined La Liga club Barcelona.

February

After the international break, Arsenal travelled to Molineux to face Wolverhampton Wanderers on 10 February. In the 25th minute, after a half-clearance from a Gabriel Martinelli corner, both Alexandre Lacazette and José Sá went for the ball and missed, with Gabriel scoring the tap-in for the game's only goal. In the 69th minute, referee Michael Oliver showed Martinelli two yellow cards in quick succession, amounting to a red card and dismissal; the first was for shoving Daniel Podence and preventing a quick throw-in, and the second was for chasing him down and fouling him again. Despite being reduced to 10 players, Arsenal maintained their lead and won 1–0.

On 19 February, Arsenal hosted Brentford, to whom they had lost the season opener. Neither club scored in the first half, but three minutes into the second half, Emile Smith Rowe broke the deadlock with his low curling shot past David Raya. In the 79th minute, Arsenal were on the break, and Bukayo Saka finished off a pass from Thomas Partey with a curling strike that ricocheted in off the far post. However, Brentford scoring a consolation goal in stoppage time, with a scramble in the box following a Saman Ghoddos free kick resulting in Christian Norgaard's close-range strike, which was confirmed after a VAR check for offside. There was not enough time for Brentford to seek an equalising goal, so Arsenal won 2–1.

Arsenal continued to make up their games in hand and played the reverse fixture against Wolverhampton Wanderers at home on 25 February; the match had originally been scheduled for 28 December 2021 but was postponed due to a lack of available players in the Wolves squad as a result of numerous injuries and positive COVID-19 test results. Wolves scored first, with Hwang Hee-chan intercepting a back pass from Gabriel to Aaron Ramsdale and scoring in the 10th minute. They maintained their lead for most of the match, until Arsenal equalised in the 82nd minute. Substitute Eddie Nketiah received Martin Ødegaard's lofted pass and cut it back for fellow substitute Nicolas Pépé, who spun around and scored with his stronger left foot. Five minutes into stoppage time, Alexandre Lacazette received a pass from Pépé and shot towards goal, with the strike being diverted into the top corner off José Sá's glove, giving Arsenal another 2–1 win.

March

Arsenal went to Vicarage Road on 6 March to face Watford. Less than 20 seconds into the match, Emmanuel Dennis scored but the goal was ruled offside. In the fifth minute, Martin Ødegaard slotted the ball past Ben Foster after receiving a pass from Bukayo Saka. Watford levelled the score six minutes later with a bicycle kick from Cucho Hernández. At the half-hour mark, Alexandre Lacazette returned a pass to Saka, who struck into the top corner. In the 52nd minute, Lacazette provided another assist, setting the ball for Gabriel Martinelli's strike. A late goal from Moussa Sissoko reduced Watford's deficit, but Arsenal held on for a 3–2 victory and moved back into the top four.

On 14 March, Arsenal faced Leicester City at home. The Gunner's opened the scoring just after the 10th minute. A corner by Gabriel Martinelli was met by the head of Thomas Partey at the near-post. Partey could have had a brace just 7 minutes later, when a deflected shot by Granit Xhaka dropped to the Ghanaian, who saw his shot from the edge of the box rattle off the Leicester upright. Leicester nearly found an equaliser in the 34th minute, when a cross by Marc Albrighton was headed towards goal by Barnes. The header from just outside the six-yard box was met by a strong right palm from goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale. In the 54th minute, Arsenal had a penalty shout when Thomas Partey's header was glanced by the hand of defender Çağlar Söyüncü. After a lengthy VAR check, referee Anthony Taylor awarded the Gunners a penalty. The resulting spot-kick was converted by Alexandre Lacazette. Thereby doubling Arsenal's lead in the 59th minute and also marking Alexandre Lacazette's 200th senior career goal. The result brought Arsenal back into fourth, leapfrogging Manchester United.

