Published 14:25 IST, September 21st 2019
Arsenal vs Aston Villa: Preview, match stats and predicted lineup
Arsenal vs Aston Villa: The Gunners will be hosting Dean Smith's men in Round 6 of their Premier League 2019/20 clash. Here are some stats about the two teams.
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Aston Villa will be travelling to rth London on Sunday to face Arsenal in Premier League. Unai Emery's side clinched a 0-3 away win against Frankfurt in ir Europa League clash on Thursday. Aston Villa got promoted this season and have mand to win only one game so far. Arsenal have eight points in Premier League, whereas Dean Smith's side holds 17th spot with four points.
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Arsenal vs Aston Villa: About teams
Arsenal have won all ir last six meetings with Aston Villa in all competitions and have also mand to keep a clean sheet in last five. Only Chelsea and Manchester United (4) have won more Premier League away games at Emirates than Aston Villa (3). Arsenal opened ir season on a very high te with two wins in first two matches. But Arsenal lost ir momentum as y failed to get a single win in ir last three Premier League matches.
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Aston Villa have mand to get only one win this season with three losses and a draw in ir opening five matches. Coincidentally, y h similar results in opening five matches during 2015-16 season, when y were at bottom of table. Since start of last season, Arsenal have conceded 10 goals via a penalty and have me more errors leing to goal (14) than any or Premier League team
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If Arsenal concede a penalty against Aston Villa, it will be ir fourth consecutive match to give away a spot-kick. Gunners will become only fourth team alongside Stoke City (4), Wimbledon (5) and rwich (5) to give four or more consecutive penalties. Unai Emery's side has allowed 96 shots on target in Premier League season so far and only 13 teams have allowed more in ir first five Premier League games since 2003-04. Mesut Ozil has been directly involved in six goals in his last four games against Aston Villa (2 goals, 4 assists), providing an assist in every game.
Predicted XI
Arsenal:
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Le; Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, Luiz, Kolasinac; Xhaka, Guendouzi; Pepe, Ozil, Ceballos; Aubameyang.
Aston Villa:
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Heaton; Guobert, Engels, Mings, Taylor; Grealish, Luiz, McGinn; Jota, Wesley, Trezeguet.
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