English Premier League

FT Saturday, February 18, 2023
Arsenal WLLDL 4
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Aston Villa LWWLL 2
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ARS134
AVL202
Villa Park · 42,066 att.

Match Report

Late goals give Arsenal 4-2 win over Villa to halt slide

— With Arsenal heading toward another disappointing result, new signing Jorginho came up big to keep the Gunners’ title aspirations on track.

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
9
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
2
66.6
Possession
33.4
20
SHOTS
7
5
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
489
Accurate Passes
225
571
Passes
293
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
1
30
Crosses
9
0.2
Cross %
0.1
41
Long Balls
51
25
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
7
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
18
18
Tackles
25
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
13
6
Effective Clearances
25
6
Clearances
25

Head to Head

ARS leads series 3-2

Lineups

AVL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 5Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 15Álex MorenoLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 44Boubacar KamaraCM-L
  7. 6Douglas LuizCM-R
  8. 23Philippe CoutinhoLM
  9. 7John McGinnRM
  10. 11Ollie WatkinsCF-L
  11. 10Emiliano BuendíaCF-R

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 1Aaron RamsdaleG
  2. 6Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 12William SalibaCD-R
  4. 35Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 4Ben WhiteRB
  6. 20JorginhoCM
  7. 34Granit XhakaLM
  8. 8Martin ØdegaardRM
  9. 14Eddie NketiahF
  10. 19Leandro TrossardLF
  11. 7Bukayo SakaRF

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Arsenal 0. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matty Cash following a fast break.
  2. 16' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Arsenal 1. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  3. 31' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Arsenal 1. Philippe Coutinho (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Álex Moreno.
  4. 45'+2' Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45'+2' Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 61' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Arsenal 2. Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Martin Ødegaard following a corner.
  7. 62' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey replaces Philippe Coutinho.
  8. 67' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leon Bailey replaces Emiliano Buendía.
  9. 67' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leander Dendoncker replaces Douglas Luiz.
  10. 68' Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli replaces Leandro Trossard.
  11. 78' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jhon Durán replaces Ollie Watkins.
  12. 78' Substitution, Aston Villa. Lucas Digne replaces Álex Moreno.
  13. 79' Substitution, Arsenal. Fábio Vieira replaces Granit Xhaka.
  14. 79' Substitution, Arsenal. Takehiro Tomiyasu replaces Ben White.
  15. 84' Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 90'+3' Own Goal by Emiliano Martínez, Aston Villa. Aston Villa 2, Arsenal 3.
  17. 90'+4' Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 90'+5' Substitution, Arsenal. Kieran Tierney replaces Oleksandr Zinchenko.
  19. 90'+5' Substitution, Arsenal. Rob Holding replaces Martin Ødegaard.
  20. 90'+8' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Arsenal 4. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fábio Vieira with a through ball following a fast break.

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