Arsenal 3-2 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 22 September 2019
Result
Arsenal 3-2 Aston Villa
Premier League · Sunday 22 September 2019, 15:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Arsenal 3-2 Aston Villa: match report
Arsenal won against Aston Villa 3-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 22 September 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.
John McGinn opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Nicolas Pépé (59', penalty), C. Chambers (81') and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (84'). Aston Villa scored through John McGinn (20') and Wesley Moraes (60').
Discipline: Arsenal received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Arsenal were 11th on 8 points from 5 and Aston Villa 18th on 4 points from 5. Arsenal went on to finish that season 8th with 56 points, and Aston Villa 17th with 35.
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 John McGinn of Aston Villa (8.2), ahead of Jack Grealish (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 1 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · A. Maitland-Niles
- 20'Goal · John McGinn
- 35'Yellow card · Granit Xhaka
- 41'Second yellow · A. Maitland-Niles
- 44'Yellow card · Mattéo Guendouzi
- 59'Penalty goal · Nicolas Pépé
- 60'Goal · Wesley Moraes
- 81'Goal · C. Chambers
- 83'Yellow card · Björn Engels
- 84'Goal · Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
- 85'Yellow card · Nicolas Pépé
- 90+2'Yellow card · Bernd Leno
- 90+5'Yellow card · Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Bernd Leno, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, David Luiz, Sead Kolasinac, Mattéo Guendouzi, Granit Xhaka, Nicolas Pépé, Dani Ceballos, Bukayo Saka, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)
Tom Heaton, Frédéric Guilbert, Björn Engels, Tyrone Mings, Neil Taylor, John McGinn, Marvelous Nakamba, Jack Grealish, Mahmoud Trezeguet, Wesley Moraes, Anwar El Ghazi