Aston Villa 0-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Monday 31 August 2026

Result

Aston Villa 0-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Monday 31 August 2026, 19:00 UTC · Villa Park, Birmingham · half-time 0-0

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Aston Villa 0-1 Arsenal: match report

Aston Villa were beaten by Arsenal 0-1 in the Premier League on Monday 31 August 2026 at Villa Park. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Bukayo Saka of Arsenal in the 59th minute.

Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.

In the current table Aston Villa are 10th on 12 points and Arsenal are 1st on 24 points.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bukayo Saka of Arsenal (7.8), ahead of Riccardo Calafiori (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Aston Villa wins, 1 draw and 6 for Arsenal.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Christos TzolisArsenal
  • 59'Goal · Bukayo SakaArsenal · 0-1
  • 80'Yellow card · AlyssonAston Villa
  • 81'Yellow card · John McGinnAston Villa
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Ian MaatsenAston Villa

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1Arsenal9801145+924LWWWW
10Aston Villa93331013-312WDWWD

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 3, draws 1, Arsenal 6.

Team news

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Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)

Zion Suzuki, Matty Cash, Victor Lindelöf, Pau Torres, Ian Maatsen, Boubacar Kamara, Ross Barkley, John McGinn, Emiliano Buendía, George Hemmings, Nicolas Jackson

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

David Raya, Ben White, Cristhian Mosquera, Gabriel, Riccardo Calafiori, Declan Rice, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Bukayo Saka, Martin Ødegaard, Christos Tzolis, Kai Havertz

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