Arsenal 3-0 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 24 March 2012
Result
Arsenal 3-0 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 24 March 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Arsenal 3-0 Aston Villa: match report
Arsenal won against Aston Villa 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 March 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.
K. Gibbs opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Arsenal's goals came from K. Gibbs (16'), T. Walcott (25') and Mikel Arteta (90+3'). Aston Villa did not score.
Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Aston Villa received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 55 points from 29 and Aston Villa 15th on 33 points from 28. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 38.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Aston Villa's W-D-D-L-L.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Stiliyan Petrov
- 16'Goal · K. Gibbs
- 25'Goal · T. Walcott
- 52'Yellow card · Stephen Warnock
- 70'Yellow card · Stephen Ireland
- 89'Yellow card · James Collins
- 90+2'Yellow card · Eric Lichaj
- 90+3'Goal · Mikel Arteta
Head-to-head
Team news
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Arsenal expected line-up (4-3-3)
Wojciech Szczesny, Laurent Koscielny, Bacary Sagna, Kieran Gibbs, Alex Song, Aaron Ramsey, Tomáš Rosický, Theo Walcott, Robin van Persie, Gervinho, Thomas Vermaelen
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Shay Given, Alan Hutton, Stephen Warnock, James Collins, Stephen Ireland, Marc Albrighton, Stiliyan Petrov, Chris Herd, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Emile Heskey, Carlos Cuéllar