Aston Villa — Arsenal FC 0:1, 31 August: match result

match finished Premier League · Matchday 2 Monday 31 August · 19:00 UTC

Aston Villa 17th · 1 pts WLDLL

0 : 1 1st half 0:0

Arsenal FC 3th · 6 pts LWWWW

Villa Park · referee J. Gillett

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Aston Villa 18% draw 24% Arsenal FC 58%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Arsenal FC win, and the match finished 0:1. Fans backed Arsenal FC win — they got it right.

fans 64 votes

Aston Villa 20% draw 13% Arsenal FC 67%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

C. Tzolis 29'

E. Eze for C. Tzolis 46'

B. Saka assist: R. Calafiori 0-1 59'

M. Merino for M. Odegaard 71'

Bruno Guimaraes for M. Lewis-Skelly 71'

Alysson for G. Hemmings 71'

T. Abraham for N. Jackson 71'

A. Wan-Bissaka for M. Cash 78'

A. Garnacho for R. Barkley 78'

E. Konsa for C. Mosquera 79'

Alysson 80'

J. McGinn 81'

M. Zubimendi for D. Rice 85'

I. Maatsen 90+6'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Aston Villa 4-2-3-1 · Unai Emery 4-2-3-1 · Mikel Arteta Arsenal FC

Zion Suzuki  
Matty Cash  3 Victor Lindelöf  14 Pau Torres  22 Ian Maatsen  
Boubacar Kamara  6 Ross Barkley  
John McGinn  10 Emiliano Buendía  53 George Hemmings  
Nicolas Jackson  

Kai Havertz  
Bukayo Saka  8 Martin Ødegaard  17 Christos Tzolis  
Declan Rice  49 Myles Lewis-Skelly  
Ben White  3 Cristhian Mosquera  6 Gabriel Magalhães  33 Riccardo Calafiori  
David Raya  

Aston Villa bench

29Aaron Wan-Bissaka
17Alejandro Garnacho
47Alysson
26Lamare Bogarde
74Luka Lynch
40Marco Bizot
13Matteo Ruggeri
18Tammy Abraham
5Tyrone Mings

Arsenal FC bench

39Bruno Guimarães
10Eberechi Eze
15Ezri Konsa
13Kepa Arrizabalaga
36Martín Zubimendi
23Mikel Merino
20Noni Madueke
5Piero Hincapié
14Viktor Gyökeres

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

39%Possession61%

7Shots7

0Shots on target2

5Shots off target4

2Blocked shots1

3Shots inside box5

4Shots outside box2

83Attacks123

33Dangerous attacks46

2Corners4

0Offsides8

17Fouls6

3Yellow cards1

1Saves0

337Passes528

272Accurate passes463

14Free kicks17

15Throw-ins21

4Goal kicks7

0Penalties0

Aston Villa

Arsenal FCThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Aston Villa and Arsenal FC met on matchday 2 of the Premier League on 31 August at Villa Park. Final score — 0:1.

Aston Villa sit 17th on 1 point after 5 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 3 losses). Arsenal FC sit 3th on 6 points after 5 matches (4 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss), 3 matches without conceding.

Of the last 2 meetings Aston Villa won 1, Arsenal FC won 1. Aggregate score — 3:5.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Aston Villa last five Arsenal FC

WLDLL form LWWWW

5 Matches 5

1 — 1 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 4 — 0 — 1

4 — 9 Scored — conceded 8 — 4

0.8 Points per game 2.4

0.8 Goals scored per game 1.6

1 Clean sheets 3

3 Failed to score 1

unbeaten in 1 Current streak winless in 1

Aston Villa at home: 2 matches, 0 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 1—3, 0 points per match.

Arsenal FC away: 3 matches, 2 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 3—3, 2 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Aston Villa win 0 draws 1 Arsenal FC win goals 3:5 Aston Villa — Arsenal FC

30/12/2025	Arsenal FC — Aston Villa	4:1	Premier League
06/12/2025	Aston Villa — Arsenal FC	2:1	Premier League

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Manchester City	5	5	0	0	13—5	15
2	Arsenal FC	5	4	0	1	8—4	12
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	5	3	1	1	16—5	10
…
15	Crystal Palace	5	1	1	3	6—11	4
16	Aston Villa	5	1	1	3	4—9	4
17	AFC Bournemouth	5	0	3	2	6—8	3

Full Premier League table