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# Aston Villa 0-1 Arsenal

- **Status:** FT
- **Date:** 31 Aug 20:00
- **League:** Premier League, Regular Season - 2
- **Venue:** Villa Park, Birmingham

## Match Events

| Min | Event | Player | Team |
|-----|-------|--------|------|
| 29' | Yellow Card | C. Tzolis | Arsenal |
| 46' | Substitution 1 | C. Tzolis (on for E. Eze) | Arsenal |
| 59' | Normal Goal | B. Saka (R. Calafiori) | Arsenal |
| 71' | Substitution 2 | M. Odegaard (on for M. Merino) | Arsenal |
| 71' | Substitution 3 | M. Lewis-Skelly (on for Bruno Guimaraes) | Arsenal |
| 71' | Substitution 1 | N. Jackson (on for T. Abraham) | Aston Villa |
| 71' | Substitution 2 | G. Hemmings (on for Alysson) | Aston Villa |
| 78' | Substitution 3 | M. Cash (on for A. Wan-Bissaka) | Aston Villa |
| 78' | Substitution 4 | R. Barkley (on for A. Garnacho) | Aston Villa |
| 79' | Substitution 4 | C. Mosquera (on for E. Konsa) | Arsenal |
| 80' | Yellow Card | Alysson | Aston Villa |
| 81' | Yellow Card | J. McGinn | Aston Villa |
| 85' | Substitution 5 | D. Rice (on for M. Zubimendi) | Arsenal |
| 90+6' | Yellow Card | I. Maatsen | Aston Villa |

## Statistics

| Stat | Aston Villa | Arsenal |
|------|--------|--------|
| Shots on Goal | 0 | 2 |
| Shots off Goal | 5 | 4 |
| Total Shots | 7 | 7 |
| Blocked Shots | 2 | 1 |
| Shots insidebox | 3 | 5 |
| Shots outsidebox | 4 | 2 |
| Fouls | 16 | 6 |
| Corner Kicks | 2 | 4 |
| Offsides | 0 | 8 |
| Ball Possession | 39% | 61% |
| Yellow Cards | 3 | 1 |
| Red Cards | - | - |
| Goalkeeper Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Total passes | 337 | 527 |
| Passes accurate | 272 | 463 |
| Passes % | 81% | 88% |
| expected_goals | 0.31 | 1.05 |
| goals_prevented | 0.00 | 0.00 |

## Aston Villa Lineup (4-2-3-1)

**Starting XI:** Zion Suzuki (1), Matty Cash (2), Victor Lindelöf (3), Pau Torres (14), Ian Maatsen (22), Boubacar Kamara (8), Ross Barkley (6), John McGinn (7), Emiliano Buendía (10), George Hemmings (53), Nicolas Jackson (11)

**Substitutes:** Alysson (47), Tammy Abraham (18), Marco Bizot (40), Tyrone Mings (5), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (29), Matteo Ruggeri (13), Lamare Bogarde (26), Alejandro Garnacho (17), Luka Lynch (74)


## Arsenal Lineup (4-2-3-1)

**Starting XI:** David Raya (1), Ben White (4), Cristhian Mosquera (3), Gabriel Magalhães (6), Riccardo Calafiori (33), Declan Rice (41), Myles Lewis-Skelly (49), Bukayo Saka (7), Martin Ødegaard (8), Christos Tzolis (17), Kai Havertz (29)

**Substitutes:** Eberechi Eze (10), Bruno Guimarães (39), Mikel Merino (23), Kepa Arrizabalaga (13), Piero Hincapié (5), Ezri Konsa (15), Martín Zubimendi (36), Viktor Gyökeres (14), Noni Madueke (20)