English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 19, 2022
Arsenal WWWWL 1
–
Aston Villa LWWWL 0
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Villa Park · 41,956 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal strengthen top four hopes with win against Aston Villa

Arsenal ensured they will remain fourth in the Premier League over the international break with a 1-0 win against Aston Villa on Saturday.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
13
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
3
53
Possession
47
10
SHOTS
8
3
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
449
Accurate Passes
374
521
Passes
441
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
5
14
Crosses
27
0.1
Cross %
0.2
59
Long Balls
39
26
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
6
13
Tackles
10
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
5
Interceptions
4
25
Effective Clearances
13
25
Clearances
13

Highlights

01:33 Michallik impressed by Arsenal's youngsters in Villa win Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

AVL leads series 3-2

Lineups

AVL · 4-3-2-1

  1. 1Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 5Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 18Ashley YoungLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 6Douglas LuizCM
  7. 7John McGinnCM-L
  8. 41Jacob RamseyCM-R
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 23Philippe CoutinhoCF-L
  11. 10Emiliano BuendíaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 33Carney ChukwuemekaSUB
  2. 15Bertrand TraoréSUB
  3. 16Calum ChambersSUB
  4. 47Tim IroegbunamSUB
  5. 25Robin OlsenSUB
  6. 31Leon BaileySUB
  7. 20Danny IngsSUB
  8. 58Tommi O'ReillySUB
  9. 8Morgan SansonSUB

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bernd LenoG
  2. 6Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 4Ben WhiteCD-R
  4. 3Kieran TierneyLB
  5. 17CédricRB
  6. 8Martin ØdegaardAM
  7. 34Granit XhakaLM
  8. 5Thomas ParteyRM
  9. 9Alexandre LacazetteF
  10. 10Emile Smith RoweAM-L
  11. 7Bukayo SakaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 25Mohamed ElnenySUB
  2. 69Zak SwansonSUB
  3. 33Arthur OkonkwoSUB
  4. 23Albert Sambi LokongaSUB
  5. 82Omari HutchinsonSUB
  6. 19Nicolas PépéSUB
  7. 20Nuno TavaresSUB
  8. 30Eddie NketiahSUB
  9. 16Rob HoldingSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 30' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Arsenal 1. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  3. 33' Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 34' John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45'+1' Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 57' Cédric Soares (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 65' Thomas Partey (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 69' Substitution, Arsenal. Nicolas Pépé replaces Bukayo Saka.
  9. 69' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leon Bailey replaces Jacob Ramsey.
  10. 69' Substitution, Aston Villa. Bertrand Traoré replaces Emiliano Buendía.
  11. 78' Substitution, Arsenal. Eddie Nketiah replaces Alexandre Lacazette.
  12. 82' Substitution, Aston Villa. Danny Ings replaces Ollie Watkins.
  13. 86' Substitution, Arsenal. Rob Holding replaces Martin Ødegaard.

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