Arsenal welcomed Liverpool to the Emirates Stadium on 17 March. The Gunner's fought valiantly in the first half, limiting Liverpool's dominant attacking players to speculative half-chances. However, failing to capitalize on their own chances. The momentum swung Liverpool's way in the second-half, with Sadio Mané netting a goal which was immediately chalked off for offside within 2 minutes of the half. Arsenal could have broken the deadlock themselves, when Martin Ødegaard's shot was saved by goalkeeper Alisson Becker following a misplaced back-pass by Thiago Alcântara. The opener was finally scored by Diogo Jota in the 54th minute, with his shot beating Aaron Ramsdale at the near-post following a through-ball by Thiago. Liverpool would go on to double their lead 8 minutes later, when Roberto Firmino tapped-in from close range via a cross by Andy Robertson.

Squad information

As of 13 August 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Year signed	Signed from	Transfer fee	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Bernd Leno		GK	4 March 1992 (1992-03-04)	2018	Bayer Leverkusen	£19.3m	118	0
13	Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson		GK	18 February 1995 (1995-02-18)	2020	Dijon	£1.8m	6	0
33	Arthur Okonkwo		GK	9 September 2001 (2001-09-09)	2021	Arsenal Academy	N/A	0	0
Defenders
2	Héctor Bellerín (vice-captain)		RB / RWB	19 March 1995 (1995-03-19)	2013	Arsenal Academy	N/A	239	9
3	Kieran Tierney		LB / LWB	5 June 1997 (1997-06-05)	2019	Celtic	£25m	63	3
4	Ben White		CB	8 October 1997 (1997-10-08)	2021	Brighton & Hove Albion	£50m	1	0
6	Gabriel		CB	19 December 1997 (1997-12-19)	2020	Lille	£23.14m	32	3
16	Rob Holding (5th captain)		CB	20 September 1995 (1995-09-20)	2016	Bolton Wanderers	£2m	117	2
17	Cédric Soares		RB / RWB	31 August 1991 (1991-08-31)	2020	Southampton	Free	29	1
20	Nuno Tavares		LB / RB	26 January 2000 (2000-01-26)	2021	Benfica	£6.8m	1	0
21	Calum Chambers		CB / DM / RB	20 January 1995 (1995-01-20)	2014	Southampton	£16m	118	4
22	Pablo Marí		CB	31 August 1993 (1993-08-31)	2020	Flamengo	£7.2m	20	1
31	Sead Kolašinac		LB / LWB	20 June 1993 (1993-06-20)	2017	Schalke 04	Free	113	5
Midfielders
5	Thomas Partey		CM / DM	13 June 1993 (1993-06-13)	2020	Atlético Madrid	£45m	33	0
10	Emile Smith Rowe		AM / LM	28 June 2000 (2000-06-28)	2016	Arsenal Academy	N/A	46	7
11	Lucas Torreira		DM	11 February 1996 (1996-02-11)	2018	Sampdoria	£26m	89	4
15	Ainsley Maitland-Niles		CM / RB / LWB / RWB	29 August 1997 (1997-08-29)	2014	Arsenal Academy	N/A	121	3
23	Albert Sambi Lokonga		CM	22 October 1999 (1999-10-22)	2021	Anderlecht	£17.5m	1	0
25	Mohamed Elneny		DM	11 July 1992 (1992-07-11)	2016	Basel	£5m	130	5
34	Granit Xhaka (4th captain)		CM / DM	27 September 1992 (1992-09-27)	2016	Borussia Mönchengladbach	£34.5m	221	13
Forwards
7	Bukayo Saka		RW / LW	5 September 2001 (2001-09-05)	2016	Arsenal Academy	N/A	89	11
9	Alexandre Lacazette (3rd captain)		ST	28 May 1991 (1991-05-28)	2017	Lyon	£46.5m	170	65
12	Willian		RW / AM	9 August 1988 (1988-08-09)	2020	Chelsea	Free	37	1
14	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (captain)		ST / LW	18 June 1989 (1989-06-18)	2018	Borussia Dortmund	£56m	148	85
19	Nicolas Pépé		RW	29 May 1995 (1995-05-29)	2019	Lille	£72m	90	24
24	Reiss Nelson		RW	10 December 1999 (1999-12-10)	2015	Arsenal Academy	N/A	48	4
26	Folarin Balogun		ST	3 July 2001 (2001-07-03)	2017	Arsenal Academy	N/A	7	2
30	Eddie Nketiah		ST	30 May 1999 (1999-05-30)	2015	Arsenal Academy	N/A	65	13
35	Gabriel Martinelli		LW / ST	18 June 2001 (2001-06-18)	2019	Ituano	£6m	49	12
Players on loan
-	William Saliba		CB	24 March 2001 (2001-03-24)	2019	Saint-Étienne	£27m	0	0
27	Konstantinos Mavropanos		CB	11 December 1997 (1997-12-11)	2018	PAS Giannina	£1.8m	8	0
29	Matteo Guendouzi		CM / DM	14 April 1999 (1999-04-14)	2018	Lorient	£7m	82	1

