Arsenal 4-0 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 1 February 2015

Result

Arsenal 4-0 Aston Villa

Premier League · Sunday 1 February 2015, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 4-0 Aston Villa: match report

Arsenal defeated Aston Villa 4-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 1 February 2015. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Olivier Giroud opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Olivier Giroud (8'), M. Özil (56'), T. Walcott (63'), Santi Cazorla (75', penalty) and Héctor Bellerín (90+2'). Aston Villa did not score.

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 39 points from 22 and Aston Villa 15th on 22 points from 22. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 75 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 39.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Santi Cazorla of Arsenal (8.8), ahead of Olivier Giroud (8.4).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Olivier GiroudArsenal · 1-0
  • 56'Goal · M. ÖzilArsenal · 2-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Ciaran ClarkAston Villa
  • 63'Goal · T. WalcottArsenal · 3-0
  • 68'Yellow card · Carles GilAston Villa
  • 75'Penalty goal · Santi CazorlaArsenal · 4-0
  • 90+2'Goal · Héctor BellerínArsenal · 5-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 6, draws 2, Aston Villa 2.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

David Ospina, Héctor Bellerín, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Aaron Ramsey, Francis Coquelin, Theo Walcott, Santi Cazorla, Mesut Özil, Olivier Giroud

Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)

Brad Guzan, Alan Hutton, Jores Okore, Ciaran Clark, Kieran Richardson, Tom Cleverley, Fabian Delph, Carlos Sánchez, Carles Gil, Christian Benteke, Andreas Weimann