Arsenal 1-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 March 2008

Result

Arsenal 1-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 1 March 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Arsenal 1-1 Aston Villa: match report

Arsenal drew with Aston Villa 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 March 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.

Arsenal's goal came from Nicklas Bendtner (90+4'). Aston Villa scored through an own goal by Philippe Senderos (28').

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 66 points from 27 and Aston Villa 6th on 47 points from 27. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 60.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 0 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Own goal · Philippe SenderosAston Villa · 0-1
  • 30'Yellow card · William GallasArsenal
  • 80'Yellow card · Gareth BarryAston Villa
  • 90+3'Yellow card · I. OsbourneAston Villa
  • 90+4'Goal · Nicklas BendtnerArsenal · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 7, draws 3, Aston Villa 0.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Philippe Senderos, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fàbregas, Alexander Hleb, Mathieu Flamini, Emmanuel Adebayor, Theo Walcott

Aston Villa line-up (4-5-1)

Scott Carson, Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Curtis Davies, Gareth Barry, Nigel Reo-Coker, Craig Gardner, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Shaun Maloney