Aston Villa v Arsenal, 21 July 2020

Score1-0 to Aston Villa
RefereeChris Kavanagh
CompetitionPremier League
VenueVilla Park

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Kick-off: 8.15pm Played behind closed doors due to COVID-19 restrictions. Premier League Head to Head Played: 50 Aston Villa won: 9 Drawn: 14 Arsenal won: 27 Aston Villa scored: 43 Arsenal scored: 88 This was Aston Villa's first win in their last 18 home games in the Premier League against Arsenal (lost 10) since December 1998.

1 Aston Villa

Manager: Dean Smith

0 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Goals:

Trézéguet 27 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Pepe Reina
Defender Tyrone Mings
Defender Matt Targett
Defender/Midfielder Ahmed Elmohamady
Defender/Midfielder Ezri Konsa
Midfielder Douglas Luiz
Midfielder Conor Hourihane
Midfielder John McGinn
Midfielder Trézéguet
Midfielder/Forward Jack Grealish
Forward Mbwana Samatta

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender Cédric Soares
Defender Rob Holding
Defender/Midfielder David Luiz
Defender/Midfielder Sead Kolašinac
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bukayo Saka
Midfielder Dani Ceballos
Midfielder Lucas Torreira
Forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Forward Alexandre Lacazette
Forward Eddie Nketiah

Substitutions:

Frederic Guilbert for Ahmed Elmohamady 25
Keinan Davis for Mbwana Samatta 72
Marvelous Nakamba for Conor Hourihane 73
Henri Lansbury for John McGinn 90

Substitutions:

Granit Xhaka for Lucas Torreira 46
Nicolas Pépé for David Luiz 60
Kieran Tierney for Bukayo Saka 60
Joe Willock for Cédric Soares 79

Cards:

Douglas Luiz 71 Y
Matt Targett 87 Y

Cards:

Lucas Torreira 35 Y
Alexandre Lacazette 61 Y
Sead Kolašinac 80 Y
Joe Willock 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Orjan Nyland
Defender Frederic Guilbert
Defender Kortney Hause
Midfielder Anwar El Ghazi
Midfielder Jota
Midfielder Henri Lansbury
Midfielder Indiana Vassilev
Midfielder/Forward Marvelous Nakamba
Forward Keinan Davis

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Matt Macey
Defender Héctor Bellerín
Defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Tierney
Defender/Midfielder Granit Xhaka
Midfielder Matt Smith
Midfielder Joe Willock
Midfielder/Forward Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Midfielder/Forward Nicolas Pépé

Comments:

League position: 17th This was Aston Villa's first win in their last 25 games in the Premier League against big six opponents since April 2015 (lost 22). With one game still to play, they ended the day outside of the relegation zone for the first time since 28 February 2020. Villa had now won consecutive home games in the Premier League for the first time since May 2015. Trézéguet had now scored three goals in his last three games in the Premier League; as many as in his previous 30 games in the division.

Comments:

League position: 10th Arsenal would now end 2019-20 on their lowest points total for a 38-game season in the Premier League and would now finish outside of the top six in the division for the third time. The Gunners had now lost ten league games for three consecutive seasons for the first time since 1987-88 in League Division One. This was the first time they had lost their final away game in the last ten seasons in the Premier League (won six).