Premier League · Round 2
Villa Park

Aston Villa 0–1 Arsenal starting lineups

Aston Villa Arsenal
0 - 1
Full time
Saka 59'

Aston Villa and Arsenal lineup images

Aston Villa starting lineup vs Arsenal, 4-2-3-1: Suzuki, Cash, Lindelöf, Torres, Maatsen, Kamara, Barkley, McGinn, Buendía, Hemmings, Jackson. Premier League Round 2, Monday, August 31, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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Arsenal starting lineup vs Aston Villa, 4-2-3-1: Raya, White, Mosquera, Gabriel, Calafiori, Rice, Lewis-Skelly, Saka, Ødegaard, Tzolis, Havertz. Premier League Round 2, Monday, August 31, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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Match events

29'
Yellow cardTzolis Yellow card
Half time · 0 - 0
46'
substitutionEze for Tzolis
59'
goalSaka0 - 1
71'
substitutionGuimarães for Lewis-Skelly
71'
substitutionMerino for Ødegaard
Abraham for Jacksonsubstitution
71'
Alysson Edward for Hemmingssubstitution
71'
Wan-Bissaka for Cashsubstitution
78'
Garnacho for Barkleysubstitution
78'
79'
substitutionKonsa for Mosquera
Alysson Edward Yellow cardYellow card
80'
McGinn Yellow cardYellow card
81'
85'
substitutionZubimendi for Rice
Maatsen Yellow cardYellow card
90+6'

Aston Villa and Arsenal team sheets and player ratings

Aston Villa

4-2-3-1
Starting XI
1 Japan Suzuki rating 6.4
2 Poland Cash off 78' rating 6.7
3 Sweden Lindelöf rating 6.4
14 Spain Torres rating 6.6
22 Netherlands Maatsen yellow card rating 6.1
8 France Kamara rating 6.9
6 England Barkley off 78' rating 7.3
7 Scotland McGinn yellow card rating 5.8
10 Argentina Buendía rating 6.5
53 England Hemmings off 71' rating 5.8
11 Senegal Jackson off 71' rating 6.5
Substitutes
47 Brazil Edward yellow card on 71' rating 6.2
18 England Abraham on 71' rating 6.0
29 DR Congo Wan-Bissaka on 78' rating 6.3
17 Argentina Garnacho on 78' rating 6.0
40 Netherlands Bizot
13 Italy Ruggeri
5 England Mings
26 Netherlands Bogarde
74 England Lynch

Arsenal

4-2-3-1
Starting XI
1 Spain Raya rating 7.1
4 England White rating 7.7
3 Spain Mosquera off 79' rating 6.7
6 Brazil Gabriel rating 7.7
33 Italy Calafiori rating 7.9
41 England Rice off 85' rating 7.7
49 England Lewis-Skelly off 71' rating 6.9
7 England Saka 1 goal rating 8.4
8 Norway Ødegaard off 71' rating 7.0
17 Greece Tzolis yellow card off 46' rating 6.5
29 Germany Havertz rating 6.7
Substitutes
10 England Eze on 46' rating 6.4
39 Brazil Guimarães on 71' rating 6.1
23 Spain Merino on 71' rating 6.9
15 England Konsa on 79' rating 6.1
36 Spain Zubimendi on 85'
13 Spain Arrizabalaga
5 Ecuador Hincapié
20 England Madueke
14 Sweden Gyökeres

Managers

Emery4-2-3-1Aston Villa
Arteta4-2-3-1Arsenal
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Aston Villa 0–1 Arsenal: match summary

Arsenal beat Aston Villa 1–0 at Villa Park in Birmingham on Monday, August 31, 2026, in Round 2 of the Premier League. Bukayo Saka (59') scored for Arsenal. The match ratings read 6.4 for Aston Villa and 7.0 for Arsenal. Bukayo Saka of Arsenal was the highest rated player on the pitch at 8.5, with Riccardo Calafiori at 8.0 and Ross Barkley at 7.5 next, and Ian Maatsen of Aston Villa the lowest rated starter at 6.0. Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 under Emery, Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1 under Arteta. Aston Villa made four substitutions, Arsenal five. Christos Tzolis was booked on 29 minutes, Alysson Edward on 80, John McGinn on 81 and Ian Maatsen on 90, and nobody was sent off. The Premier League table taken on September 2, 2026 had Arsenal 2nd on 6 points and Aston Villa 19th on 0.

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