Premier League: Two squads in pretty good form get together for this fixture. Arsenal with a tiny upper hand with their 2nd position in the league table?
- Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Arsenal have the most points (25) away in Premier League
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premier League.
Aston Villa form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Aston Villa have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games.
No payout for Aston Villa in their previous match, an away game at Manchester City that ended in defeat 1-3. The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Watkins, having scored in three consecutive games. The talented striker Watkins edged out all others in that game and got a match rating of 7.62 out of 10. Watkins scored one goal and hit three key passes.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Leicester City (2-4).Goal fest? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 latest league games with this club has had at least three goals.
Villa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Villa Park with 17 goals in 11 league matches. Aston Villa have conceded 15 in these home matches.
Arsenal form and stats
Arsenal have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 8-1-2 from 11 games.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Manchester City with 1-3 on the scoreboard. The attacker Saka got a match rating of 7.22 in that game. Saka scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Brentford.The travelling fans enjoy Arsenal's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 11 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Arsenal as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have met before this season: Arsenal - Villa 2-1. Head to head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Aston Villa won three games, zero matches ended in a draw and Arsenal have seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Ødegaard 8 goals |  B. Saka 8 goals |  G. Martinelli Silva 7 goals |
Aston Villa missing players
Arsenal missing players
| Aston Villa | Arsenal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 26 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 20 | 47 |
| 34 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 82% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 82% |
| 55% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | 59% |
| 32% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 41% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 23% |
| 55% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 27% | 55% |
| 23% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 64% | 41% |
| 27% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
| 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
| 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.4 | 12.4 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 13.3 | 16.1 |
| 4 | 4.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| 30% | 33% | 80% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 43% | 41% |
| 11.6 | 11 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 10.2 | 8.8 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
- Arsenal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Arsenal have the most clean sheets (7) away in Premier League
- Arsenal have the most points (25) away in Premier League
- Arsenal have the the best goal difference (+13) away in Premier League
- Arsenal have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Arsenal haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 59 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 36 | 51 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 26 | 51 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 46 |
| 4 | Newcastle United | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 22 | 41 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 39 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 35 |
| 7 | Fulham | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 35 |
| 8 | Brentford | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 34 |
| 9 | Liverpool | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 32 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 31 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -8 | 28 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 25 |
| 13 | Leicester City | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 36 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 25 | -2 | 24 |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 25 | -20 | 24 |
| 15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -14 | 23 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -10 | 19 |
| 18 | Everton | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 18 |
| 19 | AFC Bournemouth | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 32 | -24 | 18 |
| 20 | Southampton | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -22 | 15 |