Club

Kits

Adidas were announced as Arsenal's kit supplier as of the start of the season. This marks the first time since the 1993-94 season that Adidas have been the kit supplier to the club.

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Fly Emirates / Sleeve Partner: Visit Rwanda

Home

Away

Third

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Team
10 July 2021	20	DF	Nuno Tavares	Benfica	£7.2m	First team
19 July 2021	23	MF	Albert Sambi Lokonga	Anderlecht	£15.75m
30 July 2021	58	FW	Mika Biereth	Fulham	Free transfer	Academy
	4	DF	Benjamin White	Brighton & Hove Albion	£50m	First team
20 August 2021	8	MF	Martin Ødegaard	Real Madrid	£30m
	32	GK	Aaron Ramsdale	Sheffield United	£24m
31 August 2021	18	DF	Takehiro Tomiyasu	Bologna	£16m
28 January 2022		DF	Lino Sousa	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed	Academy
31 January 2022		DF	Auston Trusty	Colorado Rapids		First team

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Team
21 June 2021	42	FW	Trae Coyle	Lausanne-Sport	Undisclosed	Academy
	51	DF	Mark McGuinness	Cardiff City
	52	DF	Zech Medley	KV Oostende
1 July 2021		MF	Aaron Benn	Watford	Free transfer
	23	DF	David Luiz	Flamengo	End of contract	First team
		MF	Adebayo Fapetu	Derby County	Free transfer	Academy
		DF	Levi Laing	West Ham United
		DF	Joseph Olowu	Doncaster Rovers
		DF	Daniel Oyegoke	Brentford	Undisclosed
		FW	Luke Plange	Derby County	Free transfer
	57	MF	Ben Sheaf	Coventry City	Undisclosed
		DF	Jason Sraha	Barnsley	Free transfer
7 July 2021		FW	Kieran Petrie	Swansea City
10 August 2021	40	DF	Tolaji Bola	Rotherham United	Undisclosed
13 August 2021	28	MF	Joe Willock	Newcastle United	£25m	First team
30 August 2021	12	FW	Willian	Corinthians	Free transfer
17 January 2022	52	GK	Dejan Iliev	AS Trenčín	Contract terminated	Academy
18 January 2022	31	DF	Sead Kolašinac	Marseille	Free transfer	First team
27 January 2022	21	DF	Calum Chambers	Aston Villa
31 January 2022	71	FW	Amani Richards	Leicester City	Undisclosed	Academy
1 February 2022	14	FW	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Barcelona	Contract terminated	First team

