Arsenal vs Aston Villa

14 April 2024 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee David Coote

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Leon Bailey 84’
  • Ollie Watkins 87’

Match summary

Aston Villa won 2-0 away at Arsenal. It was goalless at half-time.

Leon Bailey put Aston Villa ahead from a corner in the 84th minute, set up by Lucas Digne and Ollie Watkins made it 0-2 in the 87th minute, set up by Youri Tielemans.

Arsenal can feel hard done by, creating 1.99 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Aston Villa's 0.93 from 11.

Match stats

Arsenal Aston Villa
18 Shots 11
4 Shots on Target 2
4 Corners 6
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.89 xG 0.93
1.89 Non-penalty xG 0.93
17 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Arsenal Aston Villa
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
84’
Leon Bailey
Assist: Lucas Digne
0-1 (Aston Villa)
87’
Ollie Watkins
Assist: Youri Tielemans
0-2 (Aston Villa)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Arsenal
  • Ben White
  • Gabriel
  • Kai Havertz
Aston Villa
  • Morgan Rogers

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.99 0.93 84’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), 0-1 84’ 87’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), 0-2 87’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.99 0.93 84’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), 0-1 Bailey 84’ 87’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), 0-2 Watkins 87’
Arsenal 1.99 xGAston Villa 0.93 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking Arsenal attacking 
40’ Leandro Trossard (Arsenal), open play, 0.63 xG, saved 87’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 16’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 24’ Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), open play, 0.20 xG, blocked 40’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 84’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.14 xG, goal 20’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 47’ Lucas Digne (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.11 xG, blocked 38’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 54’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 11’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 51’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 18’ Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 39’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 39’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 41’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 64’ Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 54’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 21’ Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 40’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 60’ Declan Rice (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 34’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 35’ Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 62’ Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 1’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 1’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 34’ Leandro Trossard (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+5’ Declan Rice (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 23’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 40’ Leandro Trossard (Arsenal), open play, 0.63 xG, saved 87’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 16’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 24’ Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), open play, 0.20 xG, blocked 40’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 84’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.14 xG, goal 20’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 47’ Lucas Digne (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.11 xG, blocked 38’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 54’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 11’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 51’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 41’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 18’ Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 39’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 39’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 64’ Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 54’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 21’ Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 40’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 60’ Declan Rice (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 34’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 35’ Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 62’ Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 1’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 1’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 34’ Leandro Trossard (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+5’ Declan Rice (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 23’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
David Raya GK900 0.000.000
Ben White DEF700 0.000.262
Gabriel DEF900 0.000.000
William Saliba DEF900 0.000.000
Oleksandr Zinchenko DEF901 0.010.291
Kai Havertz MID903 0.390.061
Declan Rice MID902 0.040.000
Martin Odegaard MID823 0.190.142
Bukayo Saka FWD904 0.400.153
Gabriel Jesus FWD823 0.310.631
Leandro Trossard FWD702 0.650.162
Gabriel Martinelli Sub200 0.000.011
Takehiro Tomiyasu Sub200 0.000.000
Jorginho Sub80 0.000.000
Emile Smith-Rowe Sub80 0.000.000
Eddie Nketiah Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 76% Avg odds 1.27
Draw 15% Avg odds 6.47
Aston Villa win 9% Avg odds 10.91

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.