Aston Villa rolls into north London on Saturday for Unai Emery’s second match of the season v Mikel Arteta. Arsenal won the first match 2-0 at Villa Park on August 24th.
Arteta’s overall record v Emery is one win, one draw and three losses.
The Villains are currently 7th on the league table, eight points behind Arsenal and twelve points behind first place Liverpool. Villa have five wins, two draws and three defeats in their last ten league matches.
Obviously, this is another important match for the Gunners as the club works to keep pace with Liverpool in the title race.
With that said, here is my predicted starting XI for Arteta on Saturday at Emirates Stadium…
[4-3-3]
Trossard, Havertz, Martinelli
Merino, Odegaard, Rice
Lewis-Skelly, Gabriel, Saliba, Timber
Raya
Predicted final score: ARSENAL 2 – Aston Villa 1
COYG!
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