Game #5693
Aston Villa
11-2-3, 35 PTS
Saturday, 9 December 2023


Won
3rd (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Arsenal
11-3-2, 36 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 42,000
🟩 9 Dec 2023, Villa 1-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0

Arsenal

Assist(s): Leon Bailey | 7’ |
🟩 9 Dec 2023, Villa 1-0 Arsenal, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 9 December 2023
⚽ | 7’ Goal, 1-0, John McGinn, Assist by Leon Bailey
🕒 | 45’+3 HT Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Leon Bailey (Injury), Sub on, Moussa Diaby
🎥 | 48’ Arsenal’s Jesus dives for a penalty, not given
🟨 | 53’ Booking, Lucas Digne for a Bad foul
🔁 | 56’ Sub off, Youri Tielemans (Injury), Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
🟨 | 62’ Booking, Douglas Luiz
🎥 | 63’ Arsenal’s Saka overplays his injury in an effort to get Lucas Digne sent off
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Ezri Konsa, Sub on, Matty Cash
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Boubacar Kamara, Sub on, Leander Dendoncker
🟨 | 73’ Booking, John McGinn for a Bad foul
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Lucas Digne, Sub on, Álex Moreno
🟨 | 88’ Booking, Diego Carlos for a Bad foul
💥 | 90’ Deliberate handball by Arsenal’s Havertz to ‘score’. Disallowed on field.
🎥 | 90’+3 VAR still checks, wastes everyone’s time, goal disallowed
💥 | 90’+7 foul by Arsenal’s Havertz on Emiliano Martínez, Emi knows what to do
🕒 | 90’+9 FT Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal
Match Statistics
Possession F | 39%
Possession A | 61%
Shots F | 10
Shots A | 12
Shots on Target F | 3
Shots on Target A | 5
Corners F | 3
Corners A | 3
Fouls F | 16
Fouls A | 11
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 9 Dec 2023, Villa 1-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 9 December 2023
15 home league wins in a row. Villa's best ever run.
If this is the first time you’ve experienced Villa at this level then just strap in and enjoy the ride. Special, special times.
John McGinn collects his 50th booking on his 207th appearance in a Villa shirt (199 Starts) to make it W89 D41 L77, 23 Goals, 24 Assists and 50 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Douglas Luiz makes his 175th appearance for the club (155 Starts) to make it W74 D29 L72, 18 Goals, 18 Assists, 43 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.
🟩 9 Dec 2023, Villa 1-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Arsenal


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2019-20
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FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2023-24 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Game | #16 |
Manager Game | #51 |
Saturday, 9 December 2023
Attendance | 42,000 |
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Jarred Gillett | 🇦🇺 | Queensland, 2019-
Kick off: 5.30pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-
🕒 51 | 🟩 | 32 🟨 | 6 🟥 13 | 2.00
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jarred Gillett | 🇦🇺 | Queensland, 2019- 🆘
Assistants: Darren Cann, James Mainwaring.
Fourth official: Graham Scott.
Referee: Michael Salisbury | 🏴 | Preston, 2016-
Assistant VAR: Scott Ledger.
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
VAR: Michael Salisbury | 🏴 | Preston, 2016-
🕒 6 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 3 | 🆘 : 1
🕒 6 | 🟩 17% | 🟨 33% | 🟥 50% | 🆘 : 20%
Cards 🟥 0 |
Disallowed ❌ 0 |
Penalty ⚽ 1 | 🥅 0 | ❌ 1 |
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩
CARDS

🟨 Lucas Digne, Bad foul
🟨 John McGinn, Bad foul
🟨 Diego Carlos, Bad foul
CARDS

🟨 Oleksandr Zinchenko
🟨 Declan Rice
Should have done far more to clamp down on Arsenal's dark outs of incessant diving, cynical tackling and a proclivity for handling the ball.
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 9 Dec 2023, Villa 1-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Same again for Villa as they aim for 15 home League wins in a row against leaders Arsenal.
Squad Average Age: | 26.56 |
Starting XI Average Age: | 27.75 |
Subs Average Age: | 26.48 |
Bench Average Age: | 25.11 |
Oldest Starter: GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | 31.29 |
Youngest Starter: M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 24.06 |
Oldest Squad Player: GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | 31.29 |
Youngest Squad Player: CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 20.00 |
Oldest Substitute: LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | 30.36 |
Youngest Substitute: M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | 22.55 |
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MANAGER
Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

Aston Villa
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | 🔁 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | 🔁 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 🟨 |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Mikel Arteta | 🇪🇸 |

