Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Monday 13 January 2014
Result
Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal
Premier League · Monday 13 January 2014, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal: match report
Aston Villa were beaten by Arsenal 1-2 in the Premier League on Monday 13 January 2014. It was 0-2 at half-time.
J. Wilshere opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Christian Benteke (76'). Arsenal scored through J. Wilshere (34') and Olivier Giroud (35').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 12th on 22 points from 20 and Arsenal 2nd on 45 points from 20. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 37 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 83.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Arsenal in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 3 draws and 5 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read W-D-L-L-L and Arsenal's W-W-W-D-L.
Key events
- 2'Yellow card · Karim El Ahmadi
- 32'Yellow card · Nacho Monreal
- 34'Goal · J. Wilshere
- 35'Goal · Olivier Giroud
- 76'Goal · Christian Benteke
- 85'Yellow card · Gabriel Agbonlahor
- 90+6'Yellow card · J. Wilshere
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa expected line-up (4-4-2)
Brad Guzan, Ciaran Clark, Nathan Baker, Antonio Luna, Fabian Delph, Ashley Westwood, Karim El Ahmadi, Andreas Weimann, Libor Kozák, Gabriel Agbonlahor
Arsenal expected line-up (4-4-2)
Wojciech Szczesny, Per Mertesacker, Bacary Sagna, Kieran Gibbs, Mikel Arteta, J. Wilshere, Santi Cazorla, Mesut Özil, Aaron Ramsey, Theo Walcott, Olivier Giroud