Game #5802
Aston Villa
9-3-3, 30 PTS
Saturday, 6 December 2025
3rd (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 |
LB Ian Maatsen | 🇳🇱 |
DM Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 🔥 |
DM Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | 🔁 |
CM John McGinn | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CM Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 |
AM Morgan Rogers | 🏴 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-
Substitutes
🔁 | RW Donyell Malen | 🇳🇱 | for CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | 66’ |
🔁 | LW Jadon Sancho | 🏴 | for CM John McGinn | 🏴 | 75’ |
🔁 | DM Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | for DM Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | 75’ |
🔁 | CB Victor Lindelöf | 🇸🇪 | for CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | 86’ |
🔁 | AM Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | ⚽ | for RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 | 87’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Marco Bizot | 🇳🇱 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 |
RB Andrés García | 🇪🇸 |
M George Hemmings | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | €17.40m | 32 |
GK Marco Bizot | 🇳🇱 | Free | 34 |
Defenders
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | €33.00m | 28 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | €13.30m | 28 |
CB Victor Lindelöf | 🇸🇪 | Free | 31 |
Full Backs
LB Ian Maatsen | 🇳🇱 | €44.50m | 23 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | €30.00m | 32 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 | €15.75m | 28 |
RB Andrés García | 🇪🇸 | €7.00m | 22 |
Midfielders
DM Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | €59.35m | 24 |
AM Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | €38.40m | 28 |
AM Morgan Rogers | 🏴 | €9.40m | 23 |
CM John McGinn | 🏴 | €3.10m | 30 |
DM Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | Youth | 21 |
M George Hemmings | 🏴 | Youth | 18 |
CM Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | Free | 28 |
DM Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | Free | 25 |
Wingers
RW Donyell Malen | 🇳🇱 | €25.00m | 26 |
LW Jadon Sancho | 🏴 | Loan | 25 |
Forwards
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | €34.00m | 29 |
Unavailable
Injury | 3 |
1. CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | €22.30m | 32 | 6 Nov 25 | 7 |
2. CM Ross Barkley | 🏴 | €5.90m | 31 | 3 Dec 25 | 2 |
3. CF Evann Guessand | 🇨🇮 | €30.00m | 24 | 6 Dec 25 | 1 |
Not Selected | 1 |
1. AM Harvey Elliott | 🏴 | Loan | 22 |
Out on Loan | 17 |
1. CB Josh Feeney | 🏴 | Youth | 20 | 🇱Huddersfield
2. RB Kosta Nedeljkovic | 🇷🇸 | €7.60m | 19 | 🇱Leipzig
3. GK Oliwier Zych | 🇵🇱 | Youth | 21 | 🇱Raków Częstochowa
4. AM Tommi O'Reilly | 🏴 | Youth | 21 | 🇱Crewe
5. CB Finley Munroe | 🏴 | Youth | 20 | 🇱Swindon
6. CB Sil Swinkels | 🇳🇱 | Youth | 21 | 🇱Exeter
7. DM Enzo Barrenechea | 🇦🇷 | €8.00m | 24 | 🇱Benfica
8. CF Louie Barry | 🏴 | €1.00m | 22 | 🇱Sheffield United
9. GK Sam Lewis | 🏴 | Youth | 19 | 🇱Cambridge City
10. CB Yasin Özcan | 🇹🇷 | €7.00m | 19 | 🇱Anderlecht
11. GK Joe Gauci | 🇦🇺 | €1.50m | 25 | 🇱Port Vale
12. CB Kerr Smith | 🏴 | €960k | 20 | 🇱Barrow
13. RW Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | €32.00m | 28 | 🇱Roma
14. LW Lewis Dobbin | 🏴 | €11.80m | 22 | 🇱Preston
15. LW Samuel Iling-Junior | 🏴 | €14.00m | 21 | 🇱Albion
16. CF Zépiqueno Redmond | 🇳🇱 | Free | 19 | 🇱Huddersfield
17. RB Triston Rowe | 🏴 | Youth | 18 | 🇱Annecy
Youth | 11 |
1. GK Sam Proctor | 🏴 | €120k | 18 |
2. GK Rhys Oakley | 🏴 | Youth | 18 |
3. GK James Wright | 🏴 | Youth | 20 |
4. GK Ronnie Hollingshead | 🏴 | Free | 20 |
5. CB Thierry Katsukunya | 🏴 | Youth | 19 |
6. LB Travis Patterson | 🏴 | Youth | 19 |
7. CM Aidan Borland | 🏴 | €350k | 18 |
8. CM Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba | 🏴 | Youth | 19 |
9. AM Bradley Burrowes | 🏴 | Youth | 17 |
10. LW Kadan Young | 🏴 | Youth | 19 |
11. LW Ben Broggio | 🏴 | Youth | 18 |
Team News
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Villa take the game to League leaders Arsenal and deservedly come away with three points thanks to Emiliano Buendía’s 95th-minute winner.
