STAR FOOTBALL PREVIEW Mon: Aston Villa v Arsenal

Arsenal will be looking to make it two Premier League wins from two when they travel to Villa Park to face Aston Villa on Monday evening, writes JOE CITRONE.

The Gunners made an excellent start to their title defence with a convincing 3-0 victory over Coventry, which followed an equally impressive 3-0 Community Shield success against Manchester City.

Villa, meanwhile, could hardly have had a worse opening weekend as they were beaten 4-0 away at Brighton. Unai Emery’s side have also endured a difficult summer, with a number of important players departing Villa Park, the latest being Ollie Watkins who has joined Al Hilal.

Aston Villa v Arsenal
Premier League
20:00 Sky Sports

LAST FIVE STATS

HEAD-TO-HEAD
DEC 2025 PREMIER LEAGUE Arsenal 4-1 Aston Villa
DEC 2025 PREMIER LEAGUE Aston Villa 2-1 Arsenal
JAN 2025 PREMIER LEAGUE Arsenal 2-2 Aston Villa
AUG 2024 PREMIER LEAGUE Aston Villa 0-2 Arsenal
APR 2024 PREMIER LEAGUE Arsenal 0-2 Aston Villa

ASTON VILLA
AUG 2026 PREMIER LEAGUE Brighton 4-0 Aston Villa
AUG 2026 UEFA SUPER CUP Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 Aston Villa
AUG 2026 FRIENDLY Borussia Monchengladbach 2-1 Aston Villa
AUG 2026 FRIENDLY Bayern Munich 2-1 Aston Villa
AUG 2026 FRIENDLY BG Pathum United 1-3 Aston Villa

ARSENAL
AUG 2026 PREMIER LEAGUE Arsenal 3-0 Coventry City
AUG 2026 COMMUNITY SHIELD Arsenal 3-0 Manchester City
AUG 2026 FRIENDLY Arsenal 1-1 Como
AUG 2026 FRIENDLY Arsenal 1-3 Real Betis
AUG 2026 FRIENDLY Girona 1-4 Arsenal

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Villa have lost four of their last five matches in all competitions, conceding 11 goals in the process, and Emery will need a huge improvement from his side if they are to take anything from this one.

Arsenal, by contrast, have started the new campaign in excellent fashion and arrive with confidence high after clean-sheet victories over both Coventry and Manchester City.

There have been some tight encounters between these sides in recent seasons, with Villa winning 2-1 at home in December before Arsenal responded with a 4-1 victory at the Emirates later that month.

However, Arsenal look to have considerably more stability and quality at present, while Villa are still adapting to significant changes within their squad.

I’m backing Arsenal to win to nil.

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