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Game #5727

Aston Villa

1-0-1, 3 PTS

Saturday, 24 August 2024

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Lost

12th (-8)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Premier League

Arsenal

2-0-0, 6 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 41,587

🟥 24 August 2024, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

Aston Villa

0-2

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Arsenal

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Assist(s): None

🟥 24 August 2024, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 24 August 2024

🔁 | 16’ Sub off, Matty Cash (Injury), Sub on, Kosta Nedeljkovic
❗| 24’ Chance!, Ollie Watkins assisted by Morgan Rogers
🕒 | 45’+7 HT Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal
❗| 55’ Chance!, Amadou Onana hits the bar
❗| 55’ Chance!, Ollie Watkins
❗| 62’ Chance!, Morgan Rogers
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, John McGinn, Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Jhon Durán
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal) Leandro Trossard
🟨 | 72’ Booking, Amadou Onana, Bad Foul
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Amadou Onana, Sub on, Ross Barkley
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Lucas Digne, Sub on, Ian Maatsen
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal) Thomas Partey
🕒 | 90’+5 FT Aston Villa 0-2 Arsenal

Match Statistics

Villa Possession 39.3%
Opposition Possession 60.7%

Villa Shots 11
Opposition Shots 9

Villa Shots on Target 3
Opposition Shots on Target 4

Villa Shots off Target 3
Opposition Shots off Target 4

Villa Blocked Shots 5
Opposition Blocked Shots 1

Villa Touches in Box 18
Opposition Touches in Box 33

Villa Fouls 8
Opposition Fouls 15

Villa Corners 4
Opposition Corners 1

🟥 24 August 2024, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 24 August 2024

  • Unai Emery loses the 25th game of his 85 as manager to leave him with a record of W45 D15 L25, 153 Goals Scored, 117 Goals Conceded, 53% Win Rate, 29% Loss Rate at 1.76 Points per Game.

  • Ezri Konsa makes his 185th start in a Villa shirt (190 Appearances) to make it W81 D37 L72, 7 Goals, 3 Assists, 28 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • Ollie Watkins makes his 160th start in a Villa shirt (171 Appearances) to make it W78 D27 L65, 70 Goals, 26 Assists, 31 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one every 1.78 games played so far in his Villa career.

  • Matty Cash makes his 125th start in a Villa shirt (144 Appearances) to make it W62 D24 L58, 9 Goals, 10 Assists, 20 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • Lucas Digne makes his 95th appearance in a Villa shirt (74 Starts) to make it W42 D18 L35, 4 Goals, 10 Assists and 17 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Amadou Onana collects his 1st booking in a Villa shirt on his 2nd appearance to make it W1 D0 L1, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

🟥 24 August 2024, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Arsenal

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

Aston Villa

💰 Total Squad Cost incl. Loans : €520.74m / £443.76m

🧑🏼‍🤝‍🧑🏼 Squad Size incl. Loans : 38

8th Highest Squad Cost of 20 Premier League Clubs in 2024-25


🧑🏼‍🤝‍🧑🏼 Squad Size excl. Loans : 27

* Goalkeepers : 3

* Defenders : 5 

* Full Backs : 4

* Midfielders : 10

* Wingers : 3

* Forwards : 2


➡️   Loaned Out : 11 Players : €46.30m / £38.97m


💸 Last Transfer Window :

* Players In : 8

* Players Out : 12

* Fees Spent : €176.20m / £150.83m

* Fees Raised : €167.80m / £142.96m

* Profit on Sales : +€62.83m / +£53.53m

* Net Spend : +€8.40m / +£7.16m

Arsenal

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💰 Total Squad Cost incl. Loans : €826.70m / £697.24m

🧑🏼‍🤝‍🧑🏼 Squad Size incl. Loans : 31

4th Highest Squad Cost of 20 Premier League Clubs in 2024-25


🧑🏼‍🤝‍🧑🏼 Squad Size excl. Loans : 26

* Goalkeepers : 2

* Defenders : 6

* Full Backs : 5

* Midfielders : 7

* Wingers : 4

* Forwards : 2


➡️   Loaned Out : 5 Players : €64.00m / £54.03m


💸 Last Transfer Window :

* Players In: 3

* Players Out: 6

* Fees Spent : €108.90m / £91.85m

* Fees Raised : €31.80m / £27.11m

* Profit on Sales : +€19.30m / +£16.52m

* Net Spend : +€77.10 / +£65.03m

FIXTURE HISTORY

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Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

🟥 24 August 2024, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 2024-25
Matchday: #2
League Game: #3
Manager Game: #85
Date: Saturday, 24 August 2024
Attendance: 41,587

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MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Referee: Michael Oliver | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northumberland, 2007-
Kick off: 5.35pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 85 | 🟩 | 45 🟨 | 15 🟥 25 | 1.76

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

🟥 24 August 2024, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Michael Oliver | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northumberland, 2007-
Matches Officiated: 37
🟩 : 11
🟨 : 7
🟥 : 19
🆘 : 5
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 2 March 2024, Villa 3-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Stuart Burt, Dan Cook.
Fourth official: Darren England.
VAR: Peter Bankes.
Assistant VAR: Eddie Smart.

