Few fixtures in English football pack as much history into ninety minutes as Arsenal vs Aston Villa, and the record only tells half the story — 59 matches since 1995, with Arsenal winning 34, per ESPN (Premier League coverage). By the end of this one, you’ll know which scorelines are real, which channel to open on August 31, and which trivia posts to ignore.
Matches Played (since 1995): 59 ·
Arsenal Wins: 34 ·
Aston Villa Wins: 11 ·
Draws: 14 ·
Last Completed Match: Arsenal 4-1 Aston Villa (Dec 2025) ·
Next Fixture: Aston Villa vs Arsenal (Aug 31, 2026)
Quick snapshot
- Exact kickoff time for Aug 31 depends on the broadcaster and your time zone (The Sporting News)
- The 46-1 and 39-0 scorelines have no trace in the records reviewed here (Sky Sports (head-to-head stats))
- Aug 31, 2026: Arsenal travel to Villa Park (Soccerway)
- Apr 14, 2024: Villa won 2-0 at the Emirates in front of 60,350 (Sky Sports)
- UK: Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League (Yahoo Sports)
- US: USA Network, with DIRECTV as the listed stream (The Sporting News (US broadcast guide))
- Canada: FuboTV · Australia: Stan Sport (Yahoo Sports)
Ten rows, one pattern: the totals belong to Arsenal, the recent plot twists belong to Villa.
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Overall H2H (since 1995) | 59 matches (ESPN) |
| Arsenal wins | 34 |
| Aston Villa wins | 11 |
| Draws | 14 |
| Most recent completed meeting | Arsenal 4-1 Aston Villa, Dec 30, 2025 (Goal.com) |
| Last meeting at the Emirates | Arsenal 0-2 Aston Villa, Apr 14, 2024 · attendance 60,350 (Sky Sports) |
| Villa’s most recent home win in the fixture | 2-1, Dec 6, 2025 (Goal.com) |
| Last five Premier League meetings | Arsenal 3 wins · Villa 2 wins · 17 goals · both teams scored in all five (Goal.com) |
| Next fixture | Aston Villa vs Arsenal, Aug 31, 2026, Villa Park (Soccerway) |
| Current Arsenal manager | Mikel Arteta |
The split is the story: the totals are Arsenal’s, the recent result is Villa’s, and the next fixture resets the debate.
What channel is Arsenal vs Aston Villa on today?
For the next meeting on August 31, 2026, the broadcast answer is already published — but it depends entirely on which country you’re in. Premier League rights are sold territory by territory, so the same kickoff appears on different channels in the UK, North America, and Asia. That makes “what channel?” one of the most practical pre-match questions in the football calendar.
Where can I find the Arsenal vs Aston Villa live stream?
- UK: Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League (Yahoo Sports (UK broadcast guide))
- US: USA Network, with DIRECTV listed as the streaming option (The Sporting News (US broadcast guide))
- Canada: FuboTV · Australia: Stan Sport (Yahoo Sports (regional listings))
- India: JioHotstar (ESPN)
The common thread across every listing: confirm the feed for your region before matchday, because rights packages shift between seasons.
What time is the Arsenal vs Aston Villa match?
Kickoff time is set by the broadcaster, not by tradition. The August 31 fixture has published listings, but the exact hour depends on your time zone — check the local guide the morning of the match.
Villa Park hosts the fixture on August 31, 2026, a venue confirmed in Soccerway’s fixture database, and outside the UK and US the local Premier League broadcaster sets both the channel and the kickoff hour.
The pattern: one fixture, at least five different answers for “where do I watch,” and none of them are wrong. The only reliable move is to verify the broadcaster for your country before kickoff.
The takeaway: the channel question has one correct answer per country, but the answer changes with every rights renewal.
Has Arteta won any trophy with Arsenal?
Yes — and the answer is cleaner than most Arsenal trivia debates. Mikel Arteta has won the FA Cup (2020), ending a long wait for silverware at the Emirates.
What is Mikel Arteta’s managerial record?
- FA Cup (2020): his first major trophy as Arsenal manager (ESPN (Premier League coverage))
- Head-to-head vs Villa: not the mismatch the all-time record suggests — Villa have taken wins off Arsenal in the last five meetings, and the comparison table below shows the split.
The version of Arteta’s record that matters for this fixture is the recent one: Arsenal have had the better of the last five meetings, but not by the margin the overall H2H implies.
Who is the 14 year old player in Arsenal?
- Arsenal signed a 14-year-old to a youth scholarship — an unusually early commitment that drew attention to the academy pipeline (ESPN)
The senior squad and the academy are separate projects, but both feed the same question: what is Arsenal building toward under Arteta?
The takeaway: the trophy question has a clean answer. The Villa fixture is where the record is still being written.
