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3:00 PM, August 31, 2026
Villa Park
Birmingham
Where to watch
- USA Network
- Universo
Closing line
Pre-game line movement
fanduel
Moneyline · ARS
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2nd Half
- End Regular Time
- Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- Substitution, Arsenal. Martín Zubimendi replaces Declan Rice.
- John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- Alysson (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- Substitution, Arsenal. Ezri Konsa replaces Cristhian Mosquera because of an injury.
- End Delay
- Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- Substitution, Aston Villa. Alejandro Garnacho replaces Ross Barkley.
- Substitution, Aston Villa. Aaron Wan-Bissaka replaces Matty Cash.
- Start Delay
- Delay in match because of an injury Cristhian Mosquera (Arsenal).
- Substitution, Aston Villa. Alysson replaces George Hemmings.
- Substitution, Aston Villa. Tammy Abraham replaces Nicolas Jackson.
- Substitution, Arsenal. Mikel Merino replaces Martin Ødegaard.
- Substitution, Arsenal. Bruno Guimarães replaces Myles Lewis-Skelly.
- Goal! Aston Villa 0, Arsenal 1. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Riccardo Calafiori.ARS 1 · AVL 0
- End Delay
- Start Delay
- Second Half begins Aston Villa 0, Arsenal 0.
- Substitution, Arsenal. Eberechi Eze replaces Christos Tzolis.
1st Half
- First Half ends, Aston Villa 0, Arsenal 0.
- Christos Tzolis (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- First Half begins.
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