Arsenal 1-3 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 17 August 2013
Result
Arsenal 1-3 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 17 August 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Arsenal 1-3 Aston Villa: match report
Arsenal lost to Aston Villa 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 August 2013. The half-time score was 1-1.
Olivier Giroud opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Arsenal's goal came from Olivier Giroud (6'). Aston Villa scored through Christian Benteke (22'), Christian Benteke (61', penalty) and Antonio Luna (85').
Discipline: Arsenal received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Aston Villa received 5 yellow cards.
Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 37.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Olivier Giroud
- 21'Yellow card · Wojciech Szczesny
- 22'Missed penalty · Christian Benteke
- 22'Goal · Christian Benteke
- 30'Yellow card · Ron Vlaar
- 30'Yellow card · J. Wilshere
- 45+4'Yellow card · Antonio Luna
- 60'Yellow card · Christian Benteke
- 61'Penalty goal · Christian Benteke
- 61'Yellow card · Laurent Koscielny
- 65'Yellow card · Ashley Westwood
- 67'Second yellow · Laurent Koscielny
- 79'Yellow card · Santi Cazorla
- 85'Goal · Antonio Luna
- 90+5'Yellow card · Gabriel Agbonlahor
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-4-1-1)
Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Kieran Gibbs, Theo Walcott, Aaron Ramsey, J. Wilshere, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Tomáš Rosický, Olivier Giroud
Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)
Brad Guzan, Matthew Lowton, Ron Vlaar, Nathan Baker, Antonio Luna, Karim El Ahmadi, Ashley Westwood, Fabian Delph, Andreas Weimann, Christian Benteke, Gabriel Agbonlahor