Form of Both Teams :
Arsenal will again host another match at the emirates on Saturday evening. Aston Villa are the visitors this time around. Both sides are in excellent form in the league.
Arsenal lost the previous meeting between the two which was held at the Emirates. They will look to avenge that with a robust home performance.
On the back of consecutive EFL Cup and FA Cup defeats, Arsenal welcomed a Spurs side boasting back-to-back wins in the knockout competitions, but form inevitably went out of the window as an own goal and a Trossard strike rendered son’s opener meaningless.
A plethora of promising attacks petered out in the second half for Arsenal – further highlighting their need for a ruthless finisher in the January window – but Arteta’s men never looked in danger of losing their slender lead and have returned to the runners-up position in the league.
Furthermore, the gap to leaders Liverpool has been cut down to four points – although the Reds still have their game in hand against Everton to come next month – and the Gunners are now officially the best team in the Premier League when it comes to home form alone.
Indeed, Arteta’s men have taken an unrivalled 24 points from a possible 30 at their Emirates headquarters, where they are still unbeaten in the Premier League this season, although few Gooners will need reminding of the game that ultimately cost them the title in 2023-24.
Arsenal will continue without front men – Jesus and Saka for this match.
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Already completing his Arsenal revenge mission after his premature 2019 departure, Emery delivered the killer blow to the Gunners’ Premier League hopes last April, masterminding a 2-0 triumph for Villa in what remains the hosts’ most recent top-flight loss on home soil.
Replicating that result this time around is not beyond the realm of possibility for the West Midlands side, who have condemned their awful autumnal period to history and head to North London fresh from a third win on the bounce in all competitions.
As a result, Emery’s seventh-placed side find themselves just three points adrift of the Champions League positions, and victory on Merseyside ended an abysmal away run for the Lions, who had previously lost five straight Premier League games on rival territory while failing to keep a single clean sheet since their Emirates success last April.
However, Arsenal have already avenged that devastating defeat with a 2-0 success of their own at Villa Park in August – still the Lions’ only Premier League home loss of the campaign to date – and righting the wrongs of last season’s home humbling would see them pass another massive test of their title credentials.
