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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 16 (setup 1, season 29)
Arsenal
v.
Aston Villa
Formation:
3-4-1-2
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
VOLKAN Demirel1DIEGO LÓPEZ Rodríguez
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
SERGIO RAMOS García2DANILO Luiz da Silva
Ignacio Monreal Eraso, NACHO MONREAL837JORDI ALBA Ramos
Sergio BUSQUETS Burgos4BRUNO Miguel Borges FERNANDES
Gerard PIQUÉ Bernabeu5Mapou YANGA-MBIWA
Xabier Alonso Olano, XABI ALONSO66José María GIMÉNEZ de Vargas
Darijo SRNA7Jesús NAVAS González
ROBERTO FIRMINO Barbosa de Oliveira86Luca ANTONELLI
DIEGO da Silva COSTA96Olivier GIROUD
NEYMAR da Silva Santos Júnior7106BERNARDO Mota Veiga de Carvalho e SILVA
Aleksandar KOLAROV711BURAK Yilmaz
Rikki FaulknerManagerScott Smillie
José 'Ramiro' FUNES MORI12Marcos Alberto ROJO
Asier ILLARRAMENDI Andonegi13Ante REBIC
Iker MUNIAIN Goñi14José Manuel JURADO Marín
Anwar EL GHAZI15Arnaldo 'Antonio' SANABRIA Ayala
Daniel Ceballos Fernández, DANI CEBALLOS166Ádám SZALAI

Arsenal 3 Aston Villa 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 60,029, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Graham LAWS 8)
61 Srna, 82 Diego Costa, 85 NeymarScorers
Substitutions85 Burak <=> Szalai
Sendings off
Bookings
4Corners7
13Fouls9
7Offsides9
16Shots on5
7Shots off4
23Total shots9
12Shots saved5
59%Possession41%
Man of the match: Ignacio Monreal Eraso, NACHO MONREAL
11The Arsenal 'keeper dived to his left to save a lovely shot from Aston Villa's DANILO.
18The Aston Villa 'keeper was able to block a poor shot from NEYMAR.
22A right foot shot from NEYMAR was tipped over by the 'keeper.
26A header by XABI ALONSO at the far post was comfortably collected by the Aston Villa 'keeper.
27A mix up in the Aston Villa defence enabled NEYMAR to volley the ball wide.
37The Aston Villa 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful strike from ROBERTO FIRMINO.
43NEYMAR dribbled round DANILO and flicked a weak shot into the crowd.
44A corner bobbled toward SERGIO RAMOS who touched an effort wide.
 
47NEYMAR scuffed an easy chance.
54A twenty-five yard shot from JORDI ALBA caused the Arsenal 'keeper no problem.
58BUSQUETS made space on the left and pulled the ball to NEYMAR who touched the ball over.
59A shot from GIROUD seemed a certain goal but the Arsenal 'keeper managed to palm the ball clear.
61GOAL!! A short corner was played out to SRNA who flicked the ball into the net. (1-0 Arsenal)
67XABI ALONSO poked an easy chance past the near post.
68An inswinging corner was forced into the arms of the 'keeper by KOLAROV.
69NEYMAR's shot was well saved by DIEGO LÓPEZ.
72A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing DIEGO LÓPEZ.
80KOLAROV worked the ball to BUSQUETS, NEYMAR collected his cross and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the Aston Villa 'keeper.
81A shot from ROBERTO FIRMINO was smothered by DIEGO LÓPEZ.
82GOAL!! A glorious outswinging corner was forced in at the near post by DIEGO COSTA. (2-0 Arsenal)
85VOLKAN managed to block a powerful shot.
85GOAL!! A long clearance by the Arsenal 'keeper beat the Aston Villa defence and NEYMAR stroked the ball beyond the oncoming 'keeper. (3-0 Arsenal)