Aston Villa’s home tie against Arsenal serves as the backdrop to our Sunday lunches, with both sides entering this clash off the back of positive results. The Villains secured a point at St Mary’s Stadium last Gameweek, while the Gunners cruised past Olympiacos in their midweek Champions League encounter.
Villa remain the only team that’s yet to record a single home victory, having lost five of their seven showdowns on familiar soil. Aside from ranking second-bottom with regards to shots on target (21) in home fixtures, they’ve also conceded the second-most goals (18) and third-most shots inside the box (85). As for the quality of their recent output, no team conceded more goals (eight), shots inside the box (46) or big chances (11) over the last four Gameweeks, which portends a difficult afternoon for the West Midlanders.
Offering further incentive to invest in Arsenal’s attacking assets, they rank second for goals scored (16), first for attempts (132), shots inside the box (96) and shots on target (44) in road match-ups. Additionally, the Gunners racked up four more big chances (13) than the rest of the field over the last four Gameweeks. On the defensive end, Arsene Wenger’s squad have permitted the fewest shots inside the box (36) and fourth-fewest big chances (eight) while on their travels.
