Arsenal 3-1 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Friday 22 October 2021
Result
Arsenal 3-1 Aston Villa
Premier League · Friday 22 October 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Arsenal 3-1 Aston Villa: match report
Arsenal beat Aston Villa 3-1 in the Premier League on Friday 22 October 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.
Thomas Partey opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Arsenal's goals came from Thomas Partey (23'), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (45+6') and Emile Smith Rowe (56'). Aston Villa scored through Jacob Ramsey (82').
Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 12th on 11 points from 8 and Aston Villa 13th on 10 points from 8. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 69 points, and Aston Villa 14th with 45.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Emile Smith Rowe of Arsenal (8.6), ahead of Emiliano Martínez (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Arsenal wins, 0 draws and 4 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 1'Yellow card · Ollie Watkins
- 23'Goal · Thomas Partey
- 27'Yellow card · Tyrone Mings
- 32'Yellow card · John McGinn
- 45+1'Yellow card · Albert Sambi Lokonga
- 45+6'Missed penalty
- 45+6'Goal · Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
- 56'Goal · Emile Smith Rowe
- 61'Yellow card · Matt Targett
- 66'Yellow card · Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
- 82'Goal · Jacob Ramsey
- 84'Yellow card · Douglas Luiz
Head-to-head
Team news
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Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Aaron Ramsdale, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Ben White, Gabriel, Nuno Tavares, Thomas Partey, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Bukayo Saka, Alexandre Lacazette, Emile Smith Rowe, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Aston Villa line-up (3-4-1-2)
Emiliano Martínez, Ezri Konsa, Axel Tuanzebe, Tyrone Mings, Matty Cash, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Matt Targett, Emiliano Buendía, Danny Ings, Ollie Watkins