Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Wednesday 31 August 2022, 18:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal beat Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 31 August 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.

Gabriel Jesus opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Gabriel Jesus (30') and Gabriel Martinelli (77'). Aston Villa scored through Douglas Luiz (74').

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 12 points from 4 and Aston Villa 16th on 3 points from 4. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 84 points, and Aston Villa 7th with 61.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aston Villa in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Gabriel Martinelli of Arsenal (8.0), ahead of Tyrone Mings (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Arsenal wins, 0 draws and 3 for Aston Villa.

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