Loans out

Date	Position	Name	To	End date	Team
24 June 2021	27	DF	Konstantinos Mavropanos	VfB Stuttgart	End of season	First team
1 July 2021	39	DF	Daniel Ballard	Millwall		Academy
5 July 2021	67	MF	Matt Smith	Doncaster Rovers
6 July 2021	29	MF	Matteo Guendouzi	Marseille		First team
15 July 2021	4	DF	William Saliba
26 July 2021	60	FW	Nikolaj Möller	Viktoria Köln	3 January 2022	Academy
	52	GK	Dejan Iliev	Sereď	17 January 2022
29 July 2021	53	FW	Tyreece John-Jules	Blackpool
2 August 2021	43	DF	Harry Clarke	Ross County	3 January 2022
3 August 2021	68	GK	Tom Smith	Welling United	End of season
10 August 2021	64	DF	Jordi Osei-Tutu	Nottingham Forest	5 January 2022
25 August 2021	11	MF	Lucas Torreira	Fiorentina	End of season	First team
30 August 2021	38	MF	Miguel Azeez	Portsmouth	17 January 2022	Academy
31 August 2021	2	DF	Héctor Bellerín	Real Betis	End of season	First team
	46	DF	Jonathan Dinzeyi	Carlisle United	3 January 2022	Academy
	24	FW	Reiss Nelson	Feyenoord	End of season	First team
	13	GK	Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson	OH Leuven
5 January 2022	43	DF	Harry Clarke	Hibernian	End of 2022–23 season	Academy
8 January 2022	15	MF	Ainsley Maitland-Niles	Roma	End of season	First team
12 January 2022	26	FW	Folarin Balogun	Middlesbrough		Academy
18 January 2022	86	DF	Brooke Norton-Cuffy	Lincoln City
20 January 2022	22	CB	Pablo Marí	Udinese		First team
24 January 2022	49	GK	Karl Hein	Reading		Academy
25 January 2022	53	FW	Tyreece John-Jules	Sheffield Wednesday
28 January 2022	37	DF	Ryan Alebiosu	Crewe Alexandra
31 January 2022	36	MF	Tim Akinola	Dundee United
	60	FW	Nikolaj Möller	Den Bosch
	64	DF	Jordi Osei-Tutu	Rotherham United
		DF	Auston Trusty	Colorado Rapids	17 July 2022	First team
7 February 2022	57	MF	Jordan McEneff	Shelbourne	End of season	Academy

Pre-season

On 16 April 2021, Arsenal announced that they would participate in a pre-season fixture against Rangers on 17 July at the Ibrox Stadium. The match is being held in order to celebrate Rangers' 150th anniversary. This forms part of a training camp in Scotland, with another friendly being played against Hibernian four days earlier.

Friendly 13 July 2021 (2021-07-13)	Hibernian	2–1	Arsenal	Edinburgh
18:00 BST	Boyle  21' Mackay  69'	Report	Smith-Rowe  82'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 1,822 Referee: Don Robertson (Scotland)

Friendly 17 July 2021 (2021-07-17)	Rangers	2–2	Arsenal	Glasgow
14:00 BST	Balogun  14' Itten  75'	Report	Marí 12' Tavares  23' Nketiah  83'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

Friendly 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)	Arsenal	4-1	Millwall	London Colney
14.00	Chambers Lacazette Pépé Balogun	Report	Mitchell	Stadium: Arsenal Training Centre Attendance: 0

Friendly 28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)	Arsenal	4-1	Watford	London Colney
15.00	Nketiah  16' Lacazette  70' (pen) Tierney  77' Azeez  86'	Report	Zinckernagel  34'	Stadium: Arsenal Training Centre Attendance: 0

Florida Cup

Arsenal confirmed they will travel to the United States to compete in the seventh edition of the Florida Cup in Orlando, Florida.

Florida Cup 25 July 2021	Arsenal	Cancelled	Inter Milan	Orlando, United States
EDT				Stadium: Camping World Stadium

Florida Cup 28 July 2021	Arsenal	Cancelled	Everton or Millonarios	Orlando, United States
EDT				Stadium: Camping World Stadium

The Mind Series

A series with Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur was confirmed for the start of August 2021, to be called 'The Mind Series'.

