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Aston Villa

16th · 1-1-3 · 4 pts · -5
Ugh, no.
Aston Villa lost to Arsenal
Arsenal2-0-0 1 – 0 Aston Villa0-0-2
FT · Mon, Aug 31

Match Details

Villa Park (Birmingham) · 36,804 fans · USA Network, Universo

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Aston Villa 0, Arsenal 1.
  • 90'+10'Second Half ends, Aston Villa 0, Arsenal 1.
  • 90'+9'Handball by Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Aston Villa).
  • 90'+8'Foul by Mikel Merino (Arsenal).
  • 90'+8'Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+6'Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+6'Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+6'Foul by Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa).
  • 90'+4'Offside, Arsenal. Kai Havertz is caught offside.
  • 90'+4'Mikel Merino (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+4'Foul by John McGinn (Aston Villa).
  • 90'+3'Kai Havertz (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Line Score

12T
ARS 01 1
AVL 00 0

Match Leaders

Arsenal
Aston Villa

League Table · 2026-27 English Premier League
TeamGPWDLGDPtsForm
1 Man City 5 5 0 0 +8 15
2 Arsenal 5 4 0 1 +4 12
3 Brighton 5 3 1 1 +11 10
4 Brentford 5 2 3 0 +6 9
5 Leeds 5 2 3 0 +4 9
6 Liverpool 5 2 3 0 +3 9
7 Everton 5 2 3 0 +3 9
8 Hull 5 2 2 1 +2 8
9 Newcastle 5 2 2 1 0 8
10 Chelsea 5 2 1 2 -2 7
11 Ipswich 5 2 0 3 -4 6
12 Man United 5 1 2 2 0 5
13 Nottm Forest 5 1 2 2 -1 5
14 Sunderland 5 1 1 3 -4 4
15 C Palace 5 1 1 3 -5 4
16 Aston Villa 5 1 1 3 -5 4
17 Bournemouth 5 0 3 2 -2 3
18 Coventry 5 1 0 4 -9 3
19 Fulham 5 0 2 3 -3 2
20 Spurs 5 0 2 3 -6 2
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Key Events

90'+6'Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
85'Substitution, Arsenal. Martín Zubimendi replaces Declan Rice.
81'John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
80'Alysson (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
79'Substitution, Arsenal. Ezri Konsa replaces Cristhian Mosquera because of an injury.
78'Substitution, Aston Villa. Alejandro Garnacho replaces Ross Barkley.
78'Substitution, Aston Villa. Aaron Wan-Bissaka replaces Matty Cash.
71'Substitution, Aston Villa. Alysson replaces George Hemmings.
71'Substitution, Aston Villa. Tammy Abraham replaces Nicolas Jackson.
71'Substitution, Arsenal. Mikel Merino replaces Martin Ødegaard.
71'Substitution, Arsenal. Bruno Guimarães replaces Myles Lewis-Skelly.
59'Goal! Aston Villa 0, Arsenal 1. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Riccardo Calafiori.
45'Substitution, Arsenal. Eberechi Eze replaces Christos Tzolis.
29'Christos Tzolis (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Team Stats

ArsenalAston Villa
General
60.8 Possession % 39.2
7 Shots 7
2 On Target 0
8 Offsides 0
4 Corners 2
6 Fouls 17
Passing & Defense
462 Passes Completed 272
3 Crosses Won 1
7 Tackles Won 11
8 Interceptions 2
20 Clearances 16
Discipline
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0 Saves 1

Recent Form

Aston Villa W L L L L
Arsenal L W W W W

Starting Lineups

Arsenal4-2-3-1
1 Raya
4 White 3 Mosquera 6 Magalhães 33 Calafiori A
41 Rice 49 Lewis-Skelly
7 Saka 59' 8 Ødegaard 17 Tzolis
29 Havertz
11 Jackson
53 Hemmings 10 Buendía 7 McGinn
6 Barkley 8 Kamara
22 Maatsen 14 Torres 3 Lindelöf 2 Cash
1 Suzuki
Aston Villa4-2-3-1
Full lineups and substitutes

Aston Villa

  1. ZS #1 Zion SuzukiG
  2. PT #14 Pau TorresCD-L
  3. VL #3 Victor LindelöfCD-R
  4. IM #22 Ian MaatsenLB
  5. MC #2 Matty CashRB
  6. EB #10 Emiliano BuendíaAM
  7. RB #6 Ross BarkleyLM
  8. BK #8 Boubacar KamaraRM
  9. NJ #11 Nicolas JacksonF
  10. GH #53 George HemmingsAM-L
  11. JM #7 John McGinnAM-R
Substitutes · 4 used

Arsenal

  1. DR #1 David RayaG
  2. GM #6 Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. CM #3 Cristhian MosqueraCD-R
  4. RC #33 Riccardo CalafioriLB
  5. BW #4 Ben WhiteRB
  6. MØ #8 Martin ØdegaardAM
  7. ML #49 Myles Lewis-SkellyLM
  8. DR #41 Declan RiceRM
  9. KH #29 Kai HavertzF
  10. CT #17 Christos TzolisAM-L
  11. BS #7 Bukayo SakaAM-R59'
Substitutes · 5 used

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News

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· The Guardian
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· The Guardian
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· The Guardian
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· The Guardian
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