Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 1 December 2007
Result
Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 1 December 2007, 17:15 UTC · half-time 1-2
Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal: match report
Aston Villa lost to Arsenal 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 December 2007. The half-time score was 1-2.
Craig Gardner opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Craig Gardner (14'). Arsenal scored through Mathieu Flamini (23') and Emmanuel Adebayor (36').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 7th on 27 points from 14 and Arsenal 1st on 35 points from 13. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 60 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 85.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Arsenal in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Aston Villa wins, 3 draws and 7 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Arsenal's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Craig Gardner
- 23'Goal · Mathieu Flamini
- 32'Yellow card · Emmanuel Adebayor
- 36'Goal · Emmanuel Adebayor
- 37'Yellow card · Wilfred Bouma
- 55'Yellow card · William Gallas
- 57'Yellow card · John Carew
- 87'Yellow card · A. Young
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Scott Carson, Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Zat Knight, Gareth Barry, Stiliyan Petrov, Craig Gardner, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Olof Mellberg
Arsenal line-up (4-4-1-1)
Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Kolo Touré, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Tomáš Rosický, Lassana Diarra, Alexander Hleb, Mathieu Flamini, Emmanuel Adebayor