Arsenal 4-1 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 30 December 2025
Result
Arsenal 4-1 Aston Villa
Premier League · Tuesday 30 December 2025, 20:15 UTC · half-time 0-0
Arsenal 4-1 Aston Villa: match report
Arsenal defeated Aston Villa 4-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 30 December 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Gabriel Magalhães opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Gabriel Magalhães (48'), Martín Zubimendi (52'), Leandro Trossard (69') and Gabriel Jesus (78'). Aston Villa scored through Ollie Watkins (90+4').
Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 42 points from 18 and Aston Villa 3rd on 39 points from 18. Arsenal went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Aston Villa 4th with 65.
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 (8.4), ahead of Martin Ødegaard (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 4 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 45+1'Yellow card · Mikel Merino
- 45+2'Yellow card · Morgan Rogers
- 48'Goal · Gabriel Magalhães
- 52'Goal · Martín Zubimendi
- 69'Goal · Leandro Trossard
- 78'Goal · Gabriel Jesus
- 79'Yellow card · Gabriel Jesus
- 81'Yellow card · Lamare Bogarde
- 90+4'Goal · Ollie Watkins
- 90+7'Yellow card · Ollie Watkins
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
David Raya, Jurriën Timber, William Saliba, Gabriel, Piero Hincapié, Martin Ødegaard, Martín Zubimendi, Mikel Merino, Bukayo Saka, Viktor Gyökeres, Leandro Trossard
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Emiliano Martínez, Lamare Bogarde, Ezri Konsa, Victor Lindelöf, Lucas Digne, Amadou Onana, Youri Tielemans, Jadon Sancho, Morgan Rogers, Emiliano Buendía, Ollie Watkins