Aston Villa 2-1 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 6 December 2025
Result
Aston Villa 2-1 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 6 December 2025, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Aston Villa 2-1 Arsenal: match report
Aston Villa won against Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 December 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Matty Cash opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Matty Cash (36') and Emiliano Buendía (90+5'). Arsenal scored through Leandro Trossard (52').
Discipline: Aston Villa received no yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 3rd on 27 points from 14 and Arsenal 1st on 33 points from 14. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 4th with 65 points, and Arsenal 1st with 85.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Declan Rice of Arsenal (7.9), ahead of Emiliano Martínez (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Aston Villa wins, 1 draw and 5 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Arsenal's W-D-W-D-W.
Key events
- 36'Goal · Matty Cash
- 52'Goal · Leandro Trossard
- 72'Yellow card · Riccardo Calafiori
- 74'Yellow card · Bukayo Saka
- 90+5'Goal · Emiliano Buendía
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Ian Maatsen, Boubacar Kamara, Amadou Onana, John McGinn, Youri Tielemans, Morgan Rogers, Ollie Watkins
Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
David Raya, Ben White, Jurriën Timber, Piero Hincapié, Riccardo Calafiori, Martin Ødegaard, Martín Zubimendi, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Mikel Merino, Eberechi Eze