Villa Pay The Price At The Death Against Arsenal – Match Stats

Following the disappointing draw that we took last Monday against West Ham United, where it really should’ve been a win, Aston Villa were given a lovely trip to the Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon to face Arsenal.

With our defensive strength, yet a lack of punch up front, Arsenal aren’t quite the side they used to be the last time we were in the top flight either, so this was set to be an interesting match and it was.

John McGinn gave us the lead 20 minutes in and we then saw Arsenal reduced to ten men for a second bookable offence by Ainsley Maitland-Niles. A 59th minute penalty for the hosts saw them draw level, but within 60 seconds, Wesley had us back in front.

Inside of the final ten minutes the game turned against us, and they hit back twice to ultimately take a 3-2 victory. Fans will naturally be disappointed, but we can consider the final score to be incredibly harsh given the overall balance of the game – especially as we had the greater chances on target – but we paid for sitting too far back at the death.

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Arsenal				Aston Villa
Pepe (pen 59), Chambers (81), Aubameyang (84)				McGinn (20), Wesley (60)
Leno				Heaton
Maitland-Niles				Guilbert
Papastathopoulos				Engels
David Luiz				Mings
Kolasinac				Taylor
Guendouzi				McGinn
Xhaka			72	Nakamba			85
Pepe				Grealish
Ceballos			72	Trezeguet			68
Saka			45	Wesley
Aubameyang				El Ghazi			86
Substitutes
Ozil				Lansbury			86
Torreira			72	Steer
Chambers			45	Hourihane			85
Nelson				Konsa
Martinez				Jota
Willock			72	Elmohamady			68
Martinelli				Davis

Game Statistics
20	Goal attempts	14
6	On Target	9
9	Corners	4
13	Fouls	15
6	Yellow Cards	1
1	Red Cards	0
58	%	42