Friendly 1 August 2021	Arsenal	1–2	Chelsea	Holloway
15:00 BST	Xhaka  69'	Report	Havertz  27' Abraham  72'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Andre Marriner

Friendly 8 August 2021	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Arsenal	Tottenham
14:00 BST	Son Heung-Min  79'	Report		Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Referee: David Coote

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	13 August 2021	22 May 2022	Matchday 1		&0000000000000035.00000035	&0000000000000021.00000021	&0000000000000003.0000003	&0000000000000011.00000011	&0000000000000056.00000056	&0000000000000042.00000042	+14	&0000000000000060.00000060.00
FA Cup	9 January 2022		Third round		&0000000000000001.0000001	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&0000000000000001.0000001	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&0000000000000001.0000001	−1	&0&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000.00
EFL Cup	25 August 2021		Second round		&0000000000000004.0000004	&0000000000000004.0000004	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&0000000000000016.00000016	&0000000000000001.0000001	+15	&0000000000000100.000000100.000
Total					&0000000000000040.00000040	&0000000000000025.00000025	&0000000000000003.0000003	&0000000000000012.00000012	&0000000000000072.00000072	&0000000000000044.00000044	+28	&0000000000000062.50000062.50

Last updated: 1 January 2022
Source: Soccerway

Premier League

Main article: 2021–22 Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester City  (C)	38	29	6	3	99	26	+73	93	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Liverpool	38	28	8	2	94	26	+68	92
3	Chelsea	38	21	11	6	76	33	+43	74
4	Tottenham	38	22	5	11	69	40	+29	71
5	Arsenal	38	22	3	13	61	48	+13	69	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Manchester Utd	38	16	10	12	57	57	0	58
7	West Ham Utd	38	16	8	14	60	51	+9	56	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
8	Wolves	38	15	6	17	38	43	−5	51
9	Leicester City	38	14	10	14	62	59	+3	52
10	Brighton	38	12	15	11	52	44	+8	51
11	Brentford	38	13	7	18	48	56	−8	46
12	Newcastle Utd	38	13	10	15	44	62	−18	49
13	Crystal Palace	38	11	15	12	50	46	+4	48
14	Aston Villa	38	13	6	19	52	54	−2	45
15	Southampton	38	9	13	16	43	67	−24	40
16	Everton	38	11	6	21	43	66	−23	39
17	Leeds United	38	9	11	18	42	79	−37	38
18	Burnley  (R)	38	7	14	17	33	54	−21	35	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Watford  (R)	38	6	5	27	34	77	−43	23
20	Norwich City  (R)	38	5	7	26	23	86	−63	22

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament
a: Since the finalists of the 2021–22 EFL Cup, Chelsea and Liverpool, currently qualify for European competition based on league position, the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the EFL Cup winners will be transferred to the highest-placed Premier League team not already qualified for European competition, the sixth-placed team.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
35	21	3	11	56	42	+14	66	12	2	4	30	16	+14	9	1	7	26	26	0

Last updated: 8 May 2022
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W
Position	17	19	20	16	13	10	11	12	10	6	5	5	5	5	7	8	4	4	4	4	6	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	4	4	4	4

Last updated: 8 May 2022.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 16 June 2021.

1 13 August 2021	Brentford	0–2	Arsenal	Brentford
20:00 BST	Canós  22' Nørgaard  73'	Report		Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium Attendance: 16,479 Referee: Michael Oliver

2 22 August 2021	Arsenal	0–2	Chelsea	Highbury
16:30 BST		Report	Lukaku  15' James  35'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 58,729 Referee: Paul Tierney

3 28 August 2021	Manchester City	5–0	Arsenal	Manchester
12:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 52,276 Referee: Martin Atkinson

4 11 September 2021	Arsenal	1–0	Norwich City	Holloway
15:00 BST	Aubameyang  66'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,337 Referee: Michael Oliver

5 18 September 2021	Burnley	0–1	Arsenal	Burnley
15:00 BST		Report	Ødegaard  30'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 21,944 Referee: Anthony Taylor

6 26 September 2021	Arsenal	3–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Holloway
16:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,919 Referee: Craig Pawson

7 2 October 2021	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–0	Arsenal	Falmer
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 31,266 Referee: Jonathan Moss

