Aston Villa 1-3 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 February 2005
Result
Aston Villa 1-3 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 5 February 2005, 17:15 UTC · half-time 0-3
Aston Villa 1-3 Arsenal: match report
Aston Villa were beaten by Arsenal 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 February 2005. It was 0-3 at half-time.
Fredrik Ljungberg opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Juan Ángel Arango (74'). Arsenal scored through Fredrik Ljungberg (10'), Thierry Henry (14') and Ashley Cole (28').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 11th on 32 points from 25 and Arsenal 3rd on 51 points from 25. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 83.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Aston Villa wins, 2 draws and 7 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read D-L-W-L-W and Arsenal's L-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Fredrik Ljungberg
- 14'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 28'Goal · Ashley Cole
- 53'Yellow card · Jlloyd Samuel
- 60'Yellow card · Eric Djemba-Djemba
- 74'Goal · Juan Ángel Arango
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa expected line-up
Thomas Sorensen, Ronny Johnsen, Ulises de la Cruz Bernardo, Liam Ridgewell, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Jlloyd Samuel, Lee Hendrie, Darius Vassell, Juan Ángel Arango