Villa win seven consecutive games for the second time under Unai Emery 🇪🇸, having previously achieved the feat between February and April 2025.
Ezri Konsa 🏴 makes his 250th start for Villa.
Boubacar Kamara 🇫🇷 makes his 100th start for Villa.
Matty Cash 🇵🇱 makes his 175th start for Villa.
Amadou Onana 🇧🇪 secures his 30th win for Villa on his 47th appearance.
Emiliano Buendía 🇦🇷 scores his 15th goal for Villa.
Matty Cash 🇵🇱 scores his 10th Premier League goal for Villa.
Lucas Digne 🇫🇷 makes his 20th unused substitute appearance for Villa.
Ian Maatsen 🇳🇱 makes his 25th start for Villa.
Emiliano Buendía 🇦🇷 makes his 65th appearance under Unai Emery 🇪🇸.
Pau Torres 🇪🇸 makes his 65th Premier League appearance for Villa and 60th start.
Boubacar Kamara 🇫🇷 contributes his 5th Premier League assist for Villa.
Morgan Rogers 🏴 makes his 60th Premier League start for Villa.
Starting XI
Scorer(s): Matty Cash | 36’ | Emiliano Buendía | 90’+5 |
Assist(s): Boubacar Kamara | 90’+5 |
Match Timeline
⚽ 36’ Goal!, 1-0, Matty Cash
🕒 45’+2 HT Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal
🥅 52’ Goal, 1-1, (Arsenal), Leandro Trossard
🔁 66’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Donyell Malen
[🟨] 72’ Booking, (Arsenal) Riccardo Calafiori, Bad Foul
[🟨] 74’ Booking, (Arsenal) Bukayo Saka, Bad Foul
🔁 75’ Sub off, John McGinn, Sub on, Jadon Sancho
🔁 75’ Sub off, Amadou Onana, Sub on, Lamare Bogarde
🔁 86’ Sub off, Pau Torres, Sub on, Victor Lindelöf
🔁 87’ Sub off, Matty Cash, Sub on, Emiliano Buendía
⚽ 90’+5 Goal!, 2-1, Emiliano Buendía, Assist by Boubacar Kamara
🕒 90’+6 FT Aston Villa 2-1 Arsenal
Season: 2025-26
Matchday: #21
League Game: #15
Manager Game: #161
Date: Saturday, 6 December 2025
Attendance: 42,888
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Peter Bankes | 🏴 | Liverpool, 2016-
Kick off: 12.30pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Officials
Referee: Peter Bankes | 🏴 | Liverpool, 2016-
Assistants: Eddie Smart, Blake Antrobus
Fourth official: Adam Herczeg
VAR: Darren England | 🏴 | Doncaster, 2022-
Assistant VAR: Mark Scholes
Referee: Peter Bankes | 🏴 | Liverpool, 2016-
🕒 24 | 🟩 W10 | 🟨 D5 | 🟥 L9 |
🕒 24 | 🟩 42% | 🟨 21% | 🟥 37% |
Cards 🟨 42 | 🟥 2 | 1.91 |
Opposition Cards 🟨 58 | 🟥 2 | 2.50 |
Penalty ⚽ 4 | 🥅 3 | ❌ - |
Disallowed ❌ - |
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
VAR: Darren England | 🏴 | Doncaster, 2022-
🕒 7 | 🟩 W3 | 🟨 D1 | 🟥 L3 |
🕒 7 | 🟩 43% | 🟨 14% | 🟥 43% |
Cards 🟨 13 | 🟥 0 | 2.16 |
Opposition Cards 🟨 15 | 🟥 0 | 2.14 |
Penalty ⚽ 0 | 🥅 0 | ❌ 0 |
Disallowed ❌ 0 |
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
Head to Head
Total 🕒 206 | 🟩 W72 (35%) | 🟨 D46 | 🇺(57%) | 🟥 L88 (43%) | ⚽ 285 | 🥅 334 | GD -49
Match Stats
Villa Possession 47%
Opposition Possession 53%
Villa Shots 15
Opposition Shots 15
Villa Shots on Target 6
Opposition Shots on Target 9
Villa Shots off Target 2
Opposition Shots off Target 5
Villa Touches in Box 43
Opposition Touches in Box 32
Villa Fouls 10
Opposition Fouls 8
Villa Corners 3
Opposition Corners 3
Villa Saves 7
