Arsenal vs Aston Villa

Premier League ·Matchday 1

Arsenal

1-3

Full-time HT 1-1

Aston Villa

Olivier Giroud 6'

C. Benteke 22'
C. Benteke 61' (pen)
Luna 85'

Pre-match
First half
Half-time
Second half
Full-time

Saturday 17 August · 17:00

Events Lineups Stats Standings Head-to-head

The match in brief

Aston Villa beat Arsenal 3-1. Scorers for Arsenal: Olivier Giroud 6'. Scorers for Aston Villa: C. Benteke 22', C. Benteke 61' (pen), Luna 85'. Aston Villa won after coming from behind.

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Full-time 1 - 3
Added time: 4 minutes
90+4'
Lukas Podolski Out: B. Sagna · Arsenal Substitution for Arsenal: Lukas Podolski comes on for B. Sagna
88'
Leandro Bacuna Out: Andreas Weimann · Aston Villa Substitution for Aston Villa: Leandro Bacuna comes on for Andreas Weimann
85'
Luna 1-3 Goal · Assist: Andreas Weimann · Aston Villa Andreas Weimann provides, Luna finishes for Aston Villa (1-3)
61'
C. Benteke 1-2 Penalty goal · Aston Villa Goal! C. Benteke scores a penalty for Aston Villa. It is 1-2
46'
Santi Cazorla Out: A. Oxlade-Chamberlain · Arsenal Substitution for Arsenal: Santi Cazorla comes on for A. Oxlade-Chamberlain
Half-time 1 - 1
28'
C. Jenkinson Out: K. Gibbs · Arsenal Substitution for Arsenal: C. Jenkinson comes on for K. Gibbs
22'
C. Benteke 1-1 Goal · Aston Villa Goal! C. Benteke scores for Aston Villa. It is 1-1
17'
Ciaran Clark Out: N. Baker · Aston Villa Substitution for Aston Villa: Ciaran Clark comes on for N. Baker
6'
Olivier Giroud 1-0 Goal · Assist: A. Oxlade-Chamberlain · Arsenal A. Oxlade-Chamberlain provides, Olivier Giroud finishes for Arsenal (1-0)
Kick-off

The teams before the match

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WDWWW Last 5 matches LWWLD

1.9Goals scored per match2.1

0.5Goals conceded per match1.6

5Clean sheets0

From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Manchester City	38	27	5	6	102	37	102:37	+65	86	WWWWW
2	Liverpool	38	26	6	6	101	50	101:50	+51	84	WDLWW
3	Chelsea	38	25	7	6	71	27	71:27	+44	82	WDWLW
4	Arsenal	38	24	7	7	68	41	68:41	+27	79	WWWWW
5	Everton	38	21	9	8	61	39	61:39	+22	72	WLLWL
6	Tottenham	38	21	6	11	55	51	55:51	+4	69	WLWWD
7	Manchester United	38	19	7	12	64	43	64:43	+21	64	DWLWL
8	Southampton	38	15	11	12	54	46	54:46	+8	56	DWWDL
9	Stoke City	38	13	11	14	45	52	45:52	-7	50	WWLDW
10	Newcastle	38	15	4	19	43	59	43:59	-16	49	LWLLL
11	Crystal Palace	38	13	6	19	33	48	33:48	-15	45	DDLWW
12	Swansea	38	11	9	18	54	54	54:54	0	42	WLWWL
13	West Ham	38	11	7	20	40	51	40:51	-11	40	LWLLL
14	Sunderland	38	10	8	20	41	60	41:60	-19	38	LWWWW
15	Aston Villa	38	10	8	20	39	61	39:61	-22	38	LLWLD
16	Hull City	38	10	7	21	38	53	38:53	-15	37	LLLDL
17	West Brom	38	7	15	16	43	59	43:59	-16	36	LLLWL
18	Norwich	38	8	9	21	28	62	28:62	-34	33	LDLLL
19	Fulham	38	9	5	24	40	85	40:85	-45	32	DLDLW
20	Cardiff	38	7	9	22	32	74	32:74	-42	30	LLLDW