What are Arsenal’s biggest wins in history?
Arsenal’s record books contain some enormous scorelines, but the ones that float around trivia forums need a fact-check. The famous 12-0 league win is real; the 13-1 and 39-0 claims are where the folklore starts.
Did Arsenal beat Chelsea 13-1?
A 13-1 scoreline appears in trivia threads as a London League-era match from the 1950s. It is not part of the Premier League head-to-head record, and no official fixture archive reviewed here lists it.
What the verified record does show: Arsenal won this fixture 4-1 on December 30, 2025 — the most one-sided recent scoreline between the two clubs (Goal.com).
The pattern: when someone quotes 13-1 or 39-0, they are usually quoting a forum post, not a record book.
Who did Arsenal beat in 12 0?
- Arsenal’s record league win is a 12-0 result from the club’s early Football League history.
- The opponent is the detail trivia posts fumble; the scoreline itself is the part that holds up.
That match belongs to a different century from the current rivalry, which is why it rarely shows up in modern H2H tables.
The point: 12-0 is a club-record answer worth keeping; the 13-1 and 39-0 lines are noise.
Did Arsenal beat Man U 39 0?
No official record reviewed here contains a 39-0 Arsenal win over Manchester United. The number circulates in the same threads as the 46-1 myth, and neither appears in the clubs’ actual head-to-head archives.
The real Arsenal-Man United rivalry is measured in 1-0s and 3-2s, not 39-0s.
What this means: extreme scorelines are a red flag in football trivia. If a number looks like a typo, it usually is.
The conclusion: the difference between a record and a rumor is a single source check.
What is Arsenal’s biggest loss and did Man U beat them 46-1?
The 46-1 question is one of the most-searched Arsenal trivia items online — and it is a trap. Every season it resurfaces, and every season it fails a basic records check.
Did Man U ever beat Arsenal 46:1?
The 46-1 scoreline is folklore. No official club or league record reviewed here includes a 46-1 Manchester United win over Arsenal — the claim has circulated in fan posts for years without a primary source.
Arsenal’s real heaviest defeats look nothing like 46-1. The modern reference points are the losses in this very fixture: 0-2 at home on April 14, 2024 (Sky Sports), then 2-1 away on December 6, 2025 (Goal.com).
What is Arsenal’s biggest loss?
- Recent era: 0-2 to Aston Villa at the Emirates, April 14, 2024, in front of 60,350 — a result Villa fans still quote (Sky Sports).
- Trivia era: the 46-1 and similar scorelines that fail every basic record check.
The club’s heaviest defeats are old enough that primary records are hard to verify — which is exactly how the 46-1 story survives.
The trade-off: a club can dominate an all-time H2H and still absorb ugly single results. Arsenal’s 34-11 edge over Villa and the 0-2 at the Emirates both exist at once.
Which team has never beaten Arsenal and who broke their unbeaten streak?
Two popular trivia questions, one shared flaw: both “never” and “unbeaten” get mangled in transmission.
Who broke Arsenal 49 games unbeaten?
- Arsenal’s 49-game unbeaten league run is the longest in Premier League history — a record that still defines the club’s modern identity (The Sporting News (PL records coverage)).
- The ending of the run is where fan threads go wrong; half the comments online name the wrong club and the wrong decade.
The streak remains Arsenal’s most-quoted resilience stat, and the 49 figure is the one worth remembering when the trivia argument starts.
The catch: the streak’s ending is less important than its existence — 49 league games unbeaten is a number no other Premier League club has matched.
Which team has never beaten Arsenal?
- No current Premier League regular fits the description — nearly every side that has spent serious time in the division has a win over Arsenal somewhere.
- Aston Villa are the useful example: in 59 Premier League-era meetings, they have won 11 times. That’s not “never” — it’s “often enough to hurt.”
The “never” question is a fan-poll favorite, but the verified H2H record shows almost every serious opponent has a win somewhere.
Why this matters: “never” in football trivia is almost always “not recently.”
Who are Arsenal’s biggest rivals and most controversial figures?
Ask five Arsenal fans who the “worst enemy” is and you’ll get five answers, plus a train ride’s worth of stories.
Who is Arsenal’s worst enemy?
- Fixture-based rivalries: Manchester United (title races), Chelsea (local friction), and Manchester City (the modern benchmark).
- In the context of this article’s H2H, Aston Villa are the “quiet rival”: no trophy showdowns, but two wins in the last five meetings.
The rivalry hierarchy shifts with the standings; the fixture H2H is more stable than fan sentiment.
The pattern: the biggest rivalry is usually the one that cost you the most points lately.
Who was a famous Arsenal hooligan?
The hooligan question is a search-popular trivia topic, but the honest answer is that the famous names come from books and documentaries, not from official club records — and most of the stories are decades old and hard to verify.
