Arsenal 2-2 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 18 January 2025
Result
Arsenal 2-2 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 18 January 2025, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Arsenal 2-2 Aston Villa: match report
Arsenal drew with Aston Villa 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 January 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Gabriel Martinelli opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Gabriel Martinelli (35') and Kai Havertz (55'). Aston Villa scored through Youri Tielemans (60') and Ollie Watkins (68').
Discipline: Arsenal received 3 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 2nd on 43 points from 21 and Aston Villa 8th on 35 points from 21. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 74 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 66.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Leandro Trossard of Arsenal (8.6), ahead of Youri Tielemans (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 0 draws and 5 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Ian Maatsen
- 30'Yellow card · Mikel Arteta
- 35'Goal · Gabriel Martinelli
- 55'Goal · Kai Havertz
- 60'Goal · Youri Tielemans
- 63'Yellow card · Unai Emery
- 67'Yellow card · Leandro Trossard
- 68'Goal · Ollie Watkins
- 78'Yellow card · Boubacar Kamara
- 90+4'Yellow card · Raheem Sterling
- 90+5'Yellow card · Morgan Rogers
Head-to-head
Team news
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Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
David Raya, Thomas Partey, Jurriën Timber, Gabriel, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Martin Ødegaard, Declan Rice, Mikel Merino, Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz, Leandro Trossard
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Ian Maatsen, Boubacar Kamara, Amadou Onana, Morgan Rogers, Youri Tielemans, Jacob Ramsey, Ollie Watkins