Aston Villa vs Arsenal live score, updates, highlights & lineups from Premier League match
Aston Villa and Arsenal are both looking to end winless runs when they meet at Villa Park in the Premier League.
The hosts’ 3-1 defeat at Manchester City on 12 February was the second setback in a row following a 4-2 home defeat by Leicester City eight days earlier.
The Gunners were beaten 3-1 by City in their top-flight game at home on Wednesday, extending their wait for a win in all competitions to four games.
The Sporting News follows the game live and provides live score updates and commentary.
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Aston Villa vs Arsenal Live Score
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Aston Villa vs Arsenal live updates, Premier League highlights
20 minutes after kick-off: Emery has drawn three times and won one of his meetings with Arsenal.
Villa have lost the last three against Arsenal. The Villans previously won the game three times in a row but lost each of their previous seven tries.
40 minutes after kick-off: Let’s take a look at what Unai Emery said ahead of this game. Villa had made a promising start to his reign prior to those defeats by City and Leicester.
“Our goal is not to change,” he says. “When I got here, we were at the bottom; We made progress and then two weeks ago, before the Leicester game, we were very excited about the possibility of being in the top ten and playing in Europe next year.
“The goal is the same as before the Leicester game and after the two games we lost: we have to try to escape from bottom – we’re not there yet. We’re trying to add points and get in the top ten, and if we can do that and we can catch some teams, we’ll try to do it.”
55 minutes after kick-off: There are two changes at Arsenal: Takehiro Tomiyasu and Gabriel Martinelli come out, Ben White and Leandro Trossard are brought in.
60 minutes after kick-off: Team News! Aston Villa are making five changes including the re-joining of England defender Tyrone Mings, who has just signed a new contract with the club.
Matty Cash, Alex Moreno, John McGinn and Philippe Coutinho are also in, while Ashley Young, Calum Chambers, Lucas Digne, Jacob Ramsey and Leon Bailey make way.
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Full of insight, stats and analysis, they fit the beautiful game just as well as Unai Emery with the Europa League trophy or Mikel Arteta with the edge of the technical field.
100 minutes after kick-off: This is the first time since August 20 that Arsenal have not started a round of games at the top of the Premier League table.
“It’s an opportunity,” says head coach Mikel Arteta, adding that the first home loss of the season brings “a lot of positives”.
“We’ve been talking about this for a couple of months now: the position we’re in, the way the team plays and all the right things that we need to keep doing to earn the right to be there to be. We’ve seen where the level is, we want to be at that level and we’re on this journey together.”
120 minutes after kick-off: Hello and welcome to The Sporting News’ coverage of Aston Villa and Arsenal clash in the first Premier League game of the weekend!
Aston Villa overlord Unai Emery managed 51 Premier League games for Arsenal between August 2018 and November 2019, winning 25 of them and losing 13 of them during his ill-fated succession from Arsene Wenger – a discouraging manager every manager should replace.
Manchester City, who beat Arsenal 3-1 at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday and moved up to the top of the table on goal difference, are now hoping the Spaniard will do them a favor by giving the Gunners, who have lost four games without a game, a favor second consecutive defeat inflicts victory since their 3-2 home win against Manchester United on 22 January.
Aston Villa vs Arsenal predicted lineups
Emery has hinted at defenders Tyrone Mings will not be fit in time to return for this game Diego CarlosJed Steer And Bertrand Traore everything still off.
However, Matty Cash And John McGinn could return to the starting XI after coming on as a substitute in City’s defeat.
Aston Villa starting XI (4-4-2): Martinez (GK) – Cash, Konsa, Chambers, Digne – McGinn, Kamara, Luiz, Buendia – Watkins, Bailey
Aston Villa subtitles: Sinisalo (GK), Young, Ramsey, Moreno, Dendoncker, Swinkels, Sanson, Coutinho, Duran
Arteta will be making a late call Thomas Parteyafter missing the loss to City through injury, but Gabriel Jesus And Emile Smith Rowe are still offside.
Defensive midfielder Mohammed Elneny has been absent for a long time after knee surgery in January.
Arsenal starting XI (4-3-3): Ramsdale (GK) – White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko – Odegaard, Partey, Xhaka – Saka, Nketiah, Trossard
Arsenal substitutions: Turner (GK), Tomiyasu, Kiwior, Tierney, Holding, Jorginho, Martinelli, Vieira
When will Aston Villa vs Arsenal kick off?
This Premier League clash will kick off on Saturday 18 February at 12:30pm local time at Villa Park.
Here is how this time is translated in some of the most important areas:
| Date | kick off time | |
| USA | Saturday February 18th | 07:30 ET |
| Canada | Saturday February 18th | 07:30 ET |
| United Kingdom | Saturday February 18th | 12:30 GMT |
| Australia | Saturday February 18th | 23:30 AEDT |
| India | Saturday February 18th | 18:00 CET |
| Hong Kong | Saturday February 18th | 20:30 CET |
| Malaysia | Saturday February 18th | 20:30 CET |
| Singapore | Saturday February 18th | 20:30 CEST |
| New Zealand | Sun, February 19 | 01:30 NZDT |
Aston Villa vs Arsenal Live Stream, TV Channels
Here’s how you can follow all the action of this game in some of the most important areas:
| TV channel | stream | |
|---|---|---|
| USA | NBC USA Network, Universo | NBC App, fuboTV, Universo NOW, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, |
| Canada | — | fuboTV Canada |
| United Kingdom | BT sport 1 | BT Sport app/website |
| Australia | — | Optus Sport |
| New Zealand | Sky Sports Premier League | Sky Sports NOW |
| India | — | Jio TV, Hotstar VIP |
| Hong Kong | Now Premier League TV (Ch. 620-621) | now television |
| Malaysia | Astro Supersport 3 |
AstroGO, Sooka |
| Singapore | 221 Hub Premier 1 | StarHub TV+ |
UNITED KINGDOM: This match will be broadcast live on BT Sport’s UK television and streaming services.
UNITED STATES: This game will be streamed on NBC’s USA Network platform for subscribers in English and Spanish.
Canada: Every Premier League game this season will be streamed live exclusively via fuboTV in Canada.
Australia: Fans in Australia can stream every game live and on-demand on Optus Sport.
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