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Amadou Onana, Bad Foul

🟨 Declan Rice
🟨 Gabriel Magalhães
🟨 Martin Ødegaard

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Unsurprisingly Unai Emery names an unchanged line up after a rare opening day victory.

Referee
Manager

🟥 24 August 2024, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

MANAGER

Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

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Aston Villa

GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 | 🔁 |
M Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 |
M Morgan Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Mikel Arteta | 🇪🇸 |

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Arsenal

GK David Raya | 🇪🇸 |
CB Jurrien Timber | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
CB Gabriel Magalhães | 🇧🇷 | 🟨 |
CB William Saliba | 🇫🇷 |
RB Ben White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Declan Rice | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Thomas Partey | 🇬🇭 | ⚽ |
M Martin Ødegaard | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 |
W Gabriel Martinelli | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
M Kai Havertz | 🇩🇪 |
W Bukayo Saka | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | RB Kosta Nedeljkovic | 🇷🇸 | for RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 | 16’ |
🔁 | M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 65’ |
🔁 | CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | for CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 65’ |
🔁 | M Ross Barkley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | 72’ |
🔁 | LB Ian Maatsen | 🇳🇱 | LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 72’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Leandro Trossard | 🇧🇪 | ⚽ | for W Gabriel Martinelli | 🇧🇷 | 65’ |
🔁 | CB Riccardo Calafiori | 🇮🇹 | for CB Jurrien Timber | 🇳🇱 | 79’ |
🔁 | W Reiss Nelson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Bukayo Saka | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 88’ |

Substitutes

🟥 24 August 2024, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Joe Gauci | 🇦🇺 |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 |
W Jaden Philogene-Bidace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Aaron Ramsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jakub Kiwior | 🇵🇱 |
LB Oleksandr Zinchenko | 🇺🇦 |
M Jorginho | 🇮🇹 |
M Ethan Nwaneri | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Eddie Nketiah | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟥 24 August 2024, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost : €247.30m / £210.70m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5 / 11
Homegrown : ⭕ /11
Youth : ⭕ / 11

Subs Cost : €74.64m / £62.82m
Team Cost : €321.94m / £270.97m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7 / 16
Homegrown : 1 / 16
Youth : ⭕ / 16

Matchday Squad Cost : €408.84m / £348.33m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8 / 20
Homegrown : 2 / 20
Youth : ⭕ / 20

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost : €470.10m / £395.68m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 3 / 11
Homegrown : 1 / 11
Youth : ⭕ / 11

Subs Cost : €69.00m / £58.08m
Team Cost : €539.10m / £453.75m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 4 / 14
Homegrown : 2 / 14
Youth : ⭕ / 14

Matchday Squad Cost : €632.90m / £532.70m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7 / 20
Homegrown : 4 / 20
Youth : 1 / 20

🟥 24 August 2024, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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Goalkeepers
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | €17.40m / £14.75m
GK Joe Gauci | 🇦🇺 | €1.50m / £1.27m

Defenders
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | €33.00m / £27.97m
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | €31.00m / £26.27m
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €13.30m / £11.27m

Full Backs
LB Ian Maatsen | 🇳🇱 | €44.50m / £37.71m
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | €30.00m / £25.43m
RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 | €15.75m / £13.35m
RB Kosta Nedeljkovic | 🇷🇸 | €7.60m / £6.44m

Midfielders
M Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | €59.35m / £50.02m
M Morgan Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €9.40m / £7.97m
M Ross Barkley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €5.90m / £5.00m
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | €3.10m / £2.63m
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | Free

Wingers
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | €38.40m / £32.54m
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | €32.00m / £27.12m
W Jaden Philogene-Bidace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €16.00m / £13.47m

Forwards
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €34.00m / £28.82m
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | €16.64m / £14.10m

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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Goalkeepers
GK David Raya | 🇪🇸 | €31.90m / £27.02m | 28 |
GK Aaron Ramsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €28.00m / £23.72m | 26 |

Defenders
CB Riccardo Calafiori | 🇮🇹 | €45.00m / £37.88m | 22 |
CB Jurrien Timber | 🇳🇱 | €40.00m / £33.89m | 23 |
CB William Saliba | 🇫🇷 | €30.00m / £25.41m | 23 |
CB Gabriel Magalhães | 🇧🇷 | €26.00m / £22.03m | 26 |

Full Backs
RB Ben White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €58.50m / £49.56m | 26 |
LB Oleksandr Zinchenko | 🇺🇦 | €35.00m / £29.65m | 27 |
LB Jakub Kiwior | 🇵🇱 | €19.50m / £16.52m | 24 |