8 18 October 2021	Arsenal	2–2	Crystal Palace	Holloway
20:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,475 Referee: Mike Dean

9 23 October 2021	Arsenal	3–1	Aston Villa	Holloway
15:00 BST	Partey  23' Aubameyang  45+6' Smith Rowe  56'	Report	Ramsey  82'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,496 Referee: Craig Pawson

10 30 October 2021	Leicester City	0–2	Arsenal	Leicester
12:30 BST		Report	Gabriel  5' Smith-Rowe  18'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,209 Referee: Michael Oliver

11 7 November 2021	Arsenal	1–0	Watford	Holloway
14:00 GMT	Smith-Rowe  56'	Report	Kucka  89'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,833 Referee: Kevin Friend

12 20 November 2021	Liverpool	4–0	Arsenal	Liverpool
17:30 GMT	Mané  39' Jota  52' Salah  73' Takumi Minamino  77'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 53,092 Referee: Michael Oliver

13 27 November 2021	Arsenal	2–0	Newcastle United	Holloway
12:30 GMT	Saka  56' Martinelli  66'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,886 Referee: Stuart Attwell

14 2 December 2021	Manchester United	3–2	Arsenal	Manchester
17:30 GMT	Fernandes  44' Ronaldo  52', 70' (pen.)	Report	Smith Rowe  13' Ødegaard  54'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 73,123 Referee: Martin Atkinson

15 6 December 2021	Everton	2–1	Arsenal	Liverpool
20:00 GMT	Richarlison  80' Gray  90+2'	Report	Ødegaard  45+2'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,906 Referee: Mike Dean

16 11 December 2021	Arsenal	3–0	Southampton	Holloway
15:00 GMT	Lacazette  21' Ødegaard  27' Gabriel  62'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,653 Referee: Jarred Gillett

17 15 December 2021	Arsenal	2–0	West Ham United	Holloway
20:00 GMT	Martinelli  48' Smith Rowe  87'	Report	Coufal  11', 67'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,777 Referee: Anthony Taylor

18 18 December 2021	Leeds United F.C.	1–4	Arsenal	Leeds
17:30 GMT	Raphinha  75' (Pen)	Report	Martinelli  16', 28' Saka  42' Smith-Rowe  84'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,166 Referee: Andre Marriner

19 26 December 2021	Norwich City F.C.	0–5	Arsenal	Norwich
15:00 GMT		Report	Saka  6', 67' Tierney  44' Lacazette  84' (Pen) Smith-Rowe  90+1'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,940 Referee: Graham Scott

20 1 January 2022	Arsenal	1–2	Manchester City	Holloway
17:30 GMT	Saka  31' Gabriel  58', 59'	Report	Mahrez  57' (pen.) Rodri  90+3'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,757 Referee: Stuart Attwell

21 23 January 2022	Arsenal	0–0	Burnley	Holloway
14:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,255 Referee: David Coote

22 10 February 2022	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	Arsenal	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT			Gabriel  25' Martinelli  69', 69'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 31,523 Referee: Michael Oliver

23 19 February 2022	Arsenal	2–1	Brentford	Holloway
17:30 GMT	Smith Rowe  48' Saka  79'	Report	Nørgaard  90+3'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,015 Referee: Jonathan Moss

24 24 February 2022	Arsenal	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Watford
19:45 GMT	Pépé  82' Sá  90+5' (o.g.)	Report	Hwang  10'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 59,888 Referee: Martin Atkinson

25 6 March 2022	Watford	2–3	Arsenal	Watford
14:00 GMT	Hernández  11' Sissoko  87'	Report	Ødegaard  5' Saka  30' Martinelli  52'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 21,142 Referee: Craig Pawson

26 13 March 2022	Arsenal	2–0	Leicester City	Holloway
16:30 GMT	Partey  11' Lacazette  59' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,111 Referee: Anthony Taylor

27 16 March 2022	Arsenal	0–2	Liverpool	Holloway
20:15 GMT		Report	Jota  55' Firmino  62'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,968 Referee: Andre Marriner

