Aston Villa v Arsenal

Premier League

Full time

Aston Villa

0–1

Arsenal

Match events

Aston VillaArsenal

1st half

29'
Yellow cardChristos Tzolis (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Half-time0–0

2nd half

45'
SubstitutionSubstitution, Arsenal. Eberechi Eze replaces Christos Tzolis.
59'0–1
GoalGoal! Aston Villa 0, Arsenal 1. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Riccardo Calafiori.
71'
SubstitutionSubstitution, Arsenal. Bruno Guimarães replaces Myles Lewis-Skelly.
71'
SubstitutionSubstitution, Arsenal. Mikel Merino replaces Martin Ødegaard.
SubstitutionSubstitution, Aston Villa. Tammy Abraham replaces Nicolas Jackson.
71'
SubstitutionSubstitution, Aston Villa. Alysson replaces George Hemmings.
71'
SubstitutionSubstitution, Aston Villa. Aaron Wan-Bissaka replaces Matty Cash.
78'
SubstitutionSubstitution, Aston Villa. Alejandro Garnacho replaces Ross Barkley.
78'
79'
SubstitutionSubstitution, Arsenal. Ezri Konsa replaces Cristhian Mosquera because of an injury.
Yellow cardAlysson (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
80'
Yellow cardJohn McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
81'
85'
SubstitutionSubstitution, Arsenal. Martín Zubimendi replaces Declan Rice.
Yellow cardIan Maatsen (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+6'
Full-time0–1

Highlights

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News and reaction

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Match report

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Match details

Date: Tuesday 1 September 2026
Started: 5:00 am AEDT
Venue: Villa Park, Birmingham
Competition: Premier League
Officials: Jarred Gillett (Referee)
Crowd: 36,804

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