With every team in action in the Premier League this week there is a lot of excitement, including the game between Arsenal and Aston Villa.
The match will be played at the Emirates Stadium and the hosts begin the week top of the table on 12 points while the visitors are in 15th place on 3 points.
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Arsenal come into the match on the back of a 2-1 home win over Fulham on the weekend. It was the away team who opened the scoring but Arsenal equalised just 9 minutes later and scored the winning goal in the 86th minute to the delight of the home crowd.
The Gunners have made a good start to the 2022/23 Premier League season by winning all 4 matches.
Arsenal started their campaign with a 2-0 win at Crystal Palace before beating Leicester City 4-2 at home and recording a comfortable 3-0 win at Bournemouth.
Trends show in their 20 most recent home matches in the Premier League, Arsenal have been undefeated 17 times. They have won their last 5 home Premier League fixtures and scored 2 or more goals in each of those 5 games.
However, Arsenal have been struggling to keep clean sheets when playing at home in the league and have conceded at least 1 goal in each of their 7 most recent Premier League matches on home soil.
Aston Villa make the trip to the Emirates Stadium having suffered a disappointing 1-0 home defeat at the hands of West Ham United on the weekend. The only goal of the game was scored in the 74th minute and Aston Villa have been struggling in the Premier League this season.
Aston Villa started their Premier League season with a shock 2-0 loss at Bournemouth and despite following that with a 2-1 home win over Everton, things have not been going well for Steven Gerrard.
Having beat Everton, Aston Villa lost 3-1 at Crystal Palace and defensively they have been poor this season. Aston Villa have yet to keep a clean sheet in all competitions.
Trends show Aston Villa have suffered 3 straight defeats in their most recent away clashes in the Premier League. In fact, they have recorded only 1 win from their last 7 on the road in the league.
Looking ahead to the team news and Arsenal are without the injured trio of Thomas Partey, Oleksandr Zinchenko, and Reiss Nelson. Emile Smith Rowe, Fabio Vieira, and Takehiro Tomiyasu could come into the starting XI.
Aston Villa are without the defensive duo of Tyrone Mings and Diego Carlos. Gerrard may opt to make some changes with Leon Bailey and Emi Buendia two of the players who could come into the team.
Arsenal will be licking their lips at the prospect of playing this Aston Villa team. The Gunners will see this match as an opportunity to keep a home clean sheet and could come out on top comfortably, winning the game to nil.