BIRMINGHAM. Aston Villa overcomes Arsenal 1-0 after J. McGinn scored just 1 goal (7′). Arsenal was truly superior in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the Villa Park stadium in Birmingham on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Jarred Gillett with the help of Darren Cann and James Mainwaring. The 4th official was Graham Scott. The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was cold at 11.01 degrees Celsius or 51.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Standings

After this match, Aston Villa has 35 points to sit in the 3rd place. On the other side, Arsenal will stays with 36 points to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Aston Villa will play away with Brentford on the 16th of December with a 4-1 head to head stats in favor of Brentford (5 draws).

Arsenal will host Brighton & Hove Albion on the 16th of December with a 6-6 head to head record.

Aston Villa – Formation

Aston Villa started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

The manager Unai Emery Etxegoien decided to play with the following team: Emiliano Martínez (8.1), Ezri Konsa (7.0), Diego Carlos (7.9), Pau Torres (7.0), Lucas Digne (7.0), Leon Bailey (6.7), Boubacar Kamara (7.1), Douglas Luiz (6.7), John McGinn (7.9), Youri Tielemans (7.0) and Ollie Watkins (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Matty Cash (7.0), Álex Moreno (6.7), Clément Lenglet, Moussa Diaby (7.0), Nicolò Zaniolo, Jhon Durán, Leander Dendoncker (6.4), Jacob Ramsey (6.3) and Filip Marschall.

Aston Villa could not rely on the presence of Moussa Diaby (injured).

Substitutions

Aston Villa made 5 changes: Ezri Konsa for Matty Cash (66′), Leon Bailey for Moussa Diaby (46′), Youri Tielemans for Jacob Ramsey (56′), Boubacar Kamara for Leander Dendoncker (66′) and Lucas Digne for Álex Moreno (78′).

Player of the match: Emiliano Martínez​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Aston Villa was the goalkeeper: Emiliano Martínez. His rating is 8.06. He performed 3 saves.

Arsenal – Formation

Arsenal started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Mikel Arteta Amatriain played with: David Raya (6.7), Ben White (7.0), William Saliba (7.0), Gabriel Magalhães (7.3), Oleksandr Zinchenko (7.3), Martin Ødegaard  (7.0), Declan Rice (7.3), Kai Havertz (7.0), Bukayo Saka (7.5), Gabriel Jesus (7.1) and Gabriel Martinelli (6.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Aaron Ramsdale, Eddie Nketiah (6.8), Jakub Kiwior, Cédric Soares, Leandro Trossard (6.4), Jorginho, Reiss Nelson, Mohamed Elneny and Reuell Walters.

Substitutions

Arsenal made 3 changes: Gabriel Jesus for Eddie Nketiah (82′), Gabriel Martinelli for Leandro Trossard (70′) and Oleksandr Zinchenko for Reiss Nelson (90′).

Player of the match: Bukayo Saka​

The player that probably impressed the most for Arsenal was Bukayo Saka.

His rating is 7.5 with 27 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 10 duels out of 15. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Wolverhampton Wanderers – Nottingham Forest – 1-1
• Sheffield United – Brentford – 1-0
• Manchester United – AFC Bournemouth – 0-3
• Crystal Palace – Liverpool – 1-2
• Brighton & Hove Albion – Burnley – 1-1
• Aston Villa – Arsenal – 1-0