Arsenal 5 Aston Villa 0

Arsenal moved above Tottenham and up to fifth in the Premier League table courtesy of an emphatic victory over struggling Aston Villa. The Gunners dominated and took the lead when Olivier Giroud collected Mesut Ozil's neat flick and finished well. Santi Cazorla struck the post with a shot before well-taken finishes from Ozil and Theo Walcott made it 3-0. Giroud hit the bar with a header before Cazorla fired home a penalty and Hector Bellerin stroked in from range. Arsenal have only lost once, to Manchester United, in 29 home matches in the Premier League Olivier Giroud's goal is his eighth of the season for Arsenal Mesut Ozil scored for the second successive game, having also netted against Brighton in the FA Cup Lineup, Bookings (2) & Substitutions (6) Arsenal 13 Ospina 39 Bellerin 04 Mertesacker 06 Koscielny 18 Monreal 16 Ramsey (Flamini - 77' ) 34 Coquelin 14 Walcott (Rosicky - 70' ) 19 Cazorla 11 Özil 12 Giroud (Akpom - 70' ) Substitutes 01 Szczesny 03 Gibbs 05 de Abreu 07 Rosicky 20 Flamini 21 Chambers 38 Akpom Aston Villa 01 Guzan 21 Hutton 05 Okore 06 Clark Booked 18 Richardson 08 Cleverley (Agbonlahor - 66' ) 16 Delph 24 Sánchez (Westwood - 76' ) 25 Gil de Pareja Vicent Booked 20 Benteke 10 Weimann (Sinclair - 66' ) Substitutes 02 Baker 07 Bacuna 09 Sinclair 11 Agbonlahor 15 Westwood 23 Cissokho 31 Given Ref: Anthony Taylor Att: 59,958 Match Stats Possession52%48%90minsArsenalAston Villa Shots 13 9 On target 8 2 Corners 7 7 Fouls 6 10 Source:bbc