Match summary
Arsenal beat Aston Villa 1-0 on the road. Arsenal led 1-0 at half-time.
Bukayo Saka put Arsenal ahead in the 30th minute.
The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 1.15 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Aston Villa's 0.31 from 8.
Aston Villa
vs
Arsenal
19 March 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Andy Madley
Full time
0
–
1
Half-time: 0–1
- Bukayo Saka 30’
Match stats
Aston Villa
Arsenal
8
Shots
10
1
Shots on Target
3
6
Corners
5
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0.31
xG
1.15
0.31
Non-penalty xG
1.15
3
Deep Completions
11
Key events
Aston Villa
Arsenal
Kick-off
30’
Bukayo Saka0-1 (Arsenal)
0-1 (Arsenal)
Half-time0-1
Full-time0-1
Bookings
Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.
Aston Villa
- Tyrone Mings
- Jacob Ramsey
- John McGinn
Arsenal
- Cédric Soares
- Thomas Partey
- Granit Xhaka
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.
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Shot map
Every shot and where it was taken from.
Arsenal attacking
Aston Villa attacking
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Player stats
| Player | Pos | Min | G | A | Sh | xG | xA | KP | Cards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emiliano Martinez | GK | 90 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Matthew Cash | DEF | 90 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Tyrone Mings | DEF | 90 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Ezri Konsa Ngoyo | DEF | 90 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Ashley Young | DEF | 90 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Douglas Luiz | MID | 90 | 1 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| John McGinn | MID | 90 | 1 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 2 | |||
| Jacob Ramsey | MID | 72 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Emiliano Buendía | FWD | 72 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 1 | |||
| Ollie Watkins | FWD | 85 | 1 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Philippe Coutinho | FWD | 90 | 1 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 1 | |||
| Bertrand Traoré | Sub | 18 | 2 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Leon Bailey | Sub | 18 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Danny Ings | Sub | 5 | 2 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Player | Pos | Min | G | A | Sh | xG | xA | KP | Cards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernd Leno | GK | 90 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Cédric Soares | DEF | 90 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 2 | |||
| Gabriel | DEF | 90 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Ben White | DEF | 90 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Kieran Tierney | DEF | 90 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Partey | MID | 90 | 1 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 1 | |||
| Granit Xhaka | MID | 90 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 1 | |||
| Martin Odegaard | MID | 89 | 1 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 2 | |||
| Bukayo Saka | FWD | 72 | 1 | 3 | 0.20 | 0.62 | 2 | ||
| Alexandre Lacazette | FWD | 81 | 2 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Emile Smith-Rowe | FWD | 90 | 3 | 0.70 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Nicolas Pepe | Sub | 18 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Eddie Nketiah | Sub | 9 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Rob Holding | Sub | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 |
Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.
Before kick-off
Aston Villa win
32%
Avg odds 2.98
Draw
29%
Avg odds 3.39
Arsenal win
39%
Avg odds 2.46
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.