Aston Villa v Arsenal, 18 February 2023

Score4-2 to Arsenal
RefereeSimon Hooper
CompetitionPremier League
VenueVilla Park
Attendance42,066

View Aston Villa v Arsenal head to head

Kick-off: 12.30pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 56 Aston Villa won: 11 Drawn: 14 Arsenal won: 31 Aston Villa scored: 51 Arsenal scored: 98 . Arsenal scored four or more goals in a game at Villa Park since a 4-2 win in the Premier League on 27 November 2010.

2 Aston Villa

Manager: Unai Emery

4 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Goals:

Ollie Watkins 5 G
Philippe Coutinho 31 G

Goals:

Bukayo Saka 16 G
Olexsandr Zinchenko 61 G
Emiliano Martínez own goal 90 OG
Gabriel Martinelli 90 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender Tyrone Mings
Defender/Midfielder Alex Moreno
Defender/Midfielder Matty Cash
Defender/Midfielder Boubacar Kamara
Defender/Midfielder Ezri Konsa
Midfielder Emi Buendía
Midfielder Douglas Luiz
Midfielder John McGinn
Midfielder/Forward Philippe Coutinho
Forward Ollie Watkins

Starting lineup:

Aaron Ramsdale Goalkeeper
Gabriel Defender
William Saliba Defender
Ben White Defender
Granit Xhaka Defender/Midfielder
Olexsandr Zinchenko Defender/Midfielder
Bukayo Saka Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Jorginho Midfielder
Martin Odegaard Midfielder
Leandro Trossard Midfielder
Eddie Nketiah Forward

Substitutions:

Jacob Ramsey for Philippe Coutinho 62
Leon Bailey for Emi Buendía 67
Leander Dendoncker for Douglas Luiz 67
Lucas Digne for Alex Moreno 78
Jhon Durán for Ollie Watkins 78

Substitutions:

Gabriel Martinelli for Leandro Trossard 68
Fábio Vieira for Granit Xhaka 79
Takehiro Tomiyasu for Ben White 79
Rob Holding for Martin Odegaard 90
Kieran Tierney for Olexsandr Zinchenko 90

Cards:

Douglas Luiz 45 Y
Emiliano Martínez 84 Y

Cards:

Bukayo Saka 45 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Viljami Sinisalo
Defender/Midfielder Calum Chambers
Defender/Midfielder Leander Dendoncker
Defender/Midfielder Lucas Digne
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Ashley Young
Midfielder Leon Bailey
Midfielder Jacob Ramsey
Midfielder/Forward Jhon Durán
Midfielder/Forward Bertrand Traoré

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Matt Turner
Defender Rob Holding
Defender Jakub Kiwior
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Tierney
Defender/Midfielder Takehiro Tomiyasu
Midfielder Fábio Vieira
Midfielder Reiss Nelson
Midfielder Emile Smith Rowe
Forward Gabriel Martinelli

Comments:

League position: 11th . Aston Villa had now conceded four goals in consecutive home games in the top division for the first time since November 1935 in League Division One. . Villa had now taken 28 points from their 23 games so far in this Premier League season; one more point than at the same stage of the previous season. . Ollie Watkins had now scored in four consecutive league games for the first time in his career.

Comments:

League position: 1st . Arsenal avoided losing three consecutive away games in all competitions for the first time since December 2021, and doing so without scoring for the first time since December 2009. . This was the first time that the Gunners had won an away game in the Premier League after going behind twice since a 5-3 win at Chelsea on 29 October 2011. [c/o Harvey Downes] . In his 92nd appearance in the division, Oleksandr Zinchenko scored his first goal in the Premier League. . Former Arsenal goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez conceded an own goal in the third minute of added time at the end of the game before Gabriel Martinelli scored the Gunners' fourth goal five minutes later.

2 Aston Villa

Manager: Unai Emery

Goals:

Ollie Watkins 5 G
Philippe Coutinho 31 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender Tyrone Mings
Defender/Midfielder Alex Moreno
Defender/Midfielder Matty Cash
Defender/Midfielder Boubacar Kamara
Defender/Midfielder Ezri Konsa
Midfielder Emi Buendía
Midfielder Douglas Luiz
Midfielder John McGinn
Midfielder/Forward Philippe Coutinho
Forward Ollie Watkins

Substitutions:

Jacob Ramsey for Philippe Coutinho 62
Leon Bailey for Emi Buendía 67
Leander Dendoncker for Douglas Luiz 67
Lucas Digne for Alex Moreno 78
Jhon Durán for Ollie Watkins 78

Cards:

Douglas Luiz 45 Y
Emiliano Martínez 84 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Viljami Sinisalo
Defender/Midfielder Calum Chambers
Defender/Midfielder Leander Dendoncker
Defender/Midfielder Lucas Digne
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Ashley Young
Midfielder Leon Bailey
Midfielder Jacob Ramsey
Midfielder/Forward Jhon Durán
Midfielder/Forward Bertrand Traoré

Comments:

League position: 11th . Aston Villa had now conceded four goals in consecutive home games in the top division for the first time since November 1935 in League Division One. . Villa had now taken 28 points from their 23 games so far in this Premier League season; one more point than at the same stage of the previous season. . Ollie Watkins had now scored in four consecutive league games for the first time in his career.

4 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Goals:

Bukayo Saka 16 G
Olexsandr Zinchenko 61 G
Emiliano Martínez own goal 90 OG
Gabriel Martinelli 90 G

Starting lineup:

Aaron Ramsdale Goalkeeper
Gabriel Defender
William Saliba Defender
Ben White Defender
Granit Xhaka Defender/Midfielder
Olexsandr Zinchenko Defender/Midfielder
Bukayo Saka Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Jorginho Midfielder
Martin Odegaard Midfielder
Leandro Trossard Midfielder
Eddie Nketiah Forward

Substitutions:

Gabriel Martinelli for Leandro Trossard 68
Fábio Vieira for Granit Xhaka 79
Takehiro Tomiyasu for Ben White 79
Rob Holding for Martin Odegaard 90
Kieran Tierney for Olexsandr Zinchenko 90

Cards:

Bukayo Saka 45 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Matt Turner
Defender Rob Holding
Defender Jakub Kiwior
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Tierney
Defender/Midfielder Takehiro Tomiyasu
Midfielder Fábio Vieira
Midfielder Reiss Nelson
Midfielder Emile Smith Rowe
Forward Gabriel Martinelli

Comments:

League position: 1st . Arsenal avoided losing three consecutive away games in all competitions for the first time since December 2021, and doing so without scoring for the first time since December 2009. . This was the first time that the Gunners had won an away game in the Premier League after going behind twice since a 5-3 win at Chelsea on 29 October 2011. [c/o Harvey Downes] . In his 92nd appearance in the division, Oleksandr Zinchenko scored his first goal in the Premier League. . Former Arsenal goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez conceded an own goal in the third minute of added time at the end of the game before Gabriel Martinelli scored the Gunners' fourth goal five minutes later.