Aston Villa 2-4 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 18 February 2023
Result
Aston Villa 2-4 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 18 February 2023, 12:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
Aston Villa 2-4 Arsenal: match report
Aston Villa were beaten by Arsenal 2-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 February 2023. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Ollie Watkins opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Ollie Watkins (5') and Philippe Coutinho (31'). Arsenal scored through Bukayo Saka (16'), Oleksandr Zinchenko (61'), an own goal by Emiliano Martínez (90+3') and Gabriel Martinelli (90+8').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; Arsenal received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 11th on 28 points from 22 and Arsenal 2nd on 51 points from 22. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 7th with 61 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 84.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Martin Ødegaard of Arsenal (8.0), ahead of Fábio Vieira (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Aston Villa wins, 0 draws and 7 for Arsenal.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Ollie Watkins
- 16'Goal · Bukayo Saka
- 31'Goal · Philippe Coutinho
- 45+2'Yellow card · Douglas Luiz
- 45+2'Yellow card · Bukayo Saka
- 45+3'Yellow card · Granit Xhaka
- 61'Goal · Oleksandr Zinchenko
- 90+3'Own goal · Emiliano Martínez
- 90+4'Yellow card
- 90+8'Goal · Gabriel Martinelli
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Álex Moreno, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Boubacar Kamara, Philippe Coutinho, Emiliano Buendía, Ollie Watkins
Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
Aaron Ramsdale, Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Martin Ødegaard, Jorginho, Granit Xhaka, Bukayo Saka, Eddie Nketiah, Leandro Trossard