Arsenal 1-1 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 19 August 2006
Result
Arsenal 1-1 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 19 August 2006, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Arsenal 1-1 Aston Villa: match report
Arsenal drew with Aston Villa 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 August 2006. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Olof Mellberg opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Arsenal's goal came from Gilberto Silva (84'). Aston Villa scored through Olof Mellberg (53').
Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.
Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 68 points, and Aston Villa 11th with 50.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 0 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 0'Yellow card · Lee Hendrie
- 0'Yellow card · Juan Ángel Arango
- 53'Goal · Olof Mellberg
- 70'Yellow card · Kolo Touré
- 84'Goal · Gilberto Silva
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up
Jens Lehmann, Kolo Touré, Johan Djourou, Emmanuel Eboué, Justin Hoyte, Cesc Fàbregas, Alexander Hleb, Gilberto Silva, Emmanuel Adebayor, Fredrik Ljungberg, Thierry Henry
Aston Villa expected line-up
Thomas Sorensen, Liam Ridgewell, Ronny Johnsen, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, James Milner, Steven Davis, Olof Mellberg, Mark Anthony Delaney