Aston Villa v Arsenal, 13 December 2015

Score	2-0 to Arsenal
Referee	Kevin Friend
Competition	Premier League
Venue	Villa Park
Attendance	33,285

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Aston Villa remained without a win against Arsenal at Villa Park in 17 Premier League games since this day in 1998 when the visiting Gunners also led 2-0 at half-time. Kick-off: 1.30pm

2 Arsenal

Goals:

Olivier Giroud	penalty	8
Aaron Ramsey		38

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Brad Guzan

Defender Alan Hutton

Defender Joleon Lescott

Defender Jores Okore

Defender/Midfielder Leandro Bacuna

Midfielder Idrissa Gueye

Midfielder Carlos Sánchez

Midfielder Jordan Veretout

Forward Jordan Ayew

Forward Rudy Gestede

Forward Scott Sinclair

Starting lineup:

Petr Čech Goalkeeper

Héctor Bellerín Defender

Laurent Koscielny Defender

Per Mertesacker Defender

Nacho Monreal Defender

Mathieu Flamini Midfielder

Mesut Özil Midfielder

Aaron Ramsey Midfielder

Joel Campbell Midfielder/Forward

Theo Walcott Midfielder/Forward

Olivier Giroud Forward

Substitutions:

Carles Gil for Rudy Gestede	57
Jack Grealish for Idrissa Gueye	78
Adama Traoré for Scott Sinclair	87

Substitutions:

Kieran Gibbs for Joel Campbell	64
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for Theo Walcott	64
Calum Chambers for Mesut Özil	86

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Mark Bunn

Defender Jordan Lyden

Defender/Midfielder Ciaran Clark

Defender/Midfielder Ashley R Westwood

Midfielder Carles Gil

Midfielder/Forward Jack Grealish

Midfielder/Forward Adama Traoré

On the bench:

Goalkeeper David Ospina

Defender Gabriel Paulista

Defender/Midfielder Calum Chambers

Defender/Midfielder Mathieu Debuchy

Defender/Midfielder Kieran Gibbs

Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Midfielder/Forward Alex Iwobi

Comments:

League position: 20th Aston Villa extended their club record to 15 league games without a win (lost 12). They also created a new club record of nine home league games without a win. The previous eight-game record had stood since March 1921 Villa had now scored more than one goal in only one of their last eight Premier League and kept only two clean sheets in their 16 league games so far in this season. Their recently-appointed manager Remi Garde made 42 league and cup appearances for Arsenal between October 1996 and February 1999. This was Villa's 500th home defeat in their league history.

Comments:

League position: 1st In their 2,000th away game in the top division, Arsenal returned to the top of the table with their 11th victory in their last 15 Premier League away games (lost two). Olivier Giroud's penalty was his 50th Premier League goal for Arsenal. He became the seventh Gunner to reach this landmark after Thierry Henry (175), Ian Wright (104), Robin Van Persie (96), Dennis Bergkamp (87), Robert Pires (62) and Theo Walcott (52 to date). This was the 169th clean sheet of keeper Petr Cech's Premier League career, so equalling the competition record set by David James.