Arsenal 3-2 Kairat: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 28 January 2026

Result

Arsenal 3-2 Kairat

Champions League · Wednesday 28 January 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Arsenal 3-2 Kairat: match report

Arsenal beat Kairat 3-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 28 January 2026. It was 3-1 at half-time.

Viktor Gyökeres opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Arsenal's goals came from Viktor Gyökeres (2'), Kai Havertz (15') and Gabriel Martinelli (36'). Kairat scored through Jorginho (7', penalty) and Ricardinho (90+4').

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Kairat received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 21 points from 7 and Kairat 21st on 13 points from 15. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Kairat in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kai Havertz of Arsenal (8.5), ahead of Eberechi Eze (8.1).

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Kairat's L-L-L-L-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Viktor GyökeresArsenal · 1-0
  • 6'Yellow card · Riccardo CalafioriArsenal
  • 7'Penalty goal · JorginhoKairat · 1-1
  • 15'Goal · Kai HavertzArsenal · 2-1
  • 36'Goal · Gabriel MartinelliArsenal · 3-1
  • 69'Yellow card · JorginhoKairat
  • 90+4'Goal · RicardinhoKairat · 3-2

Team news

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Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

Kepa Arrizabalaga, Ben White, Cristhian Mosquera, Riccardo Calafiori, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Kai Havertz, Christian Nørgaard, Eberechi Eze, Noni Madueke, Viktor Gyökeres, Gabriel Martinelli

Kairat line-up (3-4-3)

Temirlan Anarbekov, Aleksandr Shirobokov, Aleksandr Martynovich, Egor Sorokin, Erkin Tapalov, Dan Glazer, Adilet Sadybekov, Luís Mata, Aleksandr Mrynskiy, Edmilson, Jorginho