Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 December 2007

Result

Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 1 December 2007, 17:15 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal: match report

Aston Villa lost to Arsenal 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 December 2007. The half-time score was 1-2.

Craig Gardner opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Craig Gardner (14'). Arsenal scored through Mathieu Flamini (23') and Emmanuel Adebayor (36').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 7th on 27 points from 14 and Arsenal 1st on 35 points from 13. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 60 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 85.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Arsenal in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Aston Villa wins, 3 draws and 7 for Arsenal.

Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Arsenal's W-W-W-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Craig GardnerAston Villa · 1-0
  • 23'Goal · Mathieu FlaminiArsenal · 1-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Emmanuel AdebayorArsenal
  • 36'Goal · Emmanuel AdebayorArsenal · 1-2
  • 37'Yellow card · Wilfred BoumaAston Villa
  • 55'Yellow card · William GallasArsenal
  • 57'Yellow card · John CarewAston Villa
  • 87'Yellow card · A. YoungAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 0, draws 3, Arsenal 7.

Team news

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

Scott Carson, Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Zat Knight, Gareth Barry, Stiliyan Petrov, Craig Gardner, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Olof Mellberg

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

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Kolo Touré, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Tomáš Rosický, Lassana Diarra, Alexander Hleb, Mathieu Flamini, Emmanuel Adebayor