Aston Villa vs Arsenal: the Londoners to earn 3 points in Birmingham

Aston Villa have beaten Arsenal in three of their last four head-to-head encounters. Will Mikel Arteta's side be able to improve this statistic now? Our prediction: this time the London club will be closer to success!

Aston Villa is having a very even decent season, turning into a strong mid-table team in the EPL, which in the foreseeable future could even qualify for a European competitions. While Steven Gerrard's team is still too raw to compete for very high places, they keep making progress, while showing spectacular soccer. At the turn of February and March, the team from Birmingham had a 3-match winning streak, beating Brighton, Southampton and Leeds with a total score of 9-0. However, in the last round the Lions lost 1-2 to West Ham. This local setback still leaves Aston Villa ninth in the standings, but the gap from eighth place has already grown to ten points.

Arsenal is another ever-progressing team, which has already had an excellent chance to break into the Champions League this season, though it used to be a dream a while ago. The quality work of Mikel Arteta and a couple of decent transfers led to the Gunners playing spectacularly! Since February, the Londoners have had a 5-match winning streak, which greatly improved their position in the championship. There were no top-tier opponents in this stretch, but 15 points are 15 points. Arsenal did lose to Liverpool 0-2 last round, but it proved too difficult to jump over the top. Now the capital club is in fourth place in the standings, which they began to even miss somehow.

Within the English Premier League, the teams have held 179 face-offs. The Birmingham team has 64 wins, the Londoners stronger in 76 games, 39 games a draw. The goal difference also favors the Gunners, 286-254. The rivals have met once this season, and it was Arsenal who won that encounter, 3-1.

Aston Villa has played well against Arsenal, winning three times in a row, but then the London club find themselves in bind only to bounce back. While the Gunners are not yet able to compete with the EPL giants, the team from Birmingham certainly cannot be counted among them, so Mikel Arteta's players have a good chance to get three points. Moreover, the only face-off in the current season saw the home team win 3-1, so now we also have to bet on Arsenal's victory with the odds of about 2.30.

Aston Villa plays a very entertaining and engaging soccer this season, which is characterized by a good scoring activity. In total, Steven Gerrard's squad scored 80 goals (2.86 average per game) in 28 games, which is not too bad. Arsenal have long sought to play pragmatically, but gradually the Londoners are beginning to move away from this kind of soccer, and in 27 matches, they have had 74 goals (2.74 average per game), which is also not bad. Tte first encounter being high-scoring, the optimal betting option seems to be Total Over (2.5) at odds close to 1.95.

Arsenal are in real trouble with their forwards this season. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has already left for Barcelona and Alexandre Lacazette scored only four goals in 22 games. Other players have to save the Gunners and Bukayo Saka is at his best. He has scored eight goals in the current Premier League season, which is his personal record. He is second only to Emile Smith Rowe in the club's top scorer list. However, he is still recovering from injury, so it is worth betting on Bukayo Saka's goal with odds of about 4.00.

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