FootballEdgeSeason 2026/27Self-updating record
Full time · Premier League · Mon 31 Aug 2026, 20:00 UTC

Aston Villa 01 Arsenal

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What the chances were worth

Aston Villa
0.31
expected goals (xG)
Arsenal
1.05
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 0–1; by chance quality the match ran 0.31–1.05.

What the model expected

Its probabilities for this match, logged before kick-off and never changed. The result is highlighted.

Aston Villa
30%
Draw
29%
Arsenal
41%

The model made Arsenal to win its most likely call before kick-off, and that is what happened. It had the result at 41% beforehand.

One match tells you nothing on its own — whether these percentages are any good is the whole point of the calibration page, where every one of them is scored.

The brain read

Arsenal created the better chances — the xG read 0.3–1.1 and the shot count agreed (7–7, 0–2 on target). On the balance of chances, the 0–1 reads fair.

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

Aston Villa
Arsenal
39%
Ball Possession
61%
7
Total Shots
7
0
Shots on Goal
2
5
Shots off Goal
4
2
Blocked Shots
1
3
Shots inside box
5
4
Shots outside box
2
0.31
Expected goals (xG)
1.05
2
Corner Kicks
4
0
Offsides
8
337
Total passes
527
272
Passes accurate
463
81%
Passes %
88%
16
Fouls
6
3
Yellow Cards
1
1
Goalkeeper Saves
0
0.00
Goals prevented
0.00

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

The market’s read

Aston Villa
15%
market implied · price 6.24 · opened 16%
Draw
22%
market implied · price 4.36 · opened 23%
Arsenal
63%
market implied · price 1.53 · opened 62%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Aston Villa or draw2.5337.4%-0.7 pts
Double chance Arsenal or draw1.1284.2%-0.1 pts
Double chance either team1.2178.4%+0.8 pts
Draw no bet — Aston Villa4.5120.7%-0.4 pts
Draw no bet — Arsenal1.1779.3%+0.4 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.2476.0%+0.9 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.7654.2%+1.5 pts
Over 3.5 goals2.8632.9%+1.0 pts
Both teams to score1.8550.7%-0.1 pts
Aston Villa over 1.5 team goals4.0922.9%+0.1 pts
Arsenal over 1.5 team goals1.5958.7%+1.1 pts
Aston Villa clean sheet6.5014.6%+0.0 pts
Arsenal clean sheet2.0046.4%+4.0 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 0-1 7.05 · 0-2 7.11 · 1-1 7.77 · 1-2 7.82 · 0-3 10.61

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-08-31 18:30 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.

Head to head

DateHomeScoreAway
30 Dec 25Arsenal4-1Aston Villa
06 Dec 25Aston Villa2-1Arsenal