MATCH FACTS

■■Arsenal have won 13 away Premier League games against Aston Villa, against no side do they have more victories on the road in the competition (also 13 vs West Ham). ■■Arsenal have won five consecutive away Premier League games for the first time since May 2015.

■■With nine games remaining, Aston Villa have suffered as many Premier League defeats this season as they did in the entirety of last campaign (15).

■■Arsenal have kept 13 clean sheets in the Premier League this season, their most in a league campaign since 2017-18 (also 13), last keeping more shutouts in 2015-16 (18).

■■Aston Villa have won just one of their past six Premier League games at Villa Park (D2 L3), having won two of their first three at home under Steven Gerrard (L1).

■■Bukayo Saka’s opener was Arsenal’s 2,000th goal in the Premier League, the Gunners becoming the third side to reach the milestone after Man Utd (currently 2,176 goals) and Liverpool (currently 2,002 goals).

■■No player aged 21 or under has scored more Premier League goals this season than Arsenal’s Saka

(9 – level with team-mate Emile Smith Rowe, below). ■■Aston Villa registered just a single shot on target in this game – coming in the 96th minute from Philippe Coutinho.