Aston Villa will be travelling to North London on Sunday to face Arsenal in the Premier League. Unai Emery's side clinched a 0-3 away win against Frankfurt in their Europa League clash on Thursday. Aston Villa got promoted this season and have managed to win only one game so far. Arsenal have eight points in the Premier League, whereas Dean Smith's side holds the 17th spot with four points. 

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Arsenal vs Aston Villa: About the teams

Arsenal have won all their last six meetings with Aston Villa in all competitions and have also managed to keep a clean sheet in the last five. Only Chelsea and Manchester United (4) have won more Premier League away games at Emirates than Aston Villa (3). Arsenal opened their season on a very high note with two wins in the first two matches. But Arsenal lost their momentum as they failed to get a single win in their last three Premier League matches.

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Aston Villa have managed to get only one win this season with three losses and a draw in their opening five matches. Coincidentally, they had similar results in the opening five matches during the 2015-16 season, when they were at the bottom of the table. Since the start of last season, Arsenal have conceded 10 goals via a penalty and have made more errors leading to the goal (14) than any other Premier League team

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If Arsenal concede a penalty against Aston Villa, it will be their fourth consecutive match to give away a spot-kick. Gunners will become only the fourth team alongside Stoke City (4), Wimbledon (5) and Norwich (5) to give four or more consecutive penalties. Unai Emery's side has allowed 96 shots on target in the Premier League season so far and only 13 teams have allowed more in their 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:

Leno; Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, Luiz, Kolasinac; Xhaka, Guendouzi; Pepe, Ozil, Ceballos; Aubameyang.

Aston Villa:

Heaton; Guobert, Engels, Mings, Taylor; Grealish, Luiz, McGinn; Jota, Wesley, Trezeguet.

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