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Aston Villa vs Arsenal

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Villa Park

Date: 24th August 2024

Kick-off time – 17:30 GMT

The Premier League returns this weekend with Aston Villa’s game with Arsenal at Villa Park on Saturday one of the biggest games of Match Day Two.

After opening last season with an embarrassing loss, Aston Villa fans had a good time last week as their side secured a 2-1 win over West Ham thanks to a late goal by substitute Jhon Durán. The hosts, who finished in fourth place last season, will be looking to go to the next step in their development under Unai Emery by finishing higher this campaign.

Part of the results that ensured that they qualified for the Champions League was their win over Arsenal in both meetings last season. So, they will welcome the Gunners to Villa Park looking to make it three wins in a row for just the third time after also achieving the same feat in November 1993 and February 2021.

There is a chance of that happening considering that Villa have lost just three of their last 26 home league outings (W19, D4). The hosts have scored 2+ goals in each of their last five such matches too making them a tough opponent to defend against. However, Villa have also conceded nine goals across their last four outings at Villa Park which leaves them susceptible at the other end.

Arsenal began the new season in style as they beat Wolves 2-0 in their first league game. Goals from Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka did the damage as Mikel Arteta’s side got off to the perfect start in their bid to finally win the Premier League title for the first time since 2003/04.

The Gunners enter here unbeaten across their last nine away league outings (W8, D1), a stunning string of form built upon solid defensive foundations. Seven of those matches saw Arsenal keep a clean sheet, while overall, their tally of eleven clean sheets on the road was the highest in the Premier League last campaign by some distance. So, they will be looking to exploit Villa’s porous defence in a bid to start this season well.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

February 12, 2025
Everton 20:30 Liverpool
February 14, 2025
Brighton & Hov… 21:00 Chelsea
February 15, 2025
Leicester City 13:30 Arsenal
Fulham 16:00 Nottingham Forest
Manchester City 16:00 Newcastle United
Southampton 16:00 AFC Bournemouth
West Ham United 16:00 Brentford
Aston Villa 16:00 Ipswich Town
Crystal Palace 18:30 Everton
February 16, 2025
Liverpool 15:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Tottenham Hotspur 17:30 Manchester United
February 21, 2025
Leicester City 21:00 Brentford
February 22, 2025
Everton 13:30 Manchester United
Fulham 16:00 Crystal Palace
Southampton 16:00 Brighton & Hov…
Arsenal 16:00 West Ham United
Ipswich Town 16:00 Tottenham Hotspur
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Aston Villa 18:30 Chelsea

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 23 17 5 1 56 21 +35 56
2 Arsenal 24 14 8 2 49 22 +27 50
3 Nottingham Forest 24 14 5 5 40 27 +13 47
4 Chelsea 24 12 7 5 47 31 +16 43
5 Manchester City 24 12 5 7 48 35 +13 41
6 Newcastle United 24 12 5 7 42 29 +13 41
7 AFC Bournemouth 24 11 7 6 41 28 +13 40
8 Aston Villa 24 10 7 7 34 37 -3 37
9 Fulham 24 9 9 6 36 32 +4 36
10 Brighton & Hov… 24 8 10 6 35 38 -3 34
11 Brentford 24 9 4 11 42 42 +0 31
12 Crystal Palace 24 7 9 8 28 30 -2 30
13 Manchester United 24 8 5 11 28 34 -6 29
14 Tottenham Hotspur 24 8 3 13 48 37 +11 27
15 West Ham United 24 7 6 11 29 46 -17 27
16 Everton 23 6 8 9 23 28 -5 26
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 24 5 4 15 34 52 -18 19
18 Leicester City 24 4 5 15 25 53 -28 17
19 Ipswich Town 24 3 7 14 22 49 -27 16
20 Southampton 24 2 3 19 18 54 -36 9

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