📏 Form Guide

Arsenal

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Arsenal go into this fixture following on from a 2-2 Champions League drawn game against Bayern Munich.

In that game, Arsenal managed 59% possession and 13 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Arsenal, the scorers were Bukayo Saka (12') and Leandro Trossard (76'). Bayern Munich got 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Serge Gnabry (18') and Harry Kane (32') scored for Bayern Munich.

Their more recent scorelines really do illustrate the point that huge efforts have been put in by the Arsenal rearguard. Arsenal have kept it tight, resulting in the number of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their previous 6 games standing at 3.

Going into this contest, Arsenal are unbeaten in their previous 5 league matches at home.

Aston Villa

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Aston Villa will come into the encounter after a 2-1 Conference League win as they beat Lille in their previous match.

For Aston Villa, the scorers were Ollie Watkins (13') and John McGinn (56'). Bafodé Diakité (84') scored for Lille.

Demonstrating their fondness for productive matches, goals have been scored 20 times in the last 6 games in which Aston Villa have taken to the field, yielding an average of 3.33 goals each fixture. Opposing teams have got 8 of these goals. In any event, we’ll just have to find out if the trend will continue on in this next match or not.

A look at their previous results shows us that Aston Villa:

• have not emerged victorious against Arsenal when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• have not won away from home in their last 2 league games.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 06/02/2021 shows that Arsenal have won 4 of these games & Aston Villa 2, with the number of drawn games being 0.

A combined sum of 16 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 10 for The Gunners and 6 belonging to The Villans. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

The previous league game between these sides was Premier League match day 16 on 09/12/2023 when the final score was Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal.

On that occasion, Aston Villa had 39% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer was John McGinn (7').

For their opponents, Arsenal had 11 shots on goal with 5 of them on target.

The referee was Jarred Gillett.

📰 Team News: Arsenal

Regarding absentees, there’s just a single fitness concern for the Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta to be concerned about from a near full-strength squad. Jurrien Timber (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out.

We are thinking that The Gunners should employ a 4-3-3 formation this time and select David Raya, Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Martin Oedegaard, Declan Rice, Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus and Leandro Trossard.

ℹ️ Team News: Aston Villa

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Emiliano Buendía (Cruciate ligament tear), Boubacar Kamara (Knee injury), Matty Cash (Hamstring injury), Tyrone Mings (Cruciate ligament tear) and Jacob Ramsey (Toe injury) won’t be making appearances.

We are inclined to think that The Villans will likely play in a 4-4-2 lineup, choosing Emiliano Martinez, Ezri Konsa, Diego Carlos, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, John McGinn, Youri Tielemans, Morgan Rogers, Nicolo Zaniolo, Moussa Diaby and Ollie Watkins.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the view that Aston Villa have it within them to score a goal against this Arsenal side, although that may not be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re expecting a 2-1 winning score for Arsenal at full-time. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 15:06 14/04/2024