28 19 March 2022	Aston Villa	0–1	Arsenal	Birmingham
12:30 GMT		Report	Saka  30'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,956 Referee: Andy Madley

29 4 April 2022	Crystal Palace	3–0	Arsenal	Selhurst, London
20:00 BST	Mateta  16' Ayew  24' Zaha  74' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,149 Referee: Paul Tierney

30 9 April 2022	Arsenal	1–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Holloway
15:00 BST	Ødegaard  89'	Report	Trossard  28' Mwepu  66'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,112 Referee: David Coote

31 16 April 2022	Southampton	1–0	Arsenal	Southampton
15:00 BST	Bednarek  44'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,465 Referee: Peter Bankes

32 20 April 2022	Chelsea	2–4	Arsenal	Fulham
19:45 BST	Werner  17' Azpilicueta  32'	Report	Nketiah  13', 57' Smith-Rowe  27' Saka  90+2' (Pen)	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 32,249 Referee: Jonathan Moss

33 23 April 2022	Arsenal	3–1	Manchester United	Holloway
12:30 BST	Tavares  3' Saka  32' (Pen) Xhaka  70'	Report	Cristiano Ronaldo  34'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,223 Referee: Craig Pawson

34 1 May 2022	West Ham United	1–2	Arsenal	Stratford
16:30 BST	Bowen  45'	Report	Holding  38' Gabriel  54'	Stadium: London Stadium Referee: Mike Dean

35 7 May 2022	Arsenal	2–1	Leeds United	Holloway
15:00 BST	Nketiah  5', 10'	Report	Ayling  27' Llorente  66'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,108 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

36 12 May 2022	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	Arsenal	Tottenham
19:45 BST	Kane  22' (Pen), 37' Son Heung-min  47'	Report	Holding  33'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 62,027 Referee: Paul Tierney

37 15 May 2022	Newcastle United	2–0	Arsenal	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST	White  56', og' Bruno Guimarães  85'	Report		Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 52,274 Referee: Darren England

38 22 May 2022	Arsenal	5–1	Everton	Holloway
16:00 BST	Martinelli  27' (Pen) Nketiah  31' Cédric Soares  56' Gabriel  59' Ødegaard  82'	Report	van de Beek  45+3'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,201 Referee: Andre Marriner

FA Cup

Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

Third round 9 January 2022	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Arsenal	West Bridgford
17:10 GMT	Grabban  83'	Report		Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 24,938 Referee: Craig Pawson

EFL Cup

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

Second round 25 August 2021 (2021-08-25)	West Bromwich Albion (2)	0-6	Arsenal (1)	West Bromwich
20:00 BST		Report	Aubameyang  17', 45', 62' 45' Pépé  45+5' Saka  22' Lacazette  69'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 17,016 Referee: David Webb

Third round 22 September 2021	Arsenal	3–0	AFC Wimbledon	Holloway
19:45 BST	Lacazette  11' (pen.) Smith Rowe  77' Nketiah  80'	Report	McCormick 30' Heneghan 45'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Referee: Jarred Gillett

Fourth round 26 October 2021	Arsenal	2–0	Leeds United	Holloway
19:45 BST	Chambers  55' Nketiah  69'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,126 Referee: Andre Marriner

Quarter-finals 21 December 2021	Arsenal	5–1	Sunderland	Holloway
19:45 BST	Nketiah  17', 49', 58' Pépé  27' Patino  90+1'	Report	Broadhead  31'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,027 Referee: Robert Jones

Semi-finals first leg 13 January 2022	Liverpool	0–0	Arsenal	Liverpool
19:45 GMT		Report	Xhaka  24'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 52,377 Referee: Michael Oliver

Semi-finals second leg 20 January 2022	Arsenal	0–2 (0–2 agg.)	Liverpool	Holloway
19:45 GMT	Partey  87', 90'	Report	Jota  19', 79'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,360 Referee: Martin Atkinson

External links

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