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Aston Villa vs Arsenal 0-1

Aston Villa crestAston Villa

0-1

FT

Arsenal crestArsenal
  • B. Saka59'
Kick-off
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 · 19:00 (UTC)
Referee
Jarred Gillett, Australia

Match timeline

  1. 90+6’Yellow cardAston Villa crestAston VillaI. Maatsen
  2. 85’SubstitutionArsenal crestArsenalM. Zubimendi OND. Rice OFF
  3. 81’Yellow cardAston Villa crestAston VillaJ. McGinn
  4. 80’Yellow cardAston Villa crestAston VillaAlysson
  5. 79’SubstitutionArsenal crestArsenalE. Konsa ONC. Mosquera OFF
  6. 78’SubstitutionAston Villa crestAston VillaA. Wan-Bissaka ONM. Cash OFF
  7. 78’SubstitutionAston Villa crestAston VillaA. Garnacho ONR. Barkley OFF
  8. 71’SubstitutionArsenal crestArsenalM. Merino ONM. Odegaard OFF
Show 6 earlier events
  1. 71’SubstitutionArsenal crestArsenalBruno Guimaraes ONM. Lewis-Skelly OFF
  2. 71’SubstitutionAston Villa crestAston VillaT. Abraham ONN. Jackson OFF
  3. 71’SubstitutionAston Villa crestAston VillaAlysson ONG. Hemmings OFF
  4. 59’Goal!Arsenal crestArsenalB. SakaAssist: R. Calafiori0 – 1
  5. 46’SubstitutionArsenal crestArsenalE. Eze ONC. Tzolis OFF
  6. 29’Yellow cardArsenal crestArsenalC. Tzolis
  7. 1’Kick-off

Key stats

Aston Villa crestAston VillaArsenalArsenal crest
  • 39%Possession61%
  • 7Shots7
  • 0.31xG1.05
  • 0Shots on Target2
  • 2Corners4
  • 81%Pass Accuracy88%
  • 0Offsides8
  • 1Saves0
  • 337Passes527
  • 16Fouls6
  • 3Yellow Cards1

Lineups

Confirmed selections

Aston Villa crestAston Villa4 - 2 - 3 - 1

  1. 1Suzuki
  2. 2Cash
  3. 3Lindelöf
  4. 14Torres
  5. 22Maatsen
  6. 8Kamara
  7. 53Hemmings
  8. 7McGinn
  9. 6Barkley
  10. 10Buendía
  11. 11Jackson

Substitutions

  1. 71’↑18 Tammy Abraham↓11 Nicolas Jackson
  2. 71’↑47 Alysson↓53 George Hemmings
  3. 78’↑29 Aaron Wan-Bissaka↓2 Matty Cash
  4. 78’↑17 Alejandro Garnacho↓6 Ross Barkley

Unused substitutes 40 Marco Bizot, 5 Tyrone Mings, 13 Matteo Ruggeri, 26 Lamare Bogarde, 74 Luka Lynch

Coach Unai Emery

Arsenal crestArsenal4 - 2 - 3 - 1

  1. 1Raya
  2. 4White
  3. 3Mosquera
  4. 6Magalhães
  5. 33Calafiori
  6. 49Lewis-Skelly
  7. 41Rice
  8. 7Saka
  9. 8Ødegaard
  10. 17Tzolis
  11. 29Havertz

Substitutions

  1. 46’↑10 Eberechi Eze↓17 Christos Tzolis
  2. 71’↑23 Mikel Merino↓8 Martin Ødegaard
  3. 71’↑39 Bruno Guimarães↓49 Myles Lewis-Skelly
  4. 79’↑15 Ezri Konsa↓3 Cristhian Mosquera
  5. 85’↑36 Martín Zubimendi↓41 Declan Rice

Unused substitutes 13 Kepa Arrizabalaga, 5 Piero Hincapié, 14 Viktor Gyökeres, 20 Noni Madueke

Coach Mikel Arteta

Match facts

Competition
Premier League - England
Date
Mon, 31 Aug 2026
Kick-off
19:00 (UTC)
Referee
Jarred Gillett, Australia
Aston Villa coach
Unai Emery
Arsenal coach
Mikel Arteta

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Premier League - England

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1Arsenal crestArsenal10901+1027
2Manchester City crestManchester City9702+1021
3Brighton crestBrighton9612+1719
4Chelsea crestChelsea9513+416
5Everton crestEverton10442+216
12Aston Villa crestAston Villa9333-312

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Last 5 matches, all competitions

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Scored / match
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Conceded / match
0.0

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What happened

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Arsenal beat Aston Villa 1-0 in the Premier League - England.

B. Saka 59' for Arsenal.

Aston Villa had 39% of the ball to Arsenal's 61%; the sides had 7 and 7 shots (0 and 2 on target).

The referee showed 4 yellow cards and no reds.

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Match record

Competition
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Kick-off
Match ID
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14 events

  1. 29’Yellow cardArsenal crestArsenalC. Tzolis
  2. 46’SubstitutionArsenal crestArsenalE. Eze ONC. Tzolis OFF
  3. 59’Goal!Arsenal crestArsenalB. SakaAssist: R. Calafiori0 – 1
  4. 71’SubstitutionArsenal crestArsenalM. Merino ONM. Odegaard OFF
  5. 71’SubstitutionArsenal crestArsenalBruno Guimaraes ONM. Lewis-Skelly OFF
  6. 71’SubstitutionAston Villa crestAston VillaT. Abraham ONN. Jackson OFF
  7. 71’SubstitutionAston Villa crestAston VillaAlysson ONG. Hemmings OFF
  8. 78’SubstitutionAston Villa crestAston VillaA. Wan-Bissaka ONM. Cash OFF
  9. 78’SubstitutionAston Villa crestAston VillaA. Garnacho ONR. Barkley OFF
  10. 79’SubstitutionArsenal crestArsenalE. Konsa ONC. Mosquera OFF
  11. 80’Yellow cardAston Villa crestAston VillaAlysson
  12. 81’Yellow cardAston Villa crestAston VillaJ. McGinn
  13. 85’SubstitutionArsenal crestArsenalM. Zubimendi OND. Rice OFF
  14. 90+6’Yellow cardAston Villa crestAston VillaI. Maatsen