On Saturday, Arsenal make the trip to Villa Park where the will face Aston Villa in the Premier League and we took a closer look at what is expected to be a highly contested affair.
Villa come into this one on the back of an impressive 1-0 home victory in the league against reigning champions Manchester City on Wednesday night.
Arsenal fought hard and picked up all three points on their last time out, when they beat Luton Town 4-3 after coming back from 3-2 down and Declan Rice scored a late winner.
Aston Villa v Arsenal
Saturday 9th December, 18:30
Villa Park
Premier League
The hosts come into this fixture in unbelievable home form, as they have won their last 14 league games at Villa Park and they have lost just three times out of the opening 15 league fixtures this season.
Villa have been particularly impressive in front of goal this term. They are the joint second-highest goal scorers with 34, with Ollie Watkins the joint fifth top scorer after hitting the back of the net eight times.
Arsenal have been in superb form in recent times, winning their last six games in all competitions. They sit top of the league table by two points.
Bukayo Saka has been the man in form for the Gunners in recent times and has chipped in with nine goal contributions in his last eight games in all competitions.
This game will undoubtedly be one of Arsenal’s toughest tests so far, and a victory for the hosts will mean that they would move just one point away from Mikel Arteta’s side.
Despite Villa’s home form, we believe that Arsenal have enough quality within their ranks to win this one, and you can get odds of 2.15 for this to happen at Bet9ja. Martin Odegaard has scored twice and chipped in with one assist in his last three games and you can get odds of 4.20 for him to find the back of the net in this one. John McGinn has picked up three yellow cards already this season in the league and you can get odds of 3.50 for him to be shown a card in this one.
Booking code – 5TV5BPP
