Aston Villa 0-2 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 13 December 2015
Result
Aston Villa 0-2 Arsenal
Premier League · Sunday 13 December 2015, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-2
Aston Villa 0-2 Arsenal: match report
Aston Villa lost to Arsenal 0-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 13 December 2015. The half-time score was 0-2.
Olivier Giroud opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Aston Villa did not score. Arsenal scored through Olivier Giroud (8', penalty) and Aaron Ramsey (38').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 20th on 7 points from 15 and Arsenal 2nd on 30 points from 15. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 20th with 19 points, and Arsenal 3rd with 70.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-3-3 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 1 draw and 7 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read D-L-L-D-L and Arsenal's W-D-L-D-W.
Key events
- 8'Penalty goal · Olivier Giroud
- 38'Goal · Aaron Ramsey
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa expected line-up (4-3-3)
Brad Guzan, Alan Hutton, Micah Richards, Kieran Richardson, Idrissa Gueye, Jordan Veretout, Jordan Ayew, Carles Gil, Scott Sinclair
Arsenal expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, Nacho Monreal, Héctor Bellerín, Laurent Koscielny, Per Mertesacker, Santi Cazorla, Mesut Özil, Alexis Sánchez, Aaron Ramsey, Francis Coquelin, Theo Walcott