Premier League
Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal
Aston Villa vs Arsenal finished 1-0 in Premier League. Key event: 1' Ollie Watkins (assist Bertrand Traoré · xG 0.14 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.7%, 49.6%). Head to head: H2H last 7: 2-0-5. Venue: Villa Park. Home form: L W L W L; Away form: L D W L W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.
Match context 4 facts
Home form
L W L W L
6 pts, goals 6-8, 1.20 scored/match, 1.60 conceded/match
Away form
L D W L W
7 pts, goals 7-4, 1.40 scored/match, 0.80 conceded/match
Aston Villa · season record
10 W · 2 D · 8 L
2020: 20 recorded matches, goals 35–24; before 06 Feb 2021 UTC. Not official standings.
Arsenal · season record
9 W · 4 D · 9 L
2020: 22 recorded matches, goals 27–22; before 06 Feb 2021 UTC. Not official standings.
Shot map 26 shots · 1 goal
Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.
Attempt
Goal
Marker size = xG
Timeline 37 events
1'
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shot
Ollie Watkins
AST assist Bertrand Traoré xG 0.14 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.7%, 49.6%
2'
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Goal
Ollie Watkins
1–0 AST assist Bertrand Traoré
28'
•
shot
Granit Xhaka
ARS xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Direct Freekick · location 71.5%, 36.4%
29'
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shot
Rob Holding
ARS assist Bukayo Saka xG 0.03 · From Corner · location 90.2%, 53.4%
30'
•
shot
Bertrand Traoré
AST assist Ross Barkley xG 0.38 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.6%, 60.2%
30'
•
shot
Ross Barkley
AST xG 0.15 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.6%, 60.2%
31'
Yellow
Ezri Konsa
AST Yellow card
32'
•
shot
Rob Holding
ARS assist Cédric Soares xG 0.03 · Set Piece · location 89.5%, 52.5%
35'
Yellow
Marvelous Nakamba
AST Yellow card
43'
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shot
Nicolas Pepe
ARS assist Rob Holding xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 85.5%, 31.5%
43'
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shot
Nicolas Pepe
ARS xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90%, 32.2%
46'
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shot
Matthew Cash
AST assist Ross Barkley xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.7%, 26.2%
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47'
shot
Ross Barkley
AST assist Jack Grealish xG 0.06 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 87.3%, 46.4%
49'
shot
Ollie Watkins
AST assist Ross Barkley xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.5%, 42.4%
51'
shot
Nicolas Pepe
ARS assist Emile Smith-Rowe xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.3%, 63.3%
52'
Yellow
Thomas Partey
ARS Yellow card
53'
shot
John McGinn
AST assist Jack Grealish xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 72.6%, 32.3%
54'
shot
Emile Smith-Rowe
ARS assist Alexandre Lacazette xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.2%, 52.4%
55'
shot
Héctor Bellerín
ARS assist Bukayo Saka xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 78.1%, 37.6%
56'
shot
Bukayo Saka
ARS assist Héctor Bellerín xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.5%, 31.9%
59'
Sub
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
ARS on for Alexandre Lacazette
65'
Sub
Martin Ødegaard
ARS on for Cédric Soares
66'
shot
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
ARS assist Bukayo Saka xG 0.04 · Open Play · location 91.7%, 49.9%
66'
Sub
Mahmoud Trézéguet
AST on for Bertrand Traoré
74'
Sub
Willian
ARS on for Thomas Partey · Injury substitution
78'
shot
Jack Grealish
AST assist Ollie Watkins xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 89.5%, 66.8%
78'
Sub
Jacob Ramsey
AST on for Ross Barkley
82'
shot
Ollie Watkins
AST assist Jack Grealish xG 0.1 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.8%, 64.2%
88'
shot
Jacob Ramsey
AST assist Marvelous Nakamba xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.6%, 60.5%
90+4'
Yellow
Granit Xhaka
ARS Yellow card
90+6'
Yellow
Jack Grealish
AST Yellow card
Head-to-head H2H last 10: 3-6-1
Arsenal leads the last 10 head-to-head meetings: 6 wins, 3 losses, 1 draw. Latest meeting: 31 Aug 2026 · Aston Villa vs Arsenal · 0 - 1.
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Team statistics 17 metrics
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Lineups
Arsenal
4-2-3-1 · Manager Mikel Arteta 33
M
Mathew Ryan
GK
2
H
Héctor Bellerín · Captain
DEF
16
R
Rob Holding
DEF
6
G
Gabriel Magalhães
DEF
17
C
Cédric Soares
DEF
18
T
Thomas Partey
MID
34
G
Granit Xhaka
MID
7
B
Bukayo Saka
MID
32
E
Emile Smith Rowe
MID
19
N
Nicolas Pépé
MID
9
A
Alexandre Lacazette
FWD
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14
P
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
FWD
11
M
Martin Ødegaard
MID
12
W
Willian
FWD
13
R
Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson
GK
22
P
Pablo Marí
DEF
21
C
Calum Chambers
DEF
8
D
Dani Ceballos
MID
25
M
Mohamed Elneny
MID
35
G
Gabriel Martinelli
FWD
Aston Villa
4-2-3-1 · Manager Dean Smith 26
E
Emiliano Martínez
GK
2
M
Matty Cash
DEF
4
E
Ezri Konsa
DEF
5
T
Tyrone Mings
DEF
18
M
Matt Targett
DEF
7
J
John McGinn
MID
19
M
Marvelous Nakamba
MID
15
B
Bertrand Traoré
MID
20
R
Ross Barkley
MID
10
J
Jack Grealish · Captain
MID
11
O
Ollie Watkins
FWD
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17
M
Mahmoud Trézéguet
MID
41
J
Jacob Ramsey
MID
1
T
Tom Heaton
GK
22
B
Björn Engels
DEF
27
A
Ahmed Elmohamady
DEF
25
M
Morgan Sanson
MID
6
D
Douglas Luiz
MID
21
A
Anwar El Ghazi
MID
39
K
Keinan Davis
FWD