Match Centre: Aston Villa vs Arsenal
Player of the match Declan Rice 7.9
GolVolt rating 9.8GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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90+5'
The winner came late: Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa).
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Winner at 90+5′, plenty of chances.
- Dramaweight 50% Winner at 90+5′.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 8.7 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Buendía scored the winner, keeper Martínez: 7 saves.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 8.6 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Title race, a clash of big clubs. Stakes: 9.0 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances. Quality of play: 9.8 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 9.8more watchable than 98% of Premier League matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
3 goals2 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 36' Goal: Matty CashAston Villa1:0
- Half-time · 1:0
- 46' 2 substitutionsGyökeres for MerinoTrossard for Eze
- 52' Goal: Leandro TrossardArsenal1:1
- 66' SubstitutionMalen for Watkins
- 72' Riccardo Calafioriyellow card
- 74' Bukayo Sakayellow card
- 75' 2 substitutionsBogarde for OnanaSancho for McGinn
- 79' SubstitutionMadueke for Saka
- 86' SubstitutionLindelöf for Torres
- 86' 2 substitutionsMartinelli for TrossardLewis-Skelly for Calafiori
- 87' SubstitutionBuendía for Cash
- 90+5' Goal: Emiliano Buendíaassist: Kamara2:1
- Full-time · 2:1
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Aston Villa
Arsenal
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Aston Villa
- 40 Marco Bizot GK —
- 3 Victor Lindelöf DEF on
- 12 Lucas Digne DEF —
- 16 Andrés García DEF —
- 10 Emiliano Buendía MID on
- 26 Lamare Bogarde MID on
- 53 George Lawrence Hemmings MID —
- 17 Donyell Malen ATT on
- 19 Jadon Sancho ATT on
Arsenal
- 13 Kepa Arrizabalaga GK —
- 49 Myles Lewis-Skelly DEF on
- 89 Marli Salmon DEF —
- 16 Christian Nørgaard MID —
- 22 Ethan Nwaneri MID —
- 11 Gabriel Martinelli ATT on
- 14 Viktor Gyökeres ATT on
- 19 Leandro Trossard ATT on
- 20 Noni Madueke ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Villa Park, Birmingham
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Arsenal Declan Rice
- 2. place · Aston Villa Emiliano Martínez
- 3. place · Aston Villa Matty Cash
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