Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Monday 13 January 2014

Result

Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal

Premier League · Monday 13 January 2014, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal: match report

Aston Villa were beaten by Arsenal 1-2 in the Premier League on Monday 13 January 2014. It was 0-2 at half-time.

J. Wilshere opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Christian Benteke (76'). Arsenal scored through J. Wilshere (34') and Olivier Giroud (35').

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

Going into the game Aston Villa were 12th on 22 points from 20 and Arsenal 2nd on 45 points from 20. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 37 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 83.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 3 draws and 5 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Karim El AhmadiAston Villa
  • 32'Yellow card · Nacho MonrealArsenal
  • 34'Goal · J. WilshereArsenal · 0-1
  • 35'Goal · Olivier GiroudArsenal · 0-2
  • 76'Goal · Christian BentekeAston Villa · 1-2
  • 85'Yellow card · Gabriel AgbonlahorAston Villa
  • 90+6'Yellow card · J. WilshereArsenal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 2, draws 3, Arsenal 5.

Team news

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

Brad Guzan, Ciaran Clark, Nathan Baker, Antonio Luna, Fabian Delph, Ashley Westwood, Karim El Ahmadi, Andreas Weimann, Libor Kozák, Gabriel Agbonlahor

Arsenal expected line-up (4-4-2)

Wojciech Szczesny, Per Mertesacker, Bacary Sagna, Kieran Gibbs, Mikel Arteta, J. Wilshere, Santi Cazorla, Mesut Özil, Aaron Ramsey, Theo Walcott, Olivier Giroud