English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 9, 2023
Arsenal WWWWW 0
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Aston Villa WWWDW 1
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Villa Park · 42,000 att.

Match Report

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In-form Aston Villa beat Arsenal to make club history

John McGinn's early goal led surging Aston Villa to a club-record 15th consecutive home Premier League victory on Saturday, a breathless 1-0 win over Arsenal that prevented Mikel Arteta's Gunners from reclaiming top spot in the table.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
3
61.5
Possession
38.5
12
SHOTS
10
5
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
389
Accurate Passes
209
462
Passes
289
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
0
10
Crosses
9
0.3
Cross %
0.0
34
Long Balls
65
14
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
5
18
Effective Tackles
17
31
Tackles
31
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
4
Interceptions
13
16
Effective Clearances
25
16
Clearances
25

Head to Head

ARS leads series 4-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 14Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 3Diego CarlosCD-R
  4. 12Lucas DigneLB
  5. 4Ezri KonsaRB
  6. 6Douglas LuizCM-L
  7. 44Boubacar KamaraCM-R
  8. 7John McGinnLM
  9. 31Leon BaileyRM
  10. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  11. 8Youri TielemansRCF

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 22David RayaG
  2. 6Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 2William SalibaCD-R
  4. 35Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 4Ben WhiteRB
  6. 41Declan RiceCM
  7. 29Kai HavertzLM
  8. 8Martin ØdegaardRM
  9. 9Gabriel JesusF
  10. 11Gabriel MartinelliLF
  11. 7Bukayo SakaRF

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Arsenal 0. John McGinn (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Leon Bailey.
  2. 28' Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Aston Villa. Moussa Diaby replaces Leon Bailey because of an injury.
  4. 53' Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 56' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey replaces Youri Tielemans.
  6. 62' Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 66' Substitution, Aston Villa. Matty Cash replaces Ezri Konsa.
  8. 67' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leander Dendoncker replaces Boubacar Kamara.
  9. 70' Substitution, Arsenal. Leandro Trossard replaces Gabriel Martinelli.
  10. 73' John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 77' Declan Rice (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 78' Substitution, Aston Villa. Álex Moreno replaces Lucas Digne.
  13. 81' Substitution, Arsenal. Eddie Nketiah replaces Gabriel Jesus.
  14. 88' Diego Carlos (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+3' Substitution, Arsenal. Reiss Nelson replaces Oleksandr Zinchenko.

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