Arsenal 5-0 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 1 April 2006
Result
Arsenal 5-0 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 1 April 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Arsenal 5-0 Aston Villa: match report
Arsenal won against Aston Villa 5-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 April 2006. The half-time score was 2-0.
Emmanuel Adebayor opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Emmanuel Adebayor (19'), Thierry Henry (25'), Thierry Henry (46'), Robin van Persie (72') and Abou Diaby (80'). Aston Villa did not score.
Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Arsenal were 6th on 50 points from 30 and Aston Villa 16th on 35 points from 31. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 42.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 0 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-W-L-L and Aston Villa's D-L-L-W-D.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Emmanuel Adebayor
- 25'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 46'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 57'Yellow card · Wilfred Bouma
- 72'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 80'Goal · Abou Diaby
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up
Jens Lehmann, Philippe Senderos, Emmanuel Eboué, Kolo Touré, Robert Pirès, José Antonio Reyes, Cesc Fàbregas, Mathieu Flamini, Gilberto Silva, Emmanuel Adebayor, Thierry Henry
Aston Villa expected line-up
Thomas Sorensen, Liam Ridgewell, Ronny Johnsen, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, James Milner, Steven Davis, Olof Mellberg, Mark Anthony Delaney