• Date: Sat 19 August 2006
  • Venue: Emirates Stadium
  • Ref: Poll, G
  • Attendance: 60,023
Arsenal

Arsenal

Gilberto Silva (84)

1 - 1
Aston Villa

Aston Villa

Mellberg (53)

Arsenal vs Aston Villa

Team Lineups

Arsenal

Jens Lehmann
Johan Djourou
Emmanuel Eboue
Justin Hoyte (Mathieu Flamini, 80)
Kolo Toure, K
Cesc Fabregas
Freddie Ljungberg (Theo Walcott, 73)
Aparecido Gilberto Silva
Alex Hleb
Emmanuel Adebayor (Robin van Persie, 65)
Thierry Henry

Aston Villa

Thomas Sorensen
Gareth Barry
Jlloyd Samuel
Olof Mellberg
Aaron Hughes
Liam Ridgewell
Gavin McCann
Steven Davis (Lee Hendrie, 83)
Juan Pablo Angel (Martin Laursen, 90)
Gabriel Agbonlahor
Luke Moore (Eric Djemba-Djemba, 89)

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