Opposition Saves 4
Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-
🕒 161 | 🟩 | 89 🟨 | 29 🟥 43 | 1.84
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
What they Said
“So happy. We finished this week really playing like we need to – competing, demanding ourselves, adapting to the opponent and playing with personality. Dominating sometimes and getting in the box, being intense and aggressive when we needed. Villa Park is special, the supporters transmit the energy to us. How they responded is fantastic.
“We are going to focus game by game. We know our only way is if we are trying to focus on each competition. Europa League we want to play well but Premier League is our first priority. We have to respond like we did it today.”
**Unai Emery, post-match.**
“Very painful, especially after all the effort in the match. It was an open game, congratulations to Villa they are a really good side. We conceded a big chance in the first half with Ollie Watkins' goal. We had some dominance in the second half and I had the feeling we were going to win the game so to lose it in the manner we did is painful. Eighteen games unbeaten, you lose a game and that's what it is, this is football.”
**Mikel Arteta, post-match**
"Incredible, the feeling to score that goal and help the team get the win, an important win against the table leaders. Really proud to help the team and score that goal. Very happy.
"It shows the character of the teams in this league, they did well to try to block the shot with three players on the floor. I saw the space and had the opportunity, really happy.
"We have to keep doing our job and stay focussed on us and prepare every game. The season is long and we need to work hard, game by game. Every match is difficult and we have to keep this mentality until the end."
**Emiliano Buendía**
Premier League
Arsenal
10-3-2, 33 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 42,888
GK David Raya | 🇪🇸 |
RB Ben White | 🏴 |
RB Jurrien Timber | 🇳🇱 |
CB Riccardo Calafiori | 🇮🇹 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Piero Hincapié | 🇪🇨 |
M Declan Rice | 🏴 |
Martín Zubimendi | 🇪🇸 |
M Martin Ødegaard | 🇳🇴 |
M Eberechi Eze 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Mikel Merino | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
W Bukayo Saka | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
Mikel Arteta | 🇪🇸 |
Substitutes
🔁 | CF Viktor Gyökeres | 🇸🇪 | for M Mikel Merino | 🇪🇸 | 46’ |
🔁 | W Leandro Trossard | 🇧🇪 | 🔁 | for M Eberechi Eze 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 | W Noni Madueke | 🏴 | for W Bukayo Saka | 🏴 | 79’ |
🔁 | W Gabriel Martinelli | 🇧🇷 | for W Leandro Trossard | 🇧🇪 | 86’ |
🔁 | LB Myles Lewis-Skelly | 🏴 | for CB Riccardo Calafiori | 🇮🇹 | 86’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Kepa Arrizabalaga | 🇪🇸 |
CB Marli Salmon | 🏴 |
M Christian Nørgaard | 🇩🇰 |
W Ethan Nwaneri | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨 Riccardo Calafiori
🟨 Bukayo Saka
