Premier League

Premier League | Gameweek 23

Feb 6, 2021 at 12.30pm UK

Villa Park

Aston Villa
1 - 0
Arsenal

Watkins (2')
Konsa (31'), Nakamba (35'), Grealish (90+6')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Partey (52'), Xhaka (90+4')

Reaction

Former Manchester United player Rio Ferdinand pictured in April 2019

Rio Ferdinand slams "powder puff" Arsenal

Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand blasts Arsenal's "powder puff" performance in their 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa.

Feb 7, 19:02

Ollie Watkins celebrates scoring for Aston Villa against Arsenal in the Premier League on February 6, 2021

Dean Smith lavishes praise on in-form Ollie Watkins

The striker has continued the form he showed for Brentford before his transfer to the Premier League outfit.

Feb 7, 11:30

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta pictured on January 23, 2021

Arsenal equal unwanted losing record with defeat at Aston Villa

Arsenal's 1-0 defeat at Villa Park on Saturday means that the club have now lost three successive league games against Aston Villa without scoring a goal for the first time in 99 years.

Feb 6, 18:17

Thomas Partey pictured in Arsenal gear on October 17, 2020

Arsenal's Thomas Partey suffers fresh injury setback

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says that Thomas Partey suffered "a muscular issue" during Saturday's clash with Aston Villa.

Feb 6, 17:55

Mikel Arteta bemoans lack of ruthlessness in Aston Villa defeat

The Gunners boss was also irritated by the performance of the officials, but refused to expand on the reasons why after the match.

Feb 6, 17:08

The Match

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Arsenal win with a probability of 51.06%. A win for Aston Villa had a probability of 24.82% and a draw had a probability of 24.1%.

The most likely scoreline for an Arsenal win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.36%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.64%) and 0-2 (8.75%). The likeliest Aston Villa win was 1-0 (6.77%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.42%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 6.8% likelihood.

Result
Aston Villa	Draw	Arsenal
24.82%	24.12%	51.06%

Both teams to score 54.43%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

52.81%

47.19%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

30.58%

69.42%

Aston Villa Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

66.78%

33.22%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

30.17%

69.83%

Arsenal Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

81.51%

18.49%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

50.29%

49.71%

Score Analysis

Aston Villa 24.82%

Arsenal 51.05%

Draw 24.11%

Aston Villa	Draw	Arsenal
1-0 @ 6.77% 2-1 @ 6.3% 2-0 @ 3.73% 3-1 @ 2.31% 3-2 @ 1.95% 3-0 @ 1.37% Other @ 2.39% Total : 24.82%	1-1 @ 11.42% 0-0 @ 6.14% 2-2 @ 5.31% 3-3 @ 1.1% Other @ 0.14% Total : 24.11%	0-1 @ 10.36% 1-2 @ 9.64% 0-2 @ 8.75% 1-3 @ 5.43% 0-3 @ 4.92% 2-3 @ 2.99% 1-4 @ 2.29% 0-4 @ 2.08% 2-4 @ 1.26% Other @ 3.33% Total : 51.05%