In this week 30 match, on Sat Mar 19th, Aston Villa will host Arsenal in a meeting of these two closely matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 9th placed Aston Villa is fresh off their 1-2 loss against West Ham United. Andriy Yarmolenko scored the first goal for West Ham United in the 70th minute, then Pablo Fornals added another in the 82nd minute on a feed from Saïd Benrahma. Aston Villa is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 4th placed Arsenal, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Leicester City. Thomas Partey struck first for Arsenal in the 11th minute on a feed from Martinelli, then Alexandre Lacazette added another in the 59th minute on a penalty kick At the end of 90 a dissapointed Leicester City couldn’t manage to score, and Arsenal took the shutout win. Arsenal is on a hot streak lately, having won 8 of their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Oct 22nd, Arsenal won by a score of 3 to 1 in front of just over 59000 spectators. Thomas Partey struck first for Arsenal in the 23rd minute on a feed from Emile Smith Rowe, then Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang added another in the 6th minute of the first half’s stoppage time.
Both Bukayo Saka and Alexandre Lacazette have been the hottest scorers for Arsenal in the last five each having scored 2 goals. For Aston Villa, their top scorers are Ollie Watkins and Matty Cash, each having 2 goals in their last five matches
Bertrand Traoré, Marvelous Nakamba, Ezri Konsa and Chukwuemeka are unavailable to play for Aston Villa, while Arsenal will be without Emile Smith Rowe.