Aston Villa 0–2 Arsenal — Premier League 2024/25 Match Stats

Premier League · 2024Sat, 24 Aug 2024, 16:30 UTC

Aston Villa

0–2Historical match

Arsenal

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Arsenal won 0–2.

Shots: 119
Shots on target: 34
Expected goals: 1.280.87
Possession: 39%61%

Full time

What the match recorded

Arsenal beat Aston Villa 2–0. Recorded in this match (Aston Villa – Arsenal): shots 11–9, shots on target 3–4, expected goals 1.28–0.87, possession 39%–61%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots11 shots9 shotsAston Villa 11 shots, Arsenal 9 shots
Shots on target3 shots4 shotsAston Villa 3 shots, Arsenal 4 shots
Expected goals1.28 xG0.87 xGAston Villa 1.28 xG, Arsenal 0.87 xG
Possession39%61%Aston Villa 39%, Arsenal 61%
Corners4 corners1 cornerAston Villa 4 corners, Arsenal 1 corner
Fouls8 fouls16 foulsAston Villa 8 fouls, Arsenal 16 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Aston Villa: 11 shots, 3 on target, 1.32 xG. Arsenal: 9 shots, 4 on target, 0.88 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Aston Villa 1.32 xG · Arsenal 0.88 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2Aston Villa

0Draws

3Arsenal

14 Apr 2024Arsenal — Aston Villa · Premier League0–2

9 Dec 2023Aston Villa — Arsenal · Premier League1–0

18 Feb 2023Aston Villa — Arsenal · Premier League2–4

31 Aug 2022Arsenal — Aston Villa · Premier League2–1

19 Mar 2022Aston Villa — Arsenal · Premier League0–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

7 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17.1 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 24 Aug 2024, 20:30 UTC · analysis-v4