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Aston Villa 2-2 Arsenal - December 26, 2008 / Premier League 2008/2009

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Premier League 2008/2009 - Round 19

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

December 26, 2008

42 585

Aston Villa

2 - 2

Arsenal

(penalty) Gareth Barry

65'

Assist by Gabriel AgbonlahorZat Knight

90'

40'

Denilson (left foot)

49'

Abou Diaby (right foot) Assist by Emmanuel Eboué

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25' - Yellow card Alexandre Song

37' - Yellow card Kolo Touré

40' - Goal Denilson

43' - Substitution Alexandre Songis substituted by Aaron Ramsey

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49' - Goal Abou Diaby photo Abou Diaby

49' - Yellow card Abou Diaby

65' - Goal Gareth Barry65

72' - Yellow card Gabriel Agbonlahor72

77' - Yellow card Nigel Reo-Coker77

77' - Yellow card Robin van Persie

82' - Yellow card Stilian Petrov82

82' - Substitution Samir Nasriis substituted by Gaël Clichy

90' - Goal Zat Knight90

94' - Yellow card Gareth Barry94

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

2 - 2

Arsenal

Aston Villa Arsenal

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Agbonlahor72

Gabriel Agbonlahor

England

B.date13/10/1986

Age22 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Forward

7A. Young

Ashley Young

England

B.date09/07/1985

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

6Barry6594

Gareth Barry

England

B.date23/02/1981

Age27 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

19Petrov82

Stilian Petrov

Bulgaria

B.date05/07/1979

Age29 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

4Sidwell

Steve Sidwell

England

B.date14/12/1982

Age26 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

8Milner

James Milner

England

B.date04/01/1986

Age22 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

2Luke Young

Luke Young

England

B.date19/07/1979

Age29 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

16Knight90

Zat Knight

England

B.date02/05/1980

Age28 years

H1m98

positionCentral defender

15Davies

Curtis Davies

Sierra Leone

B.date15/03/1985

Age23 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

20Reo-Coker77

Nigel Reo-Coker

England

B.date14/05/1984

Age24 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

1Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age37 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Brad Friedel		37	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Curtis Davies		23	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Zat Knight	90	28	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Luke Young		29	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Nigel Reo-Coker	77	24	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Steve Sidwell		26	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Stilian Petrov	82	29	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Gareth Barry	6594	27	420	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	James Milner		22	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Ashley Young		23	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Gabriel Agbonlahor	72	22	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11van Persie77

Robin van Persie

Netherlands

B.date06/08/1983

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

8Nasri82

Samir Nasri

France

B.date26/06/1987

Age21 years

H1m77

positionPlaymaker

15Denilson40

Denilson

Brazil

B.date16/02/1988

Age20 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

2Diaby4949

Abou Diaby

France

B.date11/05/1986

Age22 years

H1m91

positionCentre Midfield

17Song4325

Alexandre Song

Cameroon

B.date09/09/1987

Age21 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

27Eboué

Emmanuel Eboué

Ivory Coast

B.date04/06/1983

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

18Silvestre

Mikaël Silvestre

France

B.date09/08/1977

Age31 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

5Touré37

Kolo Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date19/03/1981

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

10Gallas

William Gallas

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age31 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

3Sagna

Bacary Sagna

France

B.date14/02/1983

Age25 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

1Almunia

Manuel Almunia

Spain

B.date19/05/1977

Age31 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Manuel Almunia		31	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Mikaël Silvestre		31	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	D	William Gallas		31	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Kolo Touré	37	27	300	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Bacary Sagna		25	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Emmanuel Eboué		25	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Alexandre Song	4325	21	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Denilson	40	20	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Abou Diaby	4949	22	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Samir Nasri	82	21	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Robin van Persie	77	25	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes			Age
22	G	Brad Guzan	24
21	D	Nicky Shorey	27
26	D	Craig Gardner	22
27	M	Isaiah Osbourne	21
17	M	Moustapha Salifou	25
9	F	Marlon Harewood	29
14	F	Nathan Delfouneso	17

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
21	G	Lukasz Fabianski		23
22	D	Gaël Clichy	82	23	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Aaron Ramsey	43	18	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Jack Wilshere		16
12	F	Carlos Vela		19
26	F	Nicklas Bendtner		20

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Zat Knight

Martin Laursen

OUT

Nigel Reo-Coker

Carlos Cuéllar

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mikaël Silvestre

Gaël Clichy

OUT

Abou Diaby

Cesc Fàbregas

OUT

Kolo Touré

Johan Djourou

OUT

Emmanuel Eboué

Emmanuel Adebayor

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

113

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

O'Neill vs Arsenal

1 victory

7 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2008

O'Neill vs Wenger

1 victory

7 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

703

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs Aston Villa

13 victories

9 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2008

Wenger vs O'Neill

7 victories

7 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2008

Referee

Lee Mason

14 victories	13 draws	11 losses	Aston Villa38 matches	General total	Arsenal30 matches	20 victories	7 draws	3 losses
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Aston Villa1 match	Season total	Arsenal3 matches	1 victory	2 draws	0 loss
Latest figure on January 30, 2021					Latest figure on October 04, 2020

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Key figures

James Milner played his game number 10 vs in Premier League

End of streak for Arsenal after 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Premier League (since 30/11/2008).

