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Arsenal vs Aston Villa: In the last eleven Premier League games, Arsenal have won ten and drawn one. Aston Villa enter this match following a 3-3 draw with Brentford. After scoring one of his team’s three goals in a 3-0 rout of Brighton at The Amex eight days ago, Kai Havertz increased his league total to nine goals.
Arsenal won at Brighton to take advantage of Liverpool’s error at Old Trafford and go up to the top of the Premier League rankings. The much-anticipated crown is the Gunners’ if they win the final seven games of the season. At the moment, they lead Liverpool by nine goals on goal differential.
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Today (Sunday) marks the first of Mikel Arteta and his team’s seven remaining tests. Fifth-place Aston Villa will be making their Emirates Stadium debut, so it should be exciting. Villa also desperately needs points. They now hold a game in hand and are tied for fourth place with Tottenham Hotspur.
The issue facing Villa is that they performed horribly on defence in their last two league games. In their most recent two games against Brentford and Manchester City, the Unai Emery-led team conceded seven goals. The Villans’ home draw against the Bees the previous Saturday surprised them despite the odds being against them at Etihad Stadium.
Arsenal vs Aston Villa: Betting Analysis
When they played again in December of last year, Aston Villa surprised Arsenal. On that occasion, they earned a 1-0 victory in Birmingham. The Gunners had previously defeated Aston Villa four times in a row in their head-to-head series. In three of their five previous head-to-head matches, the Over 2.5 Goals & Both Teams To Score selection was made.
The bookies have Arsenal as strong favourites. They do have a terrific home record, and they can’t afford to lose ground to Liverpool, who are now leading the league table. In their match against Brentford eight days ago, Aston Villa’s defence looked dreadful. On Thursday night, they had a challenging Europa League match against Lille.
In their past five meetings with Villa, the Gunners have also won four of them. But since the home win and both teams to score option have more appealing odds of 2.62, we will take it. The reason is both Aston Villa’s offensive ability and the fact that Arsenal just let two goals slip away in their home game against Bayern Munich on Tuesday night.
We think the anytime goal-scorer market offers more value. Lately, Kai Havertz has been Arsenal’s most impressive player. Eight days ago, the German scored in the 3-0 thumping of Brighton. Havertz has nine goals this season, ranking him as the team’s second-highest scorer.
Arsenal vs Aston Villa: Head-to-Head
Our Prediction: Home Win
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