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup Winners: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2019-20
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK David Raya | 🇪🇸 | €31.90m | 30 |
🆕 GK Kepa Arrizabalaga | 🇪🇸 | €5.82m | 31 |
Defenders
CB Riccardo Calafiori | 🇮🇹 | €45.00m | 23 |
🆕 CB Piero Hincapié | 🇪🇨 | Loan | 23 |
🆕 CB Marli Salmon | 🏴 | Youth | 16 |
Full Backs
RB Ben White | 🏴 | €58.50m | 28 |
RB Jurrien Timber | 🇳🇱 | €40.00m | 24 |
LB Myles Lewis-Skelly | 🏴 | Youth | 19 |
Midfielders
M Declan Rice | 🏴 | €116.60m | 26 |
🆕 Martín Zubimendi | 🇪🇸 | €70.00m | 26 |
M Martin Ødegaard | 🇳🇴 | €35.00m | 26 |
🆕 M Eberechi Eze 🏴 | €69.25m | 27 |
M Mikel Merino | 🇪🇸 | €32.00m | 29 |
🆕 M Christian Nørgaard | 🇩🇰 | €11.60m | 31 |
Wingers
🆕 W Noni Madueke | 🏴 | €55.40m | 23 |
W Leandro Trossard | 🇧🇪 | €24.00m | 31 |
W Gabriel Martinelli | 🇧🇷 | €7.10m | 24 |
W Bukayo Saka | 🏴 | Youth | 24 |
W Ethan Nwaneri | 🏴 | Youth | 18 |
Forwards
🆕 CF Viktor Gyökeres | 🇸🇪 | €65.76m | 27 |
Opposition Unavailable
Injury | 4 |
1. CF Kai Havertz | 🇩🇪 | €75.00m | 26 |
2. CB Gabriel Magalhães | 🇧🇷 | €26.00m | 27 |
3. CB William Saliba | 🇫🇷 | €30.00m | 24 |
4. 🆕 CB Cristhian Mosquera | 🇪🇸 | €15.00m | 21 |
Out on Loan | 5 |
1. GK Karl Hein | 🇪🇪 | Free | 23 | 🇱Werder Bremen
2. M Fábio Vieira | 🇵🇹 | €35.00m | 25 | 🇱Hamburg
3. CB Jakub Kiwior | 🇵🇱 | €19.50m | 25 | 🇱Porto
4. LB Oleksandr Zinchenko | 🇺🇦 | €35.00m | 28 | 🇱Forest
5. W Reiss Nelson | 🏴 | Youth | 25 | 🇱Brentford
League Table
2025-26
Playing Squad
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | #948 |
GK James Wright | 🏴 | Unused Sub |
GK Marco Bizot | 🇳🇱 | #1012 |
GK Rhys Oakley | 🏴 | Unused Sub |
GK Ronnie Hollingshead | 🏴 | Unused Sub |
GK Sam Proctor | 🏴 | Unused Sub |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | #937 |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | #988 |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | #927 |
CB Victor Lindelöf | 🇸🇪 | #1016 |
RB Andrés García | 🇪🇸 | #1008 |
LB Ian Maatsen | 🇳🇱 | #999 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | #975 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 | #947 |
RB Triston Rowe | 🏴 | Unused Sub |
M Aidan Borland | 🏴 | #1003 |
M Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | #998 |
M Ben Broggio | 🏴 | #1004 |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | #981 |
AM Bradley Burrowes | 🏴 | #1014 |
CM George Hemmings | 🏴 | Unused Sub |
AM Harvey Elliott | 🏴 | #1015 |
CM Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba | 🏴 | #1006 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | #919 |
DM Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | #952 |
M Morgan Rogers | 🏴 | #996 |
M Ross Barkley | 🏴 | #950 |
M Samuel Iling-Junior | 🏴 | Unused Sub |
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | #989 |
W Donyell Malen | 🇳🇱 | #1007 |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | #970 |
LW Jadon Sancho | 🏴 | #1017 |
CF Evann Guessand | 🇨🇮 | #1013 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | #946 |
F Travis Patterson | 🏴 | #1005 |
