Aston Villa v Arsenal, 06 December 2025

Score2-1 to Aston Villa
RefereePeter Bankes
CompetitionPremier League
VenueVilla Park
Attendance42,888

View Aston Villa v Arsenal head to head

Kick-off: 12.30pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 61 Aston Villa won: 14 Drawn: 15 Arsenal won: 32 Aston Villa scored: 58 Arsenal scored: 103 . Aston Villa had now won six of the last 12 meetings in the Premier League (lost five).

2 Aston Villa

Manager: Unai Emery

1 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Goals:

Matty Cash 36 G
Emi Buendía 90+5 G

Goals:

Leandro Trossard 52 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender Ian Maatsen
Defender Pau Torres
Defender/Midfielder Matty Cash
Defender/Midfielder Boubacar Kamara
Defender/Midfielder Ezri Konsa
Defender/Midfielder Amadou Onana
Midfielder John McGinn
Midfielder Youri Tielemans
Midfielder/Forward Morgan Rogers
Forward Ollie Watkins

Starting lineup:

David Raya Goalkeeper
Riccardo Calafiori Defender
Piero Hincapié Defender
Jurriën Timber Defender
Ben White Defender
Declan Rice Defender/Midfielder
Bukayo Saka Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Martín Zubimendi Midfielder
Martin Odegaard Midfielder
Eberechi Eze Midfielder/Forward
Mikel Merino Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Donyell Malen for Ollie Watkins 66
Lamare Bogarde for Amadou Onana 75
Jadon Sancho for John McGinn 75
Victor Lindelöf for Pau Torres 86
Emi Buendía for Matty Cash 87

Substitutions:

Viktor Gyökeres for Mikel Merino 46
Leandro Trossard for Eberechi Eze 46
Noni Madueke for Bukayo Saka 79
Gabriel Martinelli for Leandro Trossard 86
Myles Lewis-Skelly for Riccardo Calafiori 86

Cards:

Cards:

Riccardo Calafiori 72 Y
Bukayo Saka 74 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Marco Bizot
Defender Victor Lindelöf
Defender/Midfielder Andrés García
Defender/Midfielder Lamare Bogarde
Defender/Midfielder Lucas Digne
Midfielder Emi Buendía
Midfielder George Hemmings
Midfielder/Forward Donyell Malen
Midfielder/Forward Jadon Sancho

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga
Defender Marli Salmon
Defender/Midfielder Myles Lewis-Skelly
Defender/Midfielder Christian Norgaard
Midfielder Leandro Trossard
Midfielder/Forward Noni Madueke
Midfielder/Forward Ethan Nwaneri
Forward Gabriel Martinelli
Forward Viktor Gyökeres

Comments:

League position: 3rd . Aston Villa had now won their last six home games in the Premier League. . Villa had now won nine of their last ten games in the Premier League (lost one). . They had now lost one of their last 28 home games in the Premier League played on a Saturday (won 21).

Comments:

League position: 1st . This was Arsenal's first defeat in their last 18 games in all competitions. . This was the Gunners' first defeat in the Premier League since their visit to Liverpool on 31 August 2025; longer than any other team currently in competition and the longest current such run in the top four divisions. . Leandro Trossard had now become the 141st player to score 50 goals in the Premier League (Brighton and Hove Albion 25, Arsenal 25).

2 Aston Villa

Manager: Unai Emery

Goals:

Matty Cash 36 G
Emi Buendía 90+5 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender Ian Maatsen
Defender Pau Torres
Defender/Midfielder Matty Cash
Defender/Midfielder Boubacar Kamara
Defender/Midfielder Ezri Konsa
Defender/Midfielder Amadou Onana
Midfielder John McGinn
Midfielder Youri Tielemans
Midfielder/Forward Morgan Rogers
Forward Ollie Watkins

Substitutions:

Donyell Malen for Ollie Watkins 66
Lamare Bogarde for Amadou Onana 75
Jadon Sancho for John McGinn 75
Victor Lindelöf for Pau Torres 86
Emi Buendía for Matty Cash 87

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Marco Bizot
Defender Victor Lindelöf
Defender/Midfielder Andrés García
Defender/Midfielder Lamare Bogarde
Defender/Midfielder Lucas Digne
Midfielder Emi Buendía
Midfielder George Hemmings
Midfielder/Forward Donyell Malen
Midfielder/Forward Jadon Sancho

Comments:

League position: 3rd . Aston Villa had now won their last six home games in the Premier League. . Villa had now won nine of their last ten games in the Premier League (lost one). . They had now lost one of their last 28 home games in the Premier League played on a Saturday (won 21).

1 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Goals:

Leandro Trossard 52 G

Starting lineup:

David Raya Goalkeeper
Riccardo Calafiori Defender
Piero Hincapié Defender
Jurriën Timber Defender
Ben White Defender
Declan Rice Defender/Midfielder
Bukayo Saka Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Martín Zubimendi Midfielder
Martin Odegaard Midfielder
Eberechi Eze Midfielder/Forward
Mikel Merino Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Viktor Gyökeres for Mikel Merino 46
Leandro Trossard for Eberechi Eze 46
Noni Madueke for Bukayo Saka 79
Gabriel Martinelli for Leandro Trossard 86
Myles Lewis-Skelly for Riccardo Calafiori 86

Cards:

Riccardo Calafiori 72 Y
Bukayo Saka 74 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga
Defender Marli Salmon
Defender/Midfielder Myles Lewis-Skelly
Defender/Midfielder Christian Norgaard
Midfielder Leandro Trossard
Midfielder/Forward Noni Madueke
Midfielder/Forward Ethan Nwaneri
Forward Gabriel Martinelli
Forward Viktor Gyökeres

Comments:

League position: 1st . This was Arsenal's first defeat in their last 18 games in all competitions. . This was the Gunners' first defeat in the Premier League since their visit to Liverpool on 31 August 2025; longer than any other team currently in competition and the longest current such run in the top four divisions. . Leandro Trossard had now become the 141st player to score 50 goals in the Premier League (Brighton and Hove Albion 25, Arsenal 25).