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Arsenal will look to get back to winning ways when they face Aston Villa in the Premier League for this game.<\/p>\n

The Gunners have just been beaten 2-0 at home by Liverpool, but they will feel Liverpool is one of the most in-form clubs in the world now.<\/p>\n

Mikel Arteta’s side has done very well against lesser opponents, but can they beat Villa?<\/p>\n

They might not be playing against Liverpool, but they will face a former Liverpool star in hot form.<\/p>\n

Philippe Coutinho joined Steven Gerrard’s side at the start of this year and he has been lighting up the Premier League.<\/p>\n

The midfielder has 4 goals from 9 Premier League games and will be keen to improve on that tally when he visits Villa.<\/p>\n

Arsenal won the reverse of this fixture, but Villa had won the previous three matches between both clubs and would be fancying their chances of upsetting the odds in this game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arsenal will look to get back to winning ways when they face Aston Villa in the Premier League for this game. The Gunners have just been beaten 2-0 at home by Liverpool, but they will feel Liverpool is one of the most in-form clubs in the world now. Mikel Arteta’s side has done very well against lesser opponents, but can they beat Villa? They might not be playing against Liverpool, but they will face a former Liverpool star in hot form. Philippe Coutinho joined Steven Gerrard’s side at the start of this year and he has been lighting up the Premier League. The midfielder has 4 goals from 9 Premier League games and will be keen to improve on that tally when he visits Villa. Arsenal won the reverse of this fixture, but Villa had won the previous three matches between both clubs and would be fancying their chances of upsetting the odds in this game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,157,160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-match-preview","category-premier-league"],"yoast_head":"\nArsenal vs Aston Villa Match Preview - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-aston-villa-match-preview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arsenal vs Aston Villa Match Preview - Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Arsenal will look to get back to winning ways when they face Aston Villa in the Premier League for this game. 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