Arsenal 3-1 AC Milan: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 15 March 2018

Result

Arsenal 3-1 AC Milan

Europa League · Thursday 15 March 2018, 20:05 UTC · half-time 1-1

Arsenal · AC Milan · Europa League predictions

Arsenal 3-1 AC Milan: match report

Arsenal beat AC Milan 3-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 15 March 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Hakan Calhanoglu opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Danny Welbeck (39', penalty), Granit Xhaka (71') and Danny Welbeck (86'). AC Milan scored through Hakan Calhanoglu (35').

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; AC Milan received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 15th on 19 points from 9 and AC Milan 1st on 29 points from 13. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and AC Milan in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Danny Welbeck of Arsenal (9.1), ahead of Granit Xhaka (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 1 for AC Milan.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-L-W-W-L and AC Milan's L-W-W-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Goal · Hakan CalhanogluAC Milan · 0-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Gianluigi DonnarummaAC Milan
  • 39'Penalty goal · Danny WelbeckArsenal · 1-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Alessio RomagnoliAC Milan
  • 42'Yellow card · Fabio BoriniAC Milan
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Nacho MonrealArsenal
  • 61'Yellow card · SusoAC Milan
  • 71'Goal · Granit XhakaArsenal · 2-1
  • 86'Goal · Danny WelbeckArsenal · 3-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Arsenal 3, draws 1, AC Milan 1.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

David Ospina, Héctor Bellerín, Shkodran Mustafi, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Aaron Ramsey, Granit Xhaka, Mesut Özil, J. Wilshere, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Danny Welbeck

AC Milan line-up (4-4-2)

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Fabio Borini, Leonardo Bonucci, Alessio Romagnoli, Ricardo Rodríguez, Suso, Franck Kessié, Riccardo Montolivo, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, André Silva, Patrick Cutrone