Midfielders
M Declan Rice | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €116.60m / £98.78m | 25 |
M Kai Havertz | 🇩🇪 | €75.00m / £63.53m | 25 |
M Thomas Partey | 🇬🇭 | €50.00m / £42.36m | 31 |
M Martin Ødegaard | 🇳🇴 | €35.00m / £29.65m | 25 |
M Jorginho | 🇮🇹 | €11.30m / £9.57m | 32 |
M Ethan Nwaneri | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth | 17 |

Wingers
W Leandro Trossard | 🇧🇪 | €24.00m / £20.33m | 29 |
W Gabriel Martinelli | 🇧🇷 | €7.10m / £6.00m | 23 |
W Bukayo Saka | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth | 22 |
W Reiss Nelson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth | 24 |

Forwards
CF Eddie Nketiah | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth | 25 |

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
1. CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ACL, 20 Aug 2023 [57]
2. M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | ACL, 17 Feb 2024 [22]

Out on Loan | 11 |
1. M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | €20.00m / £16.95m, 32, Vasco da Gama
2. M Tommi O'Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 20, Shrewsbury
3. GK Filip Marschall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 21, Crewe
4. W Lewis Dobbin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €11.80m / £10.00m, 19, West Bromwich Albion
5. CB Josh Feeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 19, Shrewsbury
6. F Louie Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €1.00m / £850k, 21, Stockport
7. RB Kaine Kesler Hayden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 21, Preston
8. LB Lino Sousa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free, 19, Bristol Rovers
9. GK James Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 19, Real Unión
10. LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | €13.50m / £11.44m, 31, Forest
11. CB Finley Munroe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 19, Real Unión

Not Selected | 5 |
1. GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | €3.50m / £2.97m
2. CB Kortney Hause | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €2.80m / £2.37m
3. M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | €15.00m / £12.71m
4. M Enzo Barrenechea | 🇦🇷 | €8.00m / £6.80m
5. M Samuel Iling-Junior | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €14.00m / £11.89m

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
1. LB Kieran Tierney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | €27.00m / £22.87m | 27 |
2. CF Gabriel Jesus | 🇧🇷 | €52.20m / £44.22m | 27 |
3. RB Takehiro Tomiyasu | 🇯🇵 | €18.60m / £15.76m | 25 |

Out on Loan | 4 |
1. W Marquinhos | 🇧🇷 | €3.50m / £2.96m, 21, Fluminese
2. M Albert Sambi Lokonga | 🇧🇪 | €17.50m / £14.82m, 24, Sevilla
3. LB Nuno Tavares | 🇵🇹 | €8.00m / £6.78m, 24, Lazio
4. GK Karl Hein | 🇪🇪 | Free, 22, Valladolid

Not Selected | 1 |
1. M Fábio Vieira | 🇵🇹 | €35.00m / £29.65m | 24 |

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

"Outside both boxes we had the better of it through the majority of the game, I felt we were really good, I felt we competed. Obviously we know they are a good team so we had to give up some areas, but we contained them really well. “[Ollie]’s our talisman, we rely on him, we know he'll score them. We're not going to question that. It's one of those things, it happens. We gave a good account of ourselves. It's one of those games we have to dust ourselves down and move on. "We watched them, analysed them and tried to come up with a game plan to stop their threats. We had to wait and pounce and capitalise when we could and I think we did that. We caught them out, surprised them. "That's what football is about, it's chess, it's two top managers trying to combat each other and that's what it was. Unfortunately we didn't get that end bit. "I'm getting better and better, more comfortable within the team, tying to impress, trying to shine, I would prefer it to be in a winning way. I want to go better, score goals, create and wins game for the team." Morgan Rogers. “We played competitively and faced them. We were more or less safe and we had our chance to score and had even better chances than them. The first half was a little bit more them than us. The second half we created two very good chances to score. "If we score one goal then maybe we win the match. I accept the result today because I think we are doing our way and trying to improve our things and develop as well. It is the second day in the Premier League and we can learn and improve more. "We want to be here with our supporters here in Villa Park, playing and getting comfortable and keeping the same way as we did last year. There's still work to do. We will improve and use those matches we played against West Ham and today to understand our way. We will try to be in the top 10, the top six. "I am happy and if we were scoring goals then maybe we would be winning. With Arsenal, we feel we are close to getting a performance. The players will stay calm and have two days rest and then get ready for the match against Leicester." Unai Emery. "Villa are a very good side and they created chances but we were there to defend them.” Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya who had kept his side in the game. “[Our celebrating of clearances is] to keep the focus. It's a defensive action that we are happy to defend. It's to give some encouragement to the whole team and it's important we have that here.” Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya on his side’s ambitions. “Aston Villa had a defensive approach than what we expected, but we adapted and the team played with a lot of courage. "The two previous performances [vs. Villa] on paper you have to win comfortably and we didn't so there was something missing - today we did it. Mikel Arteta channels Arsene Wenger’s bullshit football.
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🟥 24 August 2024, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

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🟥 24 August 2024, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

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