Arsenal beat Atletico Madrid 1-0

Match report

Atletico Madrid were beaten 1-0 by Arsenal at Emirates Stadium on Tuesday, 5 May 2026 in UEFA Champions League, Semi-finals. B. Saka scored the only goal of the game for Arsenal in the 44th minute. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Arsenal had 53% of the ball and 13 shots (2 on target) against Atletico Madrid’s 9 (2 on target). Declan Rice (Arsenal) was the top-rated player with 7.9. The result leaves Arsenal 15th in the UEFA Champions League table on 3 points and Atletico Madrid 26th on 0.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Arsenal

15th · 3 points · P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0

Form

Atletico Madrid

26th · 0 points · P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1

Form

UEFA Champions League table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
14	Real Madrid	1	+1	3
15	Arsenal	1	+1	3
16	AEK Athens FC	1	+1	3
25	Inter	1	-1	0
26	Atletico Madrid	1	-1	0
27	Napoli	1	-1	0

Full UEFA Champions League table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Previous meeting: Wed, 29 Apr 2026, Atletico Madrid 1-1 Arsenal

Full Arsenal vs Atletico Madrid head-to-head

Match events

-5'yellow cardKepa ArrizabalagaYellow Card
44'goalB. SakaNormal Goal
57'substitutionR. Le NormandOff: A. Sorloth
57'substitutionA. LookmanOff: N. Molina
57'substitutionG. SimeoneOff: J. Cardoso
58'substitutionB. SakaOff: N. Madueke
58'substitutionR. CalafioriOff: P. Hincapie
59'substitutionE. EzeOff: M. Odegaard
66'substitutionA. GriezmannOff: A. Baena
66'substitutionJ. AlvarezOff: T. Almada
74'substitutionM. Lewis-SkellyOff: M. Zubimendi
81'yellow cardMarc PubillYellow Card
83'substitutionL. TrossardOff: G. Martinelli
90+5'yellow cardKokeYellow Card

Lineups

Arsenal

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Mikel Arteta

Starting XI

Substitutes

Atletico Madrid

Formation 4-4-2 · Coach Diego Simeone

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

53%Possession47%
1.56Expected goals (xG)0.99
13Total shots9
2Shots on target2
8Shots off target4
3Blocked shots3
6Shots inside the box7
7Shots outside the box2
5Corners2
1Offsides2
10Fouls13
1Yellow cards2
–Red cards–
2Goalkeeper saves1
445Passes386
378Accurate passes320
85%Pass accuracy83%
0.21Goals prevented0.21

Player statistics

Arsenal

Arsenal player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1David RayaG	90	7.3			31 · 71%			0/1
2William SalibaD	90	7.2		1 (0)	63 · 87%		2	5/6
4Ben WhiteD	90	7.2		1 (0)	37 · 76%	1	1	2/6
6Gabriel MagalhãesD	90	7.0		1 (0)	45 · 84%		1	6/9
33Riccardo CalafioriD	58	6.9		1 (0)	24 · 88%		1	4/8
7Bukayo SakaM	58	7.3	1	2 (1)	19 · 89%	1	1	3/6
10Eberechi EzeM	59	6.6			29 · 97%	2		2/5
19Leandro TrossardM	83	7.3		1 (1)	31 · 94%		4	7/11
41Declan RiceMTop rated	90	7.9			62 · 90%	2	4	5/7
49Myles Lewis-SkellyM	74	6.7			49 · 90%	1		3/6
14Viktor GyökeresF	90	5.9		2 (0)	12 · 50%			4/15
13Kepa ArrizabalagaG	–	–
35Tommy SetfordG	–	–
3Cristhian MosqueraD	–	–
5Piero HincapiéD	32	7.0			9 · 67%	1	1	2/2
8Martin ØdegaardM	31	7.2		1 (0)	16 · 94%	1	1	2/3
16Christian NørgaardM	–	–
36Martín ZubimendiM	16	6.3			9 · 56%		1	1/4
56Max DowmanM	–	–
9Gabriel JesusF	–	–
11Gabriel MartinelliF	13	6.3			3 · 100%			0/1
20Noni MaduekeF	32	6.9			6 · 83%		1	3/5
29Kai HavertzF	–	–

Atletico Madrid

Atletico Madrid player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
13Jan OblakG	90	6.9		34 · 59%			1/1
3Matteo RuggeriD	90	6.6		39 · 87%		4	5/8
17Dávid HanckoD	90	7.0		57 · 91%	1	1	2/2
18Marc PubillD	90	6.9	1 (0)	25 · 80%	2	3	5/11
24Robin Le NormandD	57	6.7		21 · 90%		1	3/4
6KokeM	90	6.9		58 · 88%		2	5/10
14Marcos LlorenteM	90	6.9	1 (1)	24 · 83%		4	5/11
20Giuliano SimeoneM	57	6.7	1 (0)	14 · 79%		1	3/6
22Ademola LookmanM	57	6.5		13 · 92%			3/6
7Antoine GriezmannF	66	6.9	1 (1)	20 · 55%		4	6/9
19Julián AlvarezF	66	6.7	1 (0)	23 · 91%			1/2
1Juan MussoG	–	–
2José María GiménezD	–	–
15Clément LengletD	–	–
16Nahuel MolinaD	33	6.3		15 · 87%			1/2
32Javier BoñarD	–	–
4Rodrigo MendozaM	–	–
5Johnny CardosoM	33	6.6		10 · 100%			2/5
10Alex BaenaM	24	6.9	1 (0)	13 · 77%		1	1/3
11Thiago AlmadaM	24	6.3		10 · 100%			0/2
21Obed VargasM	–	–
34Julio DíazM	–	–
9Alexander SørlothF	33	6.0		10 · 60%	1		3/13