Aston Villa and Arsenal are going to face on Saturday the 9th of December at 17:30 in the 16th week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in Birmingham at the Villa Park. The referee will be Jarred Gillett.
Aston Villa sits in the 3rd place in the league with 32 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Manchester City in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 10 times, drawn twice, and lost 3 times.
Arsenal sits in the 1st place in the standings with 36 points. It comes from a 3-4 win against Luton Town in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 11 times, draw 3 times, and lost once.
Arsenal won the last 4 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 4th of November against Newcastle United and the score was 1-0.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Aston Villa
Aston Villa has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (9 times or 60.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (9 times), 4-2-3-1 (5 times) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Unai Emery Etxegoien is expected to play against Arsenal with the following players: Emiliano Martínez, Lucas Digne, Diego Carlos, Pau Torres, Ezri Konsa, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Boubacar Kamara, Leon Bailey, Moussa Diaby and Ollie Watkins.
If this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Aston Villa would be 27.18.
Tyrone Mings , Emiliano Buendía and Bertrand Traoré will definitely miss the match.
Arsenal
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (15 times).
