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Aston Villa — Arsenal 0:1

EPL · 31 Aug 2026 · season 2026/27

The score says how it ended. xG says how it should have ended: it is the sum of the chances each shot was worth, not an opinion about the game.

Score0:1
Home xG0.28Aston Villa
Away xG1.52Arsenal
Expected points0.44 : 2.32

Who deserved it

The score matched the game: Arsenal was the better side by chances too.

The numbers

TeamGoalsxGGoals − xGExpected points
Aston Villa00.28−0.30.44
Arsenal11.52−0.52.32

How it fits the season

Aston Villa: +0.0 for the season (16 in the table). Arsenal: +2.2 (2). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

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