Arsenal 0–2 Aston Villa — Premier League 2023/24 Match Stats

Premier League · 2023Sun, 14 Apr 2024, 15:30 UTC

Arsenal

WWDWW

0–2Historical match

Aston Villa

LDWLD

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

Match at a glance

Aston Villa won 0–2.

Shots: 1811
Shots on target: 42
Expected goals: 1.640.94
Possession: 52%48%

Full time

What the match recorded

Aston Villa beat Arsenal 2–0. Recorded in this match (Arsenal – Aston Villa): shots 18–11, shots on target 4–2, expected goals 1.64–0.94, possession 52%–48%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Arsenal's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Arsenal's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

1.4 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season2.34 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	1.4 goals/match	2.34 goals/match	1.48 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Aston Villa show a distinct attacking-volume record

moderate

Aston Villa's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines.

16.7 shots/match ▲ShotsArsenal · Aston Villa14 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Arsenal	Aston Villa	Baseline
Shots	16.7 shots/match	14 shots/match	13.9 shots/match
Shots against	8.44 shots/match	11.4 shots/match	13.7 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

Both teams have elevated corners records

moderate

Each team's season corners average is above the competition baseline.

7.25 corners/match ●CornersArsenal · Aston Villa6.33 corners/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

Metric	Arsenal	Aston Villa	Baseline
Corners	7.25 corners/match	6.33 corners/match	5.4 corners/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

This match

Match statistics

Shots18 shots11 shotsArsenal 18 shots, Aston Villa 11 shots
Shots on target4 shots2 shotsArsenal 4 shots, Aston Villa 2 shots
Expected goals1.64 xG0.94 xGArsenal 1.64 xG, Aston Villa 0.94 xG
Possession52%48%Arsenal 52%, Aston Villa 48%
Corners4 corners6 cornersArsenal 4 corners, Aston Villa 6 corners
Fouls12 fouls7 foulsArsenal 12 fouls, Aston Villa 7 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.

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on target
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Arsenal: 18 shots, 4 on target, 1.79 xG. Aston Villa: 11 shots, 2 on target, 0.95 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: Arsenal 1.79 xG · Aston Villa 0.95 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

4Arsenal

0Draws

1Aston Villa

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

22 Oct 2021Arsenal — Aston Villa · Premier League3–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Arsenal favored in 10 of 11 directional metrics · Aston Villa in 0 · 1 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Arsenal32 matchesAston Villa33 matches

2.34 goals/match ▲Goals scored32/332.06 goals/match

0.81 goals/match ▲Goals allowed32/331.48 goals/match

2 xG/match ▲Expected goals32/331.73 xG/match

16.7 shots/match ▲Shots32/3314 shots/match

5.84 shots/match ▲Shots on target32/335.27 shots/match

59.8% ●Possession32/3354.7%

7.25 corners/match ●Corners32/336.33 corners/match

10.1 fouls/matchFouls32/3311 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited

Season samples32 / 33home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 14 Apr 2024, 19:30 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Premier League

Goals per match ranking xG per match ranking Shots per match ranking

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Match at a glance

What the match recorded

Arsenal's recent record differs from the season