Week 23 features a match on Sat Feb 6th, where Aston Villa will host Arsenal in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. 9th placed Aston Villa is fresh off their 1-3 loss against West Ham United. Tomáš Souček struck first for West Ham United in the 51st minute on a feed from Saïd Benrahma, then Jesse Lingard added another in the 56th minute. Aston Villa should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 10th placed Arsenal, recorded a 1-2 loss against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Nicolas Pépé struck first for Arsenal in the 32nd minute on a feed from Alexandre Lacazette, then Rúben Neves tied it up for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 5th minute of the first half’s stoppage time Finally they completed the comback victory in the 49th minute on a goal by João Moutinho to cap off a wild match. Arsenal should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sunday Nov 8th, Aston Villa was victorious by a score of 3 to 0 in front of an empty stadium. Bukayo Saka struck first for Aston Villa on an own goal in the 25th minute, then Ollie Watkins added another in the 72nd minute on a feed from Ross Barkley In the end, Arsenal was frustrated by Aston Villa’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Aston Villa ended the match with the shutout victory.
For Arsenal, their top scorers are Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Bukayo Saka, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Aston Villa’s most prolific scorer has been Ollie Watkins. The English attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches
Dean Smith’s squad will be without John McGinn, Trezeguet, Wesley, Kortney Hause and Matt Targett, while Arsenal will be without Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, David Luiz, Kieran Tierney, Willian, Martin Ødegaard, Bukayo Saka, Sead Kolašinac, Emile Smith Rowe and Pablo Marí.