Arsenal 1-2 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 15 May 2011

Result

Arsenal 1-2 Aston Villa

Premier League · Sunday 15 May 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Arsenal 1-2 Aston Villa: match report

Arsenal were beaten by Aston Villa 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 15 May 2011. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Darren Bent opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Arsenal's goal came from Robin van Persie (90'). Aston Villa scored through Darren Bent (11') and Darren Bent (15').

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 67 points from 36 and Aston Villa 14th on 42 points from 36. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 68 points, and Aston Villa 9th with 48.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-5-1.

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 L-W-L-D-D and Aston Villa's D-L-D-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Darren BentAston Villa · 0-1
  • 15'Goal · Darren BentAston Villa · 0-2
  • 25'Yellow card · Nigel Reo-CokerAston Villa
  • 35'Yellow card · Stiliyan PetrovAston Villa
  • 64'Yellow card · Richard DunneAston Villa
  • 77'Yellow card · Nicklas BendtnerArsenal
  • 90'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · A. YoungAston Villa

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Sébastien Squillaci, Kieran Gibbs, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Song, J. Wilshere, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen

Aston Villa line-up (4-5-1)

Luke Young, Richard Dunne, Ashley Young, James Collins, Kyle Walker, Stewart Downing, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, Darren Bent, Brad Friedel, Fabian Delph