Match Centre: Aston Villa vs Arsenal
Player of the match Bukayo Saka 7.8
GolVolt rating 1.3GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
Turning point: 59' Saka, 0:1-
9 → 2
Arsenal climb 7 places in the table. Aston Villa: 17 → 19.
The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 0:1, from 50% to 84% (Arsenal).
How the match went
One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.
90+9' · 0:1Aston Villa 0%draw 5%Arsenal 95%
90+9' · 0:1xG Aston Villa 0.43xG Arsenal 1.25
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Few chances, settled by 80′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 80′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 3.0 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Saka scored the winner.Nobody stood out. Heroes: 1.0 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% A lot was at stake before kick-off. Stakes: 7.6 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Few chances. Quality of play: 0.1 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 1.3more watchable than 13% 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
1 goal4 cards1 VAR
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 29' Christos Tzolisyellow card · foul
- Half-time · 0:0
- 46' SubstitutionEze for Tzolis
- 55' Penalty cancelled
- 59' Goal: Bukayo Sakaright foot · assist: Calafiori0:1
- 71' 2 substitutionsAbraham for JacksonAlysson for Hemmings
- 71' 2 substitutionsGuimarães for Lewis-SkellyMerino for Ødegaard
- 78' 2 substitutionsWan-Bissaka for CashGarnacho for Barkley
- 79' SubstitutionKonsa for Mosquera
- 80' Alyssonyellow card · foul
- 81' John McGinnyellow card · foul
- 85' SubstitutionZubimendi for Rice
- 90+6' Ian Maatsenyellow card · foul
- Full-time · 0:1
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 —
- 5 Tyrone Mings DEF —
- 13 Matteo Ruggeri DEF —
- 29 Aaron Wan-Bissaka DEF on
- 26 Lamare Bogarde MID —
- 17 Alejandro Garnacho ATT on
- 18 Tammy Abraham ATT on
- 47 Alysson ATT on
- 74 Luka Lynch ATT —
Arsenal
- 13 Kepa Arrizabalaga GK —
- 5 Piero Hincapié DEF —
- 15 Ezri Konsa DEF on
- 10 Eberechi Eze MID on
- 23 Mikel Merino MID on
- 36 Martín Zubimendi MID on
- 39 Bruno Guimarães MID on
- 14 Viktor Gyökeres ATT —
- 20 Noni Madueke ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Villa Park, Birmingham
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Arsenal Bukayo Saka
- 2. place · Arsenal Riccardo Calafiori
- 3. place · Arsenal Declan Rice
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Aston Villa
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Pro analysis
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Arsenal · 1 out
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William Saliba Injured
since 19 Jul · return date unknown · 6 matches missed · Back Injury
Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.