Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 6 February 2021

Result

Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 6 February 2021, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal: match report

Aston Villa defeated Arsenal 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 February 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from O. Watkins of Aston Villa in the 2nd minute.

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

Going into the game Aston Villa were 9th on 32 points from 20 and Arsenal 10th on 31 points from 22. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 11th with 55 points, and Arsenal 8th with 61.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mathew Ryan of Arsenal (8.3), ahead of Matt Targett (8.0).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · O. WatkinsAston Villa · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · E. KonsaAston Villa
  • 35'Yellow card · M. NakambaAston Villa
  • 52'Yellow card · Thomas ParteyArsenal
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Granit XhakaArsenal
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Jack GrealishAston Villa

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Matt Targett, John McGinn, Marvelous Nakamba, Bertrand Traoré, Ross Barkley, Jack Grealish, Ollie Watkins

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mathew Ryan, Héctor Bellerín, Rob Holding, Gabriel, Cédric Soares, Thomas Partey, Granit Xhaka, Bukayo Saka, Emile Smith Rowe, Nicolas Pépé, Alexandre Lacazette