Arsenal
GK David Raya | 🇪🇸 |
RB Ben White | 🏴 |
CB William Saliba | 🇫🇷 |
CB Gabriel Magalhães | 🇧🇷 |
LB Oleksandr Zinchenko | 🇺🇦 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Declan Rice | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Martin Ødegaard | 🇳🇴 |
M Kai Havertz | 🇩🇪 |
W Bukayo Saka | 🏴 |
W Gabriel Martinelli | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Gabriel Jesus | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | for W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 46’ |
🔁 | M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | for M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | 56’ |
🔁 | RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 | for CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | 66’ |
🔁 | M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | for M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 66’ |
🔁 | LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | for LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 78’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Leandro Trossard | 🇧🇪 | for W Gabriel Martinelli | 🇧🇷 | 70’ |
🔁 | CF Eddie Nketiah | 🏴 | for CF Gabriel Jesus | 🇧🇷 | 82’ |
🔁 | W Reiss Nelson | 🏴 | for LB Oleksandr Zinchenko | 🇺🇦 | 90’+4 |

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Filip Marschall | 🏴 |
CB Clément Lenglet | 🇫🇷 |
M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 |
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Aaron Ramsdale | 🏴 |
CB Jakub Kiwior | 🇵🇱 |
CB Reuell Walters | 🏴 |
RB Cédric Soares | 🇵🇹 |
M Jorginho | 🇮🇹 |
M Mohamed Elneny | 🇪🇬 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | | 22 | 5* | 4 | 4 | 15* | 2 | 5 | - | - | 2 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £188.44m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £86.31m
Team Cost: £274.75m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/16
Homegrown: 1/16
Matchday Squad Cost: £289.03m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/20
Homegrown: 2/20
Total Squad Cost: £380.20m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 16/35
Homegrown: 10/35
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £383.92m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £21.24m
Team Cost: £405.16m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/14
Homegrown: 3/14
Matchday Squad Cost: £479.34m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/20
Homegrown: 4/20
Total Squad Cost: £609.41m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/31
Homegrown: 6/31
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | £15.66m |
GK Filip Marschall | 🏴 | Youth |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | £28.60m |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | £27.90m |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | £11.97m |
CB Clément Lenglet | 🇫🇷 | Loan |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | £27.00m |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 | £14.18m |
LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | £11.59m |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | £12.88m |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | £2.79m |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | Youth |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | Free |
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | Free |
M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 | Loan |
W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | £47.66m |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | £28.80m |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | £30.60m |
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | £14.28m |
MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Aaron Ramsdale | 🏴 | £25.20m |
GK David Raya | 🇪🇸 | Loan |
CB William Saliba | 🇫🇷 | £27.00m |
CB Gabriel Magalhães | 🇧🇷 | £23.40m |
CB Jakub Kiwior | 🇵🇱 | £22.12m |
CB Reuell Walters | 🏴 | Youth |
RB Ben White | 🏴 | £52.65m |
LB Oleksandr Zinchenko | 🇺🇦 | £31.00m |
RB Cédric Soares | 🇵🇹 | £6.00m |
M Declan Rice | 🏴 | £100.00m |
M Kai Havertz | 🇩🇪 | £65.00m |
M Martin Ødegaard | 🇳🇴 | £31.50m |
M Mohamed Elneny | 🇪🇬 | £10.86m |
M Jorginho | 🇮🇹 | £10.00m |
W Leandro Trossard | 🇧🇪 | £21.24m |
W Gabriel Martinelli | 🇧🇷 | £6.39m |
W Bukayo Saka | 🏴 | Youth |
W Reiss Nelson | 🏴 | Youth |
CF Gabriel Jesus | 🇧🇷 | £46.98m |
CF Eddie Nketiah | 🏴 | Youth |
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UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 3 |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | ACL, 12 Aug 2023 [24]
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | ACL, 20 Aug 2023 [23]
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | Muscular, 26 Nov 2023 [5]
Out On Loan | 7 |
RB Kaine Kesler-Hayden | 🏴 | Plymouth
CF Louie Barry | 🏴 | Stockport
GK Viljami Sinisalo | 🇫🇮 | Exeter
M Morgan Sanson | 🇫🇷 | Nice
M Finn Azaz | 🏴 | Plymouth
CB Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | Bristol Rovers
M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | Al-Duhail
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 5 |
M Fábio Vieira | 🇵🇹 |
RB Takehiro Tomiyasu | 🇯🇵 |
M Thomas Partey | 🇬🇭 |
M Emile Smith Rowe | 🏴 |
CB Jurrien Timber | 🇳🇱 |
Out on Loan | 6 |
GK Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson | 🇮🇸 |
GK Arthur Okonkwo | 🏴 |
LB Kieran Tierney | 🏴 |
LB Nuno Tavares | 🇵🇹 |
M Albert Sambi Lokonga | 🇧🇪 |
W Marquinhos | 🇧🇷 |
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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