Arsenal 3-0 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 27 December 2009

Result

Arsenal 3-0 Aston Villa

Premier League · Sunday 27 December 2009, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

Arsenal · Aston Villa · Premier League predictions

Arsenal 3-0 Aston Villa: match report

Arsenal won against Aston Villa 3-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 27 December 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.

Cesc Fàbregas opened the scoring in the 65th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Cesc Fàbregas (65'), Cesc Fàbregas (81') and Abou Diaby (90'). Aston Villa did not score.

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 35 points from 17 and Aston Villa 4th on 35 points from 18. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 75 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 64.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 4 draws and 1 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 55'Yellow card · A. YoungAston Villa
  • 65'Goal · Cesc FàbregasArsenal · 1-0
  • 67'Yellow card · A. SongArsenal
  • 76'Yellow card · Carlos CuéllarAston Villa
  • 81'Goal · Cesc FàbregasArsenal · 2-0
  • 90'Goal · Abou DiabyArsenal · 3-0
  • 90'Yellow card · Fabian DelphAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 5, draws 4, Aston Villa 1.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, William Gallas, Armand Traore, Abou Diaby, Samir Nasri, Denílson, Alex Song, Eduardo da Silva, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen

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

Luke Young, Richard Dunne, Ashley Young, Stephen Warnock, Stewart Downing, James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Emile Heskey, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar