Arsenal vs Aston Villa 2021-22 English Premier League

Arsenal

23': Thomas Partey
45'+6': Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
56': Emile Smith Rowe

FT
3 - 1

Aston Villa

82': Jacob Ramsey

Arsenal beats Aston Villa 3-1 in Premier League

— Arsenal delivered its best performance of the season to beat Aston Villa 3-1 in the Premier League on Friday.

Match Commentary

1': Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
23': Goal! Arsenal 1, Aston Villa 0. Thomas Partey (Arsenal) with an attempt from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Emile Smith Rowe with a cross following a corner.
27': Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
32': John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+1': Albert Sambi Lokonga (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+6': Penalty saved! Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
45'+6': Goal! Arsenal 2, Aston Villa 0. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
45'+7': First Half ends, Arsenal 2, Aston Villa 0.
45': Substitution, Aston Villa. Leon Bailey replaces Axel Tuanzebe.
45': Second Half begins Arsenal 2, Aston Villa 0.
56': Goal! Arsenal 3, Aston Villa 0. Emile Smith Rowe (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang following a fast break.
61': Matt Targett (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
66': Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
68': Substitution, Arsenal. Martin Ødegaard replaces Alexandre Lacazette because of an injury.
68': Substitution, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey replaces Emiliano Buendía.
73': Substitution, Arsenal. Ainsley Maitland-Niles replaces Albert Sambi Lokonga.
77': Substitution, Aston Villa. Anwar El Ghazi replaces Danny Ings.
82': Goal! Arsenal 3, Aston Villa 1. Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Leon Bailey.
84': Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
90'+1': Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli replaces Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang because of an injury.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Emirates Stadium
Location: London, England
Attendance: 59,496

English Premier League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+15	Arsenal	11	26	1
+15	Manchester City	11	22	3
+10	Chelsea	11	20	3
+4	Sunderland	11	19	2

Full Table

Statistics

AVL		ARS
10	Fouls	17
5	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	1
4	Corner Kicks	7
6	Saves	3
46.2	Possession	53.8
10	SHOTS	22
4	ON GOAL	9
0.4	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
310	Accurate Passes	369
392	Passes	454
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
2	Accurate Crosses	5
12	Crosses	15
0.2	Cross %	0.3
50	Long Balls	46
21	Accurate Long Balls	22
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
3	Blocked Shots	5
8	Effective Tackles	10
14	Tackles	13
0.6	Tackle %	0.8
11	Interceptions	7
16	Effective Clearances	20
16	Clearances	20

Line-Ups

Arsenal (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
32	Aaron Ramsdale (GK)
6	Gabriel Magalhães
4	Ben White
20	Nuno Tavares
18	Takehiro Tomiyasu
9	Alexandre Lacazette
23	Albert Sambi Lokonga
5	Thomas Partey
14	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
10	Emile Smith Rowe
7	Bukayo Saka

Substitutes:

Martin Ødegaard, Sead Kolasinac, Mohamed Elneny, Gabriel Martinelli, Bernd Leno, Cédric, Rob Holding, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Nicolas Pépé.

Aston Villa (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
1	Emiliano Martínez (GK)
16	Axel Tuanzebe
5	Tyrone Mings
4	Ezri Konsa
6	Douglas Luiz
7	John McGinn
10	Emiliano Buendía
3	Matt Targett
2	Matty Cash
11	Ollie Watkins
20	Danny Ings