Match Centre: Aston Villa vs Arsenal
Player of the match Bukayo Saka 7.7
GolVolt rating 4.0GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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8 → 12
Aston Villa drop 4 places in the table. Arsenal: 5 → 3.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Settled by 77′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 77′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 5.0 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Trossard scored the winner.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 4.4 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 6.0 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Few chances and few shots. Quality of play: 2.5 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 4.0more watchable than 40% 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
2 goals4 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 16' SubstitutionNedeljkovic for Cash
- 45+4' Declan Riceyellow card
- Half-time · 0:0
- 57' Gabrielyellow card
- 65' 2 substitutionsDurán for WatkinsRamsey for McGinn
- 65' SubstitutionTrossard for Martinelli
- 67' Goal: Leandro TrossardArsenal0:1
- 72' Amadou Onanayellow card
- 76' 2 substitutionsBarkley for OnanaMaatsen for Digne
- 77' Goal: Thomas Parteyassist: Saka0:2
- 79' SubstitutionCalafiori for Timber
- 88' SubstitutionNelson for Saka
- 89' Martin Ødegaardyellow card
- Full-time · 0:2
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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
- 18 Joe Gauci GK —
- 3 Diego Carlos DEF —
- 20 Kosta Nedeljkovic DEF on
- 22 Ian Maatsen DEF on
- 6 Ross Barkley MID on
- 10 Emiliano Buendía MID —
- 41 Jacob Ramsey MID on
- 9 Jhon Durán ATT on
- 19 Jaden Philogene ATT —
Arsenal
- 1 Aaron Ramsdale GK —
- 15 Jakub Kiwior DEF —
- 17 Oleksandr Zinchenko DEF —
- 33 Riccardo Calafiori DEF on
- 20 Jorginho MID —
- 53 Ethan Nwaneri MID —
- 14 Eddie Nketiah ATT —
- 19 Leandro Trossard ATT on
- 24 Reiss Nelson ATT on
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 David Raya
- 3. place · Arsenal William Saliba
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Aston Villa
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