Arsenal v Aston Villa Predictions, Free Bet Tips, Odds & Enhanced Offers
Dan Tracey 
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The Gunners are looking to close the gap on league leaders Liverpool further on Saturday, but it should be a tasty encounter and Dan Tracey has some Arsenal v Aston Villa predictions ahead of the game.
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Although pressure is beginning to place itself on the shoulders of Mikel Arteta, the Arsenal manager is always in a position to lessen it when it matters most and with the Gunners returning to second place in the Premier League, an air of optimism is swirling round the Emirates once more.
Optimism that looked a lot closer to deflation by the time Heung-min Son scored the opening goal in the most recent chapter of North London derby rivalry and with the South Korean scoring against the run of play, it posed a huge question to everyone watching.
Just how long could Ange Postecoglou’s men last before the implosion begins? For those keeping count at home, there was just 19 minutes between Spurs going 1-0 up at the Emirates and subsequently going 2-1 down.
Leandro Trossard scoring what turned out to be the winning goal, he was also fortunate to win a corner in the build up to the first and although their nearest rivals will have undoubtedly been perturbed by the wrong decision, it mattered very little to those in Arsenal colours.
While when it comes to colours it is Red that currently has a monopoly on the top three in the Premier League and thanks to Nottingham Forest and Liverpool drawing with each other the night before, Arsenal are now four points behind the latter in second having played a game in hand.
Which tees them up nicely before the visit of Aston Villa on Saturday and with one subplot being the return of Unai Emery to this branch of the capital, there is also Arsenal wanting to exact revenge for a damaging home defeat at the end of last season.
One that thanks to goals from Leon Bailey and Ollie Watkins all but finished any hopes of keeping Manchester City at bay in the race for the title and now Villa will look to play the role of spoiler once again but this time with their own top four hopes in mind.
Then again, Villa know the role of spoiler rather well – especially in the past seven days. They foiled Graham Potter in his first task as West Ham manager, they did exactly the same to David Moyes on his Everton return just a few days later.
Just a single goal proving to be the difference between the Toffees and the West Midlands outfit, but enough of a difference to give the visitors three points and with just three points serving as the gap between Newcastle in fourth and themselves in seventh, the race for the top four is heating up.
But now it is time for the first of my two tips and with Arsenal unbeaten at home in this season’s Premier League and having conceded only seven goals across those 10 games, I am backing the home win and under 2.5 total goals at odds of 11/4 with bet365.
In addition to this, I am once again going to focus on Arsenal’s defenders in terms of scoring output and considering the Gunners’ penchant for corners, I think William Saliba to score anytime at odds of 14/1 is certainly worth some serious consideration.
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