Aston Villa vs Arsenal
21 Dec 2011 · 19:45 GMT · Regular Season - 17
Match overview
Arsenal win 2–1
Match Finished in the regular season - 17 of the Premier League. 3 goal events recorded in the supplied feed.
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Team statistics
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Lineups & substitutions
Aston Villa
Formation not suppliedCoach Not supplied
Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.
Starting XI11
- 22Bradley GuzanProfile: Goalkeeper · 27 at kick-off
- 2Alan HuttonProfile: Defender · 27 at kick-off
- 5Richard DunneProfile: Defender · 32 at kick-off
- 3Stephen WarnockProfile: Defender · 30 at kick-off
- 24Carlos CuéllarProfile: Defender · 30 at kick-off
- 21Ciaran ClarkProfile: Defender · 22 at kick-off
- 19Stiliyan PetrovProfile: Midfielder
- 7Stephen IrelandProfile: Midfielder · 25 at kick-offOff 45′
- 10Charles N'ZogbiaProfile: Midfielder · 25 at kick-off
- 12Marc AlbrightonProfile: Midfielder · 22 at kick-offNormal Goal 54′Off 88′
- 11Gabriel Imuetinyan AgbonlahorProfile: Attacker · 25 at kick-off
Substitutes7
- 25Barry BannanProfile: Midfielder · 22 at kick-offOn 45′
- 14Nathan DelfounesoProfile: Attacker · 20 at kick-offOn 88′
- 6James CollinsProfile: Defender · 28 at kick-off
- 16Fabian DelphProfile: Midfielder · 22 at kick-off
- 26Andreas WeimannProfile: Attacker · 20 at kick-off
- 33Andy MarshallProfile: Goalkeeper · 36 at kick-off
- 37Derrick WilliamsProfile: Defender · 18 at kick-off
Arsenal
Formation not suppliedCoach Not supplied
Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.
Starting XI11
- 13Wojciech SzczęsnyProfile: Goalkeeper · 21 at kick-off
- 4Per MertesackerProfile: Defender · 27 at kick-off
- 5Thomas VermaelenProfile: Defender · 26 at kick-off
- 6Laurent KoscielnyProfile: Defender · 26 at kick-off
- 8Mikel Arteta AmatriainProfile: Midfielder · 29 at kick-off
- 39Francis CoquelinProfile: Midfielder · 20 at kick-off
- 16Aaron RamseyProfile: Midfielder · 20 at kick-offOff 81′
- 26Emmanuel FrimpongProfile: Midfielder · 19 at kick-offOff 66′
- 10Robin van PersieProfile: Attacker · 28 at kick-offPenalty 17′
- 14Theo WalcottProfile: Attacker · 22 at kick-off
- 27Gervais KouassiProfile: Attacker · 24 at kick-offOff 80′
Substitutes7
- 7Tomáš RosickýProfile: Midfielder · 31 at kick-offOn 66′
- 23Andrey ArshavinProfile: Attacker · 30 at kick-offOn 80′
- 30Yossi BenayounProfile: Midfielder · 31 at kick-offOn 81′Normal Goal 87′
- 1Manuel Almunia RiveroProfile: Goalkeeper · 34 at kick-off
- 15Alexander Oxlade-ChamberlainProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off
- 18Sébastien SquillaciProfile: Defender · 31 at kick-off
- 29Marouane ChamakhProfile: Attacker · 27 at kick-off
Events & commentary
Event commentary from recorded goals, cards, substitutions and VAR decisions. This is not a full play-by-play feed.
- PenaltyArsenal
Robin van Persie · Assist: Theo Walcott
- SubstitutionAston Villa
Off Stephen Ireland On Barry Bannan
- Normal GoalAston Villa
- SubstitutionArsenal
Off Emmanuel Frimpong On Tomáš Rosický
- SubstitutionArsenal
Off Gervais Kouassi On Andrey Arshavin
- SubstitutionArsenal
Off Aaron Ramsey On Yossi Benayoun
- Normal GoalArsenal
Yossi Benayoun · Assist: Robin van Persie
- SubstitutionAston Villa
Off Marc Albrighton On Nathan Delfouneso
Player performance
No individual performance data supplied
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Recent form & meetings
Previous matches in this 2011/12 cup import only, before this fixture. Newest first. W/D/L reflects the score before any penalty shootout.
Aston Villa
LAston Villa vs Liverpool18 Dec 2011 · Regular Season - 160 – 2WBolton vs Aston Villa10 Dec 2011 · Regular Season - 151 – 2LAston Villa vs Manchester United3 Dec 2011 · Regular Season - 140 – 1DSwansea vs Aston Villa27 Nov 2011 · Regular Season - 130 – 0LTottenham vs Aston Villa21 Nov 2011 · Regular Season - 122 – 0Previous meetings Within this cup import
No earlier meetings between these teams in the imported records.
Source & coverage
API-Football · Retrieved 19 Oct 2026. Saved snapshot, not a live feed. Missing values are not treated as zero. Player ages are calculated at kick-off from supplied birth dates.