Ødegaard breaks Hull City's resistance as Arsenal win 1-0

Farai Hallam refereed a 15:00 kick-off in front of 60,285 at the Emirates Stadium. Mikel Arteta's Arsenal lined up four-two-three-one: David Raya in goal; Timber, Konsa, Gabriel Magalhães and Calafiori across the back; Bruno Guimarães and Rice in front of them; Madueke, Ødegaard and Tzolis behind Havertz. Ødegaard wore the armband. Sergej Jakirovic set Hull City out in a five-three-two, with Tzolakis behind Coyle, Ajayi, Egan, Mendy and Stroud, Iroegbunam, Gourna-Douath and Slater in midfield, and Cho alongside McBurnie. Coyle captained Hull.

Coyle was booked in the 34th minute and the half finished goalless. Gourna-Douath was booked in the 48th. Jakirovic made his first change in the 60th, Gelhardt for Cho, and in the 61st Norton-Cuffy came on for Coyle and was booked in the same minute. Arteta made his first changes in the 63rd, Gyökeres for Havertz and Mikel Merino for Rice, then two more in the 69th, Eze for Tzolis and Hincapié for Calafiori, while Herrington replaced Ajayi for Hull.

Ødegaard scored in the 72nd. Hull changed again in the 75th, when Stroud was booked and replaced by Giles and Mouzakitis came on for Iroegbunam. Mendy was booked in the 87th, and Martín Zubimendi replaced Bruno Guimarães in the 89th.

The figures describe a house where every door was tried and one was found on the latch. Arsenal had 66.9 per cent of the ball and played 569 passes to 272, at 86.1 per cent accuracy against 69.9. They had 44 touches in the opposition box to 17 and won seven corners to four. Hull's figures lean the other way: 31 clearances to 28, 15 tackles to nine and 73 long balls to 47. Tzolakis was credited with nine saves and Raya with two.

For all that, the expected goals figure was a modest 1.08 against Hull City's 0.34, which says Arsenal's 21 shots were many rather than clear. Seven of them came from outside the box and six were blocked. Before this game Arsenal's form guide listed wins over Slavia Prague, Liverpool (our report) and Everton (report), a 1-1 with Fleetwood Town in the League Cup (report) and a 2-2 with Bayern Munich. Hull City's guide listed draws with Ipswich Town (report), Brentford (report) and Everton and defeats by Fulham and Newcastle United. Hull held out until the 72nd minute. Arsenal kept knocking, and it only takes one knock.

Three meetings are listed here, and Arsenal won all three: Hull City 0-4 Arsenal in the FA Cup on 8 March 2016, Hull City 1-4 Arsenal in the Premier League on 17 September 2016 and Arsenal 2-0 Hull City on 11 February 2017.

With the two 15:00 results added to BBC's standings of 14:26 on 7 November, Arsenal were top on 27 points from 10 games, with Manchester City second on 21 from nine. Hull City were 13th on 11 points from 10, level on points with Ipswich Town in 14th, who had played nine.