Match Preview: Aston Villa vs Arsenal – Team News & Our Prediction

Aston Villa vs Arsenal predictions for Saturday’s Premier League contest at Villa Park.Aston Villa came back from a two-goal deficit to dispatch Brighton 4-3 in a crazy seven-goal thriller on Wednesday night at The Amex.

The Gunners maintained their unassailable lead at the summit in midweek, seeing off Brentford 2-0, while Unai Emery’s men pulled off a tremendous comeback in a seven-goal spectacular with Brighton & Hove Albion.

Aston Villa: Bizot; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Kamara, Tielemans; Buendia, McGinn, Rogers; Watkins
Arsenal: Raya; White, Timber, Hincapie, Calafiori; Odegaard, Zubimendi, Merino; Saka, Gyokeres, Eze

Aston Villa vs Arsenal Head to Head

  • Aston Villa are on an eight-game winning streak at home.
  • Aston Villa and Arsenal will raise the curtain on Matchday 15 in English Premier League on Saturday afternoon at Villa Park.
  • Arsenal’s last two away games have been score draws.
  • The Lions come into this on the back of sic straight wins across competitions.
  • These sides played out a 2-2 draw when they last met in North London in January.

Aston Villa vs Arsenal Prediction

The Gunners have won only one of the previous four head-to-head matches against Villa.Arsenal have scored in 18 consecutive games and have only failed to score in one of their games this season across all competitions. The Gunners have also conceded in four of their last five games and five of the seven Premier League goals they have conceded have come away from home, so both sides should be able to contribute to the total.

Aston Villa held Arsenal to a 2-2 draw in the most recent H2H meeting between the two teams in January this year at Emirates Stadium.

On Aston Villa’s end, ex-Gunners number two Emiliano Martinez was a late withdrawal from the squad to face Brighton with a back injury, and Emery has suggested that his number one will not be available this weekend either.