Aston Villa 0-1 Arsenal · Premier League
Aston Villa lost to Arsenal 0-1 in the Premier League. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Aston Villa and Arsenal met in the Premier League at Villa Park in Birmingham on Monday, 31 August 2026.
Goalscorers
Aston Villa did not score. Arsenal: B. Saka 59'.
How the match went
Arsenal saw more of the ball, 61% of it. Aston Villa had 7 shots with 0 on target, Arsenal 7 with 2 on target. There were 6 corners in total, 2 to Aston Villa and 4 to Arsenal. Aston Villa conceded 17 fouls, Arsenal 6. The referee showed 4 yellow cards (3 for Aston Villa, 1 for Arsenal).
Line-ups
Aston Villa started in a 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 started in a 4-2-3-1: David Raya, Ben White, Cristhian Mosquera, Gabriel Magalhães, Riccardo Calafiori, Declan Rice, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Bukayo Saka, Martin Ødegaard, Christos Tzolis, Kai Havertz.
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