Aston Villa vs Arsenal

21 July 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Trézéguet 27’

Match summary

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

Trézéguet put Aston Villa ahead from a corner in the 27th minute, set up by Tyrone Mings.

There was little between the sides on chances: Aston Villa created 0.57 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots, Arsenal 0.74 from 7.

Match stats

Aston Villa Arsenal
8 Shots 7
3 Shots on Target 0
8 Corners 9
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
0.57 xG 0.74
0.57 Non-penalty xG 0.74
4 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Aston Villa Arsenal
Kick-off
Trézéguet
Assist: Tyrone Mings1-0 (Aston Villa)
27’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Aston Villa
  • Matt Targett
  • Douglas Luiz
Arsenal
  • Sead Kolasinac
  • Lucas Torreira
  • Alexandre Lacazette
  • Joe Willock

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.57 0.74 27’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), 1-0 27’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.57 0.74 27’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), 1-0 Trézéguet 27’
Aston Villa 0.57 xGArsenal 0.74 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Arsenal attacking Aston Villa attacking 
77’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.39 xG, hit the woodwork 75’ Keinan Davis (Aston Villa), open play, 0.26 xG, off target 13’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 54’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 56’ Frederic Guilbert (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 78’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 51’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 82’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 27’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 29’ Dani Ceballos (Arsenal), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 68’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 42’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 45’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 9’ Lucas Torreira (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 77’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.39 xG, hit the woodwork 75’ Keinan Davis (Aston Villa), open play, 0.26 xG, off target 13’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 54’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 78’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 56’ Frederic Guilbert (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 51’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 82’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 27’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 29’ Dani Ceballos (Arsenal), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 68’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 42’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 45’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 9’ Lucas Torreira (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
José Reina GK900 0.000.000
Ahmed Elmohamady DEF240 0.000.031
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo DEF900 0.000.071
Tyrone Mings DEF9010 0.000.041
Matt Targett DEF900 0.000.000
Douglas Luiz MID900 0.000.000
John McGinn MID903 0.160.000
Conor Hourihane MID760 0.000.000
Trézéguet FWD9012 0.060.021
Mbwana Samatta FWD750 0.000.000
Jack Grealish FWD901 0.020.363
Frederic Guilbert Sub661 0.070.000
Keinan Davis Sub151 0.260.000
Marvelous Nakamba Sub140 0.000.000
Henri Lansbury Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 31% Avg odds 3.13
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.70
Arsenal win 43% Avg odds 2.20

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

Form going into the game

Aston Villa LLLWD
Arsenal WWDLW

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Previous and next meeting

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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.