Game #5693
Aston Villa
11-2-3, 35 PTS
Saturday, 9 December 2023
Won
3rd (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Arsenal
Attendance: 42,000
Villa Park
11-3-2, 36 PTS
Aston Villa
1-0
Arsenal
Assist(s): Leon Bailey | 7’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Jarred Gillett, the Aussie import proved himself to be an outstanding referee once again, in a game most would have buckled in he didn't.
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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
ON THIS DAY
15 home league wins in a row. Villa's best ever run.
At the opposite end of the spectrum... the utter lack of class demonstrated by Arsenal management, players and fans alike continues to be a depressing stain on English football.
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
FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2023-24 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Game | #16 |
Manager Game | #51 |
Saturday, 9 December 2023
Attendance | 42,000 |
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 | 🇪🇸 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 51 | 🟩 | 32 🟨 | 6 🟥 13 | 2.00
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jarred Gillett | 🇦🇺 | Queensland, 2019-
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 5 November 2023, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Darren Cann, James Mainwaring.
Fourth official: Graham Scott.
VAR: Michael Salisbury.
Assistant VAR: Scott Ledger.
TEAM NEWS
Same again for Villa as they aim for 15 home League wins in a row against leaders Arsenal.
TEAM STATS
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 |
MANAGER
Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 |
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 | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
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 |
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 | 🇪🇬 |
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
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 |
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
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 |
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | ACL
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | ACL
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | Muscular
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 | 🇧🇷 |
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT