Arsenal 3-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Friday 22 October 2021

Result

Arsenal 3-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Friday 22 October 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Arsenal 3-1 Aston Villa: match report

Arsenal beat Aston Villa 3-1 in the Premier League on Friday 22 October 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.

Thomas Partey opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Arsenal's goals came from Thomas Partey (23'), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (45+6') and Emile Smith Rowe (56'). Aston Villa scored through Jacob Ramsey (82').

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 12th on 11 points from 8 and Aston Villa 13th on 10 points from 8. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 69 points, and Aston Villa 14th with 45.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Emile Smith Rowe of Arsenal (8.6), ahead of Emiliano Martínez (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Arsenal wins, 0 draws and 4 for Aston Villa.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Yellow card · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa
  • 23'Goal · Thomas ParteyArsenal · 1-0
  • 27'Yellow card · Tyrone MingsAston Villa
  • 32'Yellow card · John McGinnAston Villa
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Albert Sambi LokongaArsenal
  • 45+6'Missed penaltyArsenal
  • 45+6'Goal · Pierre-Emerick AubameyangArsenal · 2-0
  • 56'Goal · Emile Smith RoweArsenal · 3-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Matt TargettAston Villa
  • 66'Yellow card · Pierre-Emerick AubameyangArsenal
  • 82'Goal · Jacob RamseyAston Villa · 3-1
  • 84'Yellow card · Douglas LuizAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 6, draws 0, Aston Villa 4.

Team news

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

Aaron Ramsdale, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Ben White, Gabriel, Nuno Tavares, Thomas Partey, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Bukayo Saka, Alexandre Lacazette, Emile Smith Rowe, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Aston Villa line-up (3-4-1-2)

Emiliano Martínez, Ezri Konsa, Axel Tuanzebe, Tyrone Mings, Matty Cash, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Matt Targett, Emiliano Buendía, Danny Ings, Ollie Watkins