Real Madrid 1-2 Arsenal: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 16 April 2025

Result

Real Madrid 1-2 Arsenal

Champions League · Wednesday 16 April 2025, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Real Madrid 1-2 Arsenal: match report

Real Madrid lost to Arsenal 1-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 16 April 2025. The half-time score was 0-0.

Bukayo Saka opened the scoring in the 65th minute. Real Madrid's goal came from Vinicius Junior (67'). Arsenal scored through Bukayo Saka (65') and Gabriel Martinelli (90+3').

Discipline: Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 9th on 24 points from 13 and Arsenal 3rd on 26 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Real Madrid lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Mikel Merino of Arsenal (8.6), ahead of Vinicius Junior (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Real Madrid wins, 1 draw and 2 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · David AlabaReal Madrid
  • 11'Yellow card · Raúl AsencioReal Madrid
  • 13'Missed penalty · Bukayo SakaArsenal
  • 36'Yellow card · David RayaArsenal
  • 65'Goal · Bukayo SakaArsenal · 0-1
  • 67'Goal · Vinicius JuniorReal Madrid · 1-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Thomas ParteyArsenal
  • 85'Yellow card · Antonio RüdigerReal Madrid
  • 90+3'Goal · Gabriel MartinelliArsenal · 1-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Real Madrid 0, draws 1, Arsenal 2.

Team news

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Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)

Thibaut Courtois, Lucas Vázquez, Raúl Asencio, Antonio Rüdiger, David Alaba, Federico Valverde, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Rodrygo, Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Junior, Kylian Mbappé

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

David Raya, Jurriën Timber, William Saliba, Jakub Kiwior, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Martin Ødegaard, Thomas Partey, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Mikel Merino, Gabriel Martinelli