Source · Premier League official match page (line-ups, stats and commentary tabs, checked 2026-09-01) · cross-checked against the Google match panel — two passing figures differed, so we used the official ones

What we couldn't confirm for this match

• Who received Arsenal's one yellow card — the commentary only lists the three Villa bookings (Maatsen 90+6, McGinn 81, Alysson), not Arsenal's, so it is recorded in the team stats only and not against a player
• 71' substitution pairs — Lewis-Skelly and Ødegaard went off and Merino and Guimarães came on, so who replaced whom can't be determined (the 45', 79' and 85' changes were one-for-one, so those are certain)