Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 February 2013

Result

Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 23 February 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa: match report

Arsenal won against Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 February 2013. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Santi Cazorla opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Santi Cazorla (6') and Santi Cazorla (85'). Aston Villa scored through Andreas Weimann (68').

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

Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 46 points from 26 and Aston Villa 18th on 24 points from 26. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 73 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 41.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Arsenal wins, 4 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Santi CazorlaArsenal · 1-0
  • 36'Yellow card · Matthew LowtonAston Villa
  • 37'Yellow card · Abou DiabyArsenal
  • 66'Yellow card · Fabian DelphAston Villa
  • 68'Goal · Andreas WeimannAston Villa · 1-1
  • 85'Goal · Santi CazorlaArsenal · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 4, draws 4, Aston Villa 2.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-1-4-1)

Wojciech Szczesny, C. Jenkinson, Per Mertesacker, Thomas Vermaelen, Nacho Monreal, Mikel Arteta, Theo Walcott, Vito Mannone, J. Wilshere, Santi Cazorla, Olivier Giroud

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

Brad Guzan, Ciaran Clark, Matthew Lowton, Ron Vlaar, Ashley Westwood, Charles N'Zogbia, Andreas Weimann, Fabian Delph, Christian Benteke, Nathan Baker