On the evening of the 18th, the fire of the Premier League resumed as Aston Villa hosted Arsenal. Despite the fact that the Arsenal lost 1-3 against Manchester City in midweek and lost the top spot for the time being, Aston Villa is fortunate to have one fewer game and fewer points conceded than Manchester City. In this match, Villa will give their best to win. Villa's defense is flawed, with 7 goals conceded in the last two games, so it will be difficult to stop Arsenal's firepower, and the visitors have a good chance of winning. (Now 621 and 611 live at 8:30pm on Saturday)
Originally in a favorable position to win the title, Arsenal's performance in the recent 3 EPL games was not satisfactory, with only one draw and two defeats, especially in the last round of the "6-point battle" against Manchester City, the advantage has disappeared. The team's sense of crisis has increased, and they will do their best in every game in the future to grab points and survive relegation. Facing Villa's low form, this is undoubtedly a perfect opportunity for Arsenal to rebound.
It's worth noting that in the last three meetings, the Arsenal has prevailed with a winning record.
Arsenal has the best away record in the EPL this season, with 8 wins in 11 league games. The Arsenal is good at creating space for quick counterattacks, and is often easily suppressed when faced with a defense-oriented team. But Villa advocate attack, which is complementary to Arsenal's tactical style, the two teams in the last three encounters, Arsenal were victorious.
Aston Villa was taken over by former Arsenal manager Emery in November last year, and the team performed reasonably well at the beginning, but after the "new manager effect", the team gradually returned to its original state. The last two league matches were 2-4 losses to Leeds United and 1-3 defeats to Manchester City, and the team has only won 1 of their 5 home matches since the World Cup, including being knocked out of the FA Cup by lowly Stepney Stewards. Villa's more aggressive home play has exposed more holes in their defense, and I'm afraid they'll be hard to avoid defeat against a strong Arsenal side.