For this article, the verifiable history stops where the folklore begins — the club’s official record is about matches, managers, and trophies.
Why this matters: rivalries and hooligan stories shape a club’s reputation, but they don’t show up in the H2H table — which is exactly where the real answers live.
Arsenal vs Aston Villa: the H2H in one table
Six rows, one pattern: the aggregate record favors Arsenal by a wide margin, but the last five meetings are where Villa close the gap.
| Metric | Arsenal | Aston Villa |
|---|---|---|
| Wins in the H2H (59 meetings since 1995) | 34 | 11 |
| Most recent completed meeting (Dec 30, 2025) | Won 4-1 | Lost 1-4 |
| Last meeting at the Emirates (Apr 14, 2024) | Lost 0-2 | Won 2-0 |
| Last five Premier League meetings | 3 wins | 2 wins |
| Scored in each of the last five meetings | Yes | Yes |
| Next meeting (Aug 31, 2026) | Away at Villa Park | Home at Villa Park |
What this means: the table splits the story in two — the long view is Arsenal’s, the short view is a genuine contest. That’s why the August 31 fixture matters more than the all-time record suggests.
Timeline signal: the dates that explain this fixture
- — Aston Villa host Arsenal at Villa Park; the fixture is listed in Soccerway’s fixture database.
- — Arsenal 4-1 Aston Villa at the Emirates, the most recent completed meeting (Goal.com (match coverage)).
- — Aston Villa 2-1 Arsenal at Villa Park (Goal.com (match coverage)).
- — Arsenal 0-2 Aston Villa at the Emirates; attendance 60,350 (Sky Sports (head-to-head stats)).
- — Aston Villa 3-0 Arsenal (Soccerway (fixture database)).
- 1949-1950s — the era that folklore points to for the 13-1 and 46-1 claims; neither scoreline appears in any record reviewed here.
The pattern: each era produces one defining scoreline — Villa’s 3-0 in 2020, Arsenal’s 4-1 in 2025 — and the next chapter is already scheduled for August 31.
What’s confirmed vs what’s unclear
Confirmed facts
- 59 H2H meetings since 1995; Arsenal lead 34-11 with 14 draws (ESPN (Premier League coverage)).
- Most recent completed match: Arsenal 4-1, Dec 30, 2025 (Goal.com).
- Broadcast listings for Aug 31, 2026: Sky Sports (UK), USA Network (US) (Yahoo Sports / The Sporting News).
What’s unclear
- Exact kickoff time for Aug 31 depends on the final broadcast schedule and your location (The Sporting News).
- The 46-1 and 39-0 scorelines in fan threads are not found in any record reviewed here (Sky Sports).
- Broadcast rights shift by season, so the current listings are not permanent (Yahoo Sports).
- Pre-war era records are incomplete online, which is how extreme-scoreline myths survive (Sky Sports).
Why this matters: the confirmed facts cover the scorelines; the unclear items cover the logistics — and that split is exactly where to focus your attention.
What the coverage says
“Arsenal’s 0-2 defeat to Aston Villa at the Emirates on April 14, 2024, drew a listed attendance of 60,350.”
Sky Sports — head-to-head stats
“UK viewers will find the match on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League.”
Yahoo Sports — UK broadcast guide
The trade-off: quotes like these are only as useful as the records behind them — and the records say the fixture is closer than the all-time table looks.
The verdict
The history says Arsenal. The recent form says Villa have closed the gap, winning two of the last five and taking all three points at the Emirates in April 2024. For Arsenal fans planning the August 31 match, the choice is simple: lock in the right channel for your country — Sky Sports in the UK, USA Network in the US — and treat the 46-1 posts as entertainment. For Villa fans, the fixture now offers something the 11-wins-in-59 record doesn’t show: two-way contests.
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Frequently asked questions
How many times has Arsenal beaten Aston Villa?
34 times in 59 Premier League-era meetings, with 14 draws (ESPN).
What is Arsenal’s longest unbeaten run?
49 league matches — the longest unbeaten run in Premier League history (The Sporting News (PL records coverage)).
Has Aston Villa ever knocked Arsenal out of the FA Cup?
The clubs’ recent head-to-head track record is Premier League-only; the last five meetings are all league fixtures, and Villa won two of them (Goal.com).
Where does the next Arsenal vs Aston Villa match take place?
Villa Park, on August 31, 2026 (Soccerway (fixture database)).
How many trophies has Mikel Arteta won at Arsenal?
The FA Cup in 2020 is the headline — the trophy that ended the “has he won anything?” debate (ESPN).
Is the 46-1 scoreline real?
No official record reviewed here includes a 46-1 Manchester United win over Arsenal; it circulates as folklore (Sky Sports).