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Saturday 6 December 2025 · 12:30 · HT 1-0 · Villa Park, Birmingham · Referee Peter Bankes

Aston Villa v Arsenal: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Aston Villa's last 7 home games and Arsenal's last 7 away games in the Premier League before kick-off, both teams scored in 5 of 14, over 2.5 goals in 6 of 14, with 10.4 corners per match (league 9.9) and 4.0 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Aston Villa v Arsenal, full match

47%

Possession

53%

2.16

Expected goals (xG)

1.92

15

Shots

15

6

Shots on target

9

3

Corners

3

10

Fouls

8

0

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

Offsides

3

Goals and cards

36'

Goal

Matty Cash AST

52'

Goal

Leandro Trossard ARS

72'

Yellow card

Riccardo Calafiori ARS

74'

Yellow card

Bukayo Saka ARS

90+5'

Goal

Emiliano Buendía AST

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Aston Villa's last 7 home games and Arsenal's last 7 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

36%

5/14 games · League 56%

Over 1.5 goals

57%

8/14 games · League 79%

Over 2.5 goals

43%

6/14 games · League 55%

Over 3.5 goals

21%

3/14 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

64%

9/14 games · League 56%

Over 3.5 cards

64%

9/14 games · League 57%

Aston Villa clean sheet

57%

4/7 games · League 26%

Arsenal clean sheet

43%

3/7 games · League 26%

Aston Villa fail to score

29%

2/7 games · League 26%

Arsenal fail to score

14%

1/7 games · League 26%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.1

League 2.8

Corners

10.4

League 9.9

Cards

4.0

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group. A pitch view comes once exact positions are available.

Aston Villa

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

23

Emiliano Martínez

DEFENDERS

2

4

14

22

MIDFIELDERS

8

Youri Tielemans

24

Amadou Onana

44

Boubacar Kamara

FORWARDS

7

John McGinn

11

Ollie Watkins

27

Morgan Rogers

SUBSTITUTES

40

3

12

16

10

26

53

17

19

Arsenal

4-3-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

David Raya

DEFENDERS

4

5

12

33

MIDFIELDERS

8

Martin Ødegaard

36

Martín Zubimendi

41

Declan Rice

FORWARDS

7

Bukayo Saka

10

Eberechi Eze

23

Mikel Merino

SUBSTITUTES

13

49

89

16

22

11

14

19

20

Referee: Peter Bankes

22 games in the Premier League this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

4.0

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.0

Red cards per game

0.18

Fouls per game

22.0

League 21.6

Penalties per game

0.32

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

AST

ARS

Match

League

Win

57%

8/14

71%

10/14

40%

Draw

21%

3/14

21%

3/14

21%

6/28

21%

Loss

21%

3/14

7%

1/14

40%

Bet

AST

ARS

League

Clean sheet

36%

5/14

57%

8/14

26%

Win to nil

21%

3/14

57%

8/14

21%

To score

64%

9/14

93%

13/14

74%

Fail to score

36%

5/14

7%

1/14

26%

Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Aston Villa

Last 5 games before this match

3 Dec

Brighton & Hove Albion

(A)

4-3

W

30 Nov

Wolverhampton

(H)

1-0

W

23 Nov

Leeds United

(A)

2-1

W

9 Nov

Bournemouth

(H)

4-0

W

1 Nov

Liverpool

(A)

0-2

L

Arsenal

Last 5 games before this match

3 Dec

Brentford

(H)

2-0

W

30 Nov

Chelsea

(A)

1-1

D

23 Nov

Tottenham Hotspur

(H)

4-1

W

8 Nov

Sunderland

(A)

2-2

D

1 Nov

Burnley

(A)

2-0

W

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Aston Villa and Arsenal haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

Premier League table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Arsenal

38

26

7

5

71

27

+44

85

W

2

Manchester City

38

23

9

6

77

35

+42

78

L

D

W

D

3

Manchester United

38

20

11

7

69

50

+19

71

W

D

W

4

Aston Villa

38

19

8

11

56

49

+7

65

W

D

L

5

Liverpool

38

17

9

12

63

53

+10

60

D

L

D

L

W

6

Bournemouth

38

13

18

7

58

54

+4

57

D

W

D

7

Sunderland

38

14

12

42

48

-6

54

W

D

L

8

Brighton & Hove Albion

38

14

11

13

52

46

+6

53

L

W

L

W

9

Brentford

38

14

11

13

55

52

+3

53

D

L

W

L

10

Chelsea

38

14

10

14

58

52

+6

52

L

W

D

L

11

Fulham

38

15

7

16

47

51

-4

52

W

D

L

W

12

Newcastle United

38

14

7

17

53

55

-2

49

L

W

D

W

L

13

Everton

38

13

10

15

47

50

-3

49

L

D

L

14

Leeds United

38

11

14

13

49

56

-7

47

L

W

D

W

D

15

Crystal Palace

38

11

12

15

41

51

-10

45

L

D

L

D

L

16

Nottingham Forest

38

11

16

48

51

-3

44

D

L

D

W

17

Tottenham Hotspur

38

10

11

17

48

57

-9

41

W

L

D

W

18

West Ham United

38

10

9

19

46

65

-19

39

W

L

W

19

Burnley

38

4

10

24

38

75

-37

22

D

L

D

L

20

Wolverhampton

38

3

11

24

27

68

-41

20

D

L

D

L

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Aston Villa v Arsenal: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Aston Villa

Arsenal

Referee: Peter Bankes

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Aston Villa

Arsenal

Head to head

Premier League table