Arsenal vs Aston Villa

22 October 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Thomas Partey 23’
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 45+6’
Emile Smith-Rowe 56’

Jacob Ramsey 82’

Match summary

Arsenal beat Aston Villa 3-1. Arsenal led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Thomas Partey put Arsenal ahead from a corner in the 23rd minute, set up by Emile Smith-Rowe and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang made it 2-0 in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Emile Smith-Rowe made it 3-0 in the 56th minute, set up by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Jacob Ramsey pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 82nd minute, set up by Leon Bailey.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 3.86 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Aston Villa's 1.41 from 10. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had a penalty saved for Arsenal.

Match stats

22 Shots 10

9 Shots on Target 4

7 Corners 4

2 Yellow Cards 5

0 Red Cards 0

3.50 xG 1.41

2.63 Non-penalty xG 1.41

14 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Arsenal Aston Villa

Kick-off

Thomas Partey
Assist: Emile Smith-Rowe

1-0

23’

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

2-0

45+6’

Half-time2-0

Emile Smith-Rowe
Assist: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

3-0

56’

82’

Jacob Ramsey
Assist: Leon Bailey

3-1

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Arsenal

Albert Sambi Lokonga
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Aston Villa

Tyrone Mings
Douglas Luiz
John McGinn
Matt Targett
Ollie Watkins

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.

Arsenal 3.86 xGAston Villa 1.41 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Aston Villa attacking Arsenal attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Aaron Ramsdale	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Takehiro Tomiyasu	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Gabriel	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Ben White	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nuno Tavares	DEF	90			3	0.12	0.55	1
Bukayo Saka	MID	90			4	0.70	0.40	3
Thomas Partey	MID	90	1		3	1.06	0.00	0
Albert Sambi Lokonga	MID	79			3	0.13	0.12	2
Emile Smith-Rowe	MID	90	1	1	2	0.16	0.59	4
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	FWD	90	1	1	5	1.64	0.18	2
Alexandre Lacazette	FWD	74			0	0.00	0.05	2
Martin Odegaard	Sub	16			1	0.03	0.00	0
Ainsley Maitland-Niles	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriel Martinelli	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyrone Mings	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Axel Tuanzebe	DEF	52			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthew Cash	MID	90			0	0.00	0.66	1
Douglas Luiz	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
John McGinn	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Matt Targett	MID	90			0	0.00	0.45	3
Emiliano Buendía	MID	74			1	0.32	0.15	2
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90			3	0.72	0.00	0
Danny Ings	FWD	83			1	0.11	0.00	0
Leon Bailey	Sub	38		1	2	0.08	0.05	1
Jacob Ramsey	Sub	16	1		2	0.15	0.03	1
Anwar El Ghazi	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 49% Avg odds 1.98

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.64

Aston Villa win 25% Avg odds 3.87

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

Form going into the game

Arsenal W W W D D

Aston Villa L W W L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal, 06 Feb 21 Next meeting: Aston Villa 0-1 Arsenal, 19 Mar 22 All Arsenal vs Aston Villa meetings

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.