Arsenal 3-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Arsenal 3-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 16 October 2004, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Arsenal defeated Aston Villa 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 October 2004. The half-time score was 2-1.

Lee Hendrie opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Arsenal's goals came from Robert Pirès (19', penalty), Thierry Henry (45') and Robert Pirès (72'). Aston Villa scored through Lee Hendrie (3').

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 22 points from 8 and Aston Villa 8th on 11 points from 8. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Aston Villa 10th with 47.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 0 for Aston Villa.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-D-W-W and Aston Villa's D-D-D-D-W.