Arsenal vs Aston Villa

18 January 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

Gabriel Martinelli 35’
Kai Havertz 55’

Youri Tielemans 60’
Ollie Watkins 68’

Match summary

Arsenal and Aston Villa shared the points in a 2-2 draw. Arsenal led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Gabriel Martinelli put Arsenal ahead in the 35th minute, set up by Leandro Trossard. In the second half, Kai Havertz made it 2-0 in the 55th minute, set up by Leandro Trossard, Youri Tielemans pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in the 60th minute, set up by Lucas Digne, and Ollie Watkins equalised in the 68th minute, set up by Matthew Cash.

Arsenal had the better of the chances, with 1.64 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Aston Villa's 1.21 from 8.

Match stats

18 Shots 8

6 Shots on Target 4

10 Corners 1

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.64 xG 1.21

1.64 Non-penalty xG 1.21

8 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Arsenal Aston Villa

Kick-off

Gabriel Martinelli
Assist: Leandro Trossard

1-0

35’

Half-time1-0

Kai Havertz
Assist: Leandro Trossard

2-0

55’

60’

Youri Tielemans
Assist: Lucas Digne

2-1

68’

Ollie Watkins
Assist: Matthew Cash

2-2

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Arsenal

Leandro Trossard
Raheem Sterling

Aston Villa

Ian Maatsen
Boubacar Kamara
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.

Arsenal 1.64 xGAston Villa 1.21 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
David Raya	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thomas Partey	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.16	2
Gabriel	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.07	2
Jurriën Timber	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Myles Lewis-Skelly	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Martin Odegaard	MID	90			1	0.08	0.06	1
Mikel Merino	MID	90			3	0.22	0.02	1
Declan Rice	MID	90			1	0.02	0.05	1
Gabriel Martinelli	FWD	84	1		3	0.66	0.00	0
Kai Havertz	FWD	90	1		3	0.43	0.03	1
Leandro Trossard	FWD	90		2	6	0.23	0.93	3
Raheem Sterling	Sub	6			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
Matthew Cash	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.58	1
Tyrone Mings	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ian Maatsen	DEF	48			1	0.06	0.00	0
Boubacar Kamara	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Amadou Onana	MID	36			0	0.00	0.00	0
Morgan Rogers	MID	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Youri Tielemans	MID	90	1		3	0.40	0.00	0
Jacob Ramsey	MID	87			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ollie Watkins	FWD	82	1		3	0.68	0.00	0
Lamare Bogarde	Sub	54			1	0.07	0.02	1
Lucas Digne	Sub	42		1	0	0.00	0.32	1
Jhon Durán	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leon Bailey	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.07	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 61% Avg odds 1.57

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.14

Aston Villa win 16% Avg odds 6.06

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

Form going into the game

Arsenal W W W D W

Aston Villa W L D W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Aston Villa 0-2 Arsenal, 24 Aug 24 Next meeting: Aston Villa 2-1 Arsenal, 06 Dec 25 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.