Predict and win, ARSENAL VS ASTON VILLA
PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal vs ASTON VILLA PREDICT AND WIN
KEY STATS
■The teams are 9th (Villa) and 10th (Arsenal) in the table with 1 point between them.
■ The Gunners have scored just 27 goals this season, the fewest of any top 11 team.
■ Aston Villa have won the last two between the teams, 1-0 and 3-0. Analysi
The form of both of these teams means that in reality, I would probably have not selected this game for a tip on a normal week. However, I think other matches are equally difficult to predict and the way the season has gone, I felt I may as well give it a shot as there’s no such thing as a sure thing in the EPL this season!
ANALYSIS
Both teams come into this game on the back of a poor defeat, Villa against West Ham at home, Arsenal away to Wolves. The Gunners will also be without David Luiz and Bernd Leno for this game (and two others) after both were sent off during the defeat with Wolves.
In truth though, I don’t think that will have too great an impact on Arsenal and it may even help them a little. Villa are a strong side and I love how Dean Smith has turned this team from relegation battlers last season to a comfortable mid to top-half team this.
My one worry for Villa is that Arsenal don’t tend to lose too many games in a row and they are dangerous on the counter attack, so while I think Villa will have the better of the game, I am backing the Gunners to do enough to claim a point here.
