LONDON. Arsenal prevails over Aston Villa 3-1. Arsenal was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with T. Partey (23′), P. Aubameyang (45′) and E. Smith Rowe (56′). Aston Villa reduced the distance with a goal (82′) by J. Ramsey, but there was not much to do for them.

P. Aubameyang missed a penalty (45′) for Arsenal.​

The match was played at the Emirates Stadium stadium in London on Friday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Craig Pawson with the assistance of Richard West and Daniel Robathan. The 4th official was Michael Salisbury. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.1 degrees Celsius or 50.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was dominant in terms of ball possession. Arsenal was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Aston Villa that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Arsenal was more aggressive with 44 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Arsenal won the match​.

Arsenal shot 22 times, 9 on target, 13 off target. Regarding the opposition, Aston Villa shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Arsenal received 2 yellow cards (A. Lokonga and P. Aubameyang). On the opposite side, Aston Villa received 5 yellow cards (D. Luiz, J. McGinn, T. Mings, O. Watkins and M. Targett).

Standings

After this encounter, Arsenal will have 14 points like Manchester United, West Ham United and Everton to move down in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Aston Villa will stay with 10 points to stay in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Arsenal will play away with Leicester City on the 30th of October with a 7-4 head to head statistic in favor of Arsenal (3 draws).

Aston Villa will host West Ham United on the 31st of October with a 9-7 head to head record in favor of West Ham United (9 draws).

Arsenal – Formation

Arsenal started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Mikel Arteta Amatriain decided to play with the following team: Aaron Ramsdale (6.7), Takehiro Tomiyasu (6.4), Ben White (7.3), Gabriel Magalhães (7.2), Nuno Tavares (6.8), Bukayo Saka (7.1), Albert Sambi Lokonga (6.8), Thomas Partey (7.3), Emile Smith Rowe (8.8), Alexandre Lacazette (7.1) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: B. Leno, Martin Ødegaard (6.8), S. Kolašinac, Ainsley Maitland-Niles (6.2), Gabriel Martinelli, Mohamed Elneny, Cédric Soares, N. Pépé and R. Holding.

Arsenal could not rely on the presence of M. Odegaard (injured) and G. Martinelli (injured).

Substitutions

Arsenal made 3 changes: A. Lacazette for M. Odegaard (68′), A. Lokonga for A. Maitland-Niles (73′) and P. Aubameyang for G. Martinelli (90′).

Best player: Emile Smith Rowe​

The player that probably impressed the most for Arsenal was Emile Smith Rowe.

His rating is (8.8) with 1 goal, 52 passes (86% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.

Aston Villa – Formation

Aston Villa started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Talking about the opposition, Dean Smith played with: Emiliano Martínez (7.5), Ezri Konsa (6.4), Axel Tuanzebe (6.2), Tyrone Mings (6.4), Matty Cash (6.8), John McGinn (6.4), Douglas Luiz (7.7), Matt Targett (6.8), Emiliano Buendía (6.6), Danny Ings (6.7) and Ollie Watkins (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: M. Sanson, C. Archer, M. Nakamba, Anwar El Ghazi (6.3), K. Hause, Leon Bailey (6.9), Jacob Ramsey (7.5), J. Steer and Ashley Young.

Substitutions

Aston Villa made 3 changes: A. Tuanzebe for L. Bailey (46′), E. Buendia for J. Ramsey (68′) and D. Ings for A. El-Ghazi (77′).

Best player: Douglas Luiz​

The most impressive player for Aston Villa was Douglas Luiz.

His rating is (7.7) with 42 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Arsenal – Aston Villa – 3-1