Arsenal’s next Premier League match is against Aston Villa, which will serve as an early test of their title credentials.
Villa was the team that singlehandedly thwarted Arsenal’s Premier League title hopes last season, delivering the Gunners their only defeat of 2024.
The Villans continue to improve and will compete in the Champions League this season due to their impressive form.
Arsenal heads to Villa Park with a sense of vengeance, as this is a fixture they cannot afford to lose. To secure the Premier League title, maintaining a winning run is crucial, and Mikel Arteta’s side needs to start the season strong.
The Gunners began their campaign with a solid victory over Wolves at home, which was an excellent result. However, Villa also won their opening fixture of the season at West Ham and will look to build on that success at Villa Park.
Opta’s supercomputer has predicted the outcome of this weekend’s matches, including Arsenal’s game. According to The Daily Mail, the supercomputer has given Arsenal a 51.1% chance of winning, while Villa has a 24.7% chance of victory.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Villa is a very good team, and we need to work hard to secure victory in the fixture.
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This makes for grim reading, and to think the Villans beat us without their then talisman, the Brazilian Douglas Luiz .
This shows that the many time European champion Unei Emery is cooking up something special. Over there.
I am optimistic about an Arsenal win although I doubt Merino will make his debut. This match could be too soon for him. Arsenal do need a victory over Villa as a measure of revenge after what happened in the second half of last season.
If only supercomputers decided, eh. The problem is those pesky unpredictable humans running around the pitch, making crucial mistakes or creating unexpected goals out of nothing.
The Villa game is obviously the first real test of Arsenal’s 2024-25 title ambitions. They’ll want all three points of course but if push comes to shove, I don’t think a draw will be a disaster at this earliest of early stages in the campaign.
Some of us can’t stop regretting having sold Martinez to our adversaries. He was probably our greatest stumbling block. I hope this time as we go to Villa we have a battering ram in the form of Kai and Jesus!