Only back at the time of Billy McNeill head of (22/09/1986-01/07/1987), you can see a manager go over Martin O'Neill with 33% of draws (36%).

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAston Villa 3-2 Blackburn29/10/2008

LAston Villa 1-2 Middlesbrough09/11/2008

DAston Villa 0-0 Manchester United22/11/2008

DAston Villa 0-0 Fulham29/11/2008

LAston Villa 1-2 Zilina04/12/2008

VAston Villa 4-2 Bolton Wanderers13/12/2008

Overall

DAston Villa 0-0 Fulham29/11/2008

LAston Villa 1-2 Zilina04/12/2008

VEverton 2-3 Aston Villa07/12/2008

VAston Villa 4-2 Bolton Wanderers13/12/2008

LHamburger SV 3-1 Aston Villa17/12/2008

VWest Ham 0-1 Aston Villa20/12/2008

Current form

Away

LStoke City 2-1 Arsenal01/11/2008

LManchester City 3-0 Arsenal22/11/2008

VChelsea 1-2 Arsenal30/11/2008

LBurnley 2-0 Arsenal02/12/2008

LFC Porto 2-0 Arsenal10/12/2008

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Arsenal13/12/2008

Overall

VChelsea 1-2 Arsenal30/11/2008

LBurnley 2-0 Arsenal02/12/2008

VArsenal 1-0 Wigan06/12/2008

LFC Porto 2-0 Arsenal10/12/2008

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Arsenal13/12/2008

DArsenal 1-1 Liverpool21/12/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	3	3
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	6	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

31	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	9
5	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	18
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
10	Victories (Competition total)	9
4	Victories (Home / Away)	4
4	Draws (Competition total)	4
4	Draws (Home / Away)	2
4	Losses (Competition total)	5
1	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

30	Goals scored (Competition total)	30
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
20	Goals conceded (Competition total)	21
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.67
1.56	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.56
1.11	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.17
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.11

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
0-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (2 times)

Bookings

28	Yellow cards (Competition total)	27
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	12
0	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Gabriel Agbonlahor	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Robin van Persie
Gabriel Agbonlahor	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Emmanuel Adebayor
Gareth Barry	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Emmanuel Adebayor
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Emmanuel Adebayor
Martin Laursen	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Emmanuel Adebayor
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Denilson
Gabriel Agbonlahor	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	Robin van Persie

Historical head to head

Home

85 matches

40 v

22 d

23 l

151 gf

115 ga

Away

90 matches

24 v

20 d

46 l

101 gf

156 ga

Total

175 matches

64 v

42 d

69 l

252 gf

271 ga

Historical head to head

Home

90 matches

46 v

20 d

24 l

156 gf

101 ga

Away

85 matches

23 v

22 d

40 l

115 gf

151 ga

Total

175 matches

69 v

42 d

64 l

271 gf

252 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	August 28, 1920
Home	5 - 0	August 28, 1920

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 14, 1935
Away	7 - 1	December 14, 1935

Latest head to head

November 15, 2008 - Premier League 2008/2009

Arsenal

0 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

March 01, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Arsenal

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

December 01, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Aston Villa

1 - 2

Arsenal

March 14, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Aston Villa

0 - 1

Arsenal

August 19, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Arsenal

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Bobby Thomson	6 goals	1961 - 1962
Tony Hateley	6 goals	1963 - 1966
Dwight Yorke	5 goals	1995 - 1998
Dion Dublin	3 goals	1998 - 2002
Jimmy MacEwan	3 goals	1960 - 1962
Savo Milosevic	3 goals	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Thierry Henry	12 goals	2000 - 2006
Tony Woodcock	8 goals	1982 - 1985
Ted Drake	8 goals	1935 - 1935
Ian Wright	7 goals	1993 - 1996
Alan Skirton	6 goals	1961 - 1965
Alan Smith	5 goals	1988 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Gordon Cowans	20 matches	1977 - 1991
Gareth Barry	18 matches	1998 - 2008
Nigel Spink	18 matches	1983 - 1994
Allan Evans	18 matches	1978 - 1988
Ugo Ehiogu	16 matches	1991 - 2000
Paul McGrath	15 matches	1989 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

David O'Leary	31 matches	1975 - 1992
Lee Dixon	26 matches	1988 - 2002
Nigel Winterburn	24 matches	1988 - 2000
Ray Parlour	22 matches	1992 - 2004
David Seaman	21 matches	1990 - 2002
Dennis Bergkamp	20 matches	1995 - 2005