Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 21 December 2011
Result
Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal
Premier League · Wednesday 21 December 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal: match report
Aston Villa lost to Arsenal 1-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 21 December 2011. The half-time score was 0-1.
Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Marc Albrighton (54'). Arsenal scored through Robin van Persie (17', penalty) and Yossi Benayoun (87').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Arsenal received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 10th on 19 points from 16 and Arsenal 5th on 29 points from 16. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 38 points, and Arsenal 3rd with 70.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-5-1 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 4 draws and 4 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read L-W-L-D-L and Arsenal's L-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 17'Penalty goal · Robin van Persie
- 28'Yellow card · Francis Coquelin
- 39'Yellow card · Ciaran Clark
- 44'Yellow card · Per Mertesacker
- 54'Goal · Marc Albrighton
- 78'Yellow card · Robin van Persie
- 87'Goal · Yossi Benayoun
- 90+2'Yellow card · Alan Hutton
- 90+3'Second yellow · Alan Hutton
Head-to-head
Team news
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Aston Villa line-up (4-5-1)
Brad Guzan, Alan Hutton, Stephen Warnock, Richard Dunne, Ciaran Clark, Stephen Ireland, Charles N'Zogbia, Marc Albrighton, Stiliyan Petrov, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Carlos Cuéllar
Arsenal expected line-up (4-3-3)
Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Alex Song, Aaron Ramsey, Samir Nasri, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen, J. Wilshere