Aston Villa 0–1 Arsenal
Premier League · Round Regular Season - 2 · 31 August 2026 at 19:00 UTC · Villa Park
Aston Villa
0–1HT 0–0
Arsenal
Aston Villa played Arsenal in the Premier League on 31 August 2026 at Villa Park. The match finished 0–1.
Goals and cards
- 29'C. Tzolis — Yellow card
- 59'B. Saka (assist by R. Calafiori)
- 80'Alysson Edward — Yellow card
- 81'J. McGinn — Yellow card
- 90+6'I. Maatsen — Yellow card
Line-ups
Aston Villa 4-2-3-1
- Z. Suzuki
- M. Cash
- V. Lindelof
- P. Torres
- I. Maatsen
- B. Kamara
- R. Barkley
- J. McGinn
- E. Buendia
- G. Hemmings
- N. Jackson
- SUBSTITUTES
- M. Bizot
- T. Mings
- A. Wan-Bissaka
- M. Ruggeri
- L. Bogarde
- L. Lynch
- A. Garnacho
- Alysson
- T. Abraham
Arsenal 4-2-3-1
- D. Raya
- B. White
- C. Mosquera
- Gabriel
- R. Calafiori
- D. Rice
- M. Lewis-Skelly
- B. Saka
- M. Odegaard
- C. Tzolis
- K. Havertz
- SUBSTITUTES
- K. Arrizabalaga
- P. Hincapie
- E. Konsa
- M. Zubimendi
- Bruno Guimaraes
- M. Merino
- E. Eze
- V. Gyokeres
- N. Madueke
Match statistics
| Aston Villa | | Arsenal |
|---|
| 0 | Shots on goal | 2 |
| 5 | Shots off goal | 4 |
| 7 | Total shots | 7 |
| 2 | Blocked shots | 1 |
| 3 | Shots inside box | 5 |
| 4 | Shots outside box | 2 |
| 17 | Fouls | 6 |
| 2 | Corners | 4 |
| 0 | Offsides | 8 |
| 39% | Possession | 61% |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 1 | Saves | 0 |
| 339 | Total passes | 530 |
| 273 | Accurate passes | 465 |
| 81% | Pass accuracy | 88% |
| 0.33 | Expected Goals (xG) | 1.04 |
| 0.00 | goals_prevented | 0.00 |