Aston Villa have received 4 of their seven residence video games in opposition to Arsenal since their return to the Premier League in 2019 (L3), greater than they’d of their first 24 in opposition to them at Villa Park within the competitors (W3 D9 L12).
Arsenal have received 15 Premier League video games at Villa Park, greater than they’ve at an different away venue within the competitors.
Aston Villa have received their final three Premier League residence video games in opposition to the reigning champions, as many occasions as they’d of their first 28 (W3 D10 L15).
Aston Villa received at residence in opposition to Manchester City in each 2023-24 and 2024-25, and beat Liverpool at Villa Park final season. The final team to beat the reigning top-flight champions at residence in additional successive uninterrupted seasons have been Luton Town, who did seven in a row between 1985-86 and 1991-92.
Arsenal have received their first away recreation in every of the final 4 Premier League seasons, additionally maintaining a clear sheet every time. The Gunners have by no means received their opening away recreation in 5 consecutive league campaigns earlier than.
Aston Villa have been overwhelmed 4-0 on MD1 in opposition to Brighton and Hove Albion. The final time they misplaced their first two league video games in a season was in 2019-20, whereas the final time they misplaced each with out scoring was in 2002-03. The most objectives they’ve ever conceded of their first two video games was eight in 1982-83, after they have been reigning European champions.
Mikel Arteta is about to take cost of his 250th Premier League recreation, changing into solely the tenth supervisor within the competitors’s historical past to supervise 250 video games for a single aspect. Indeed, solely Pep Guardiola (70.8%), Alex Ferguson (65.2%) and Jürgen Klopp (62.6%) have a better win fee amongst managers with 250+ video games than Arteta’s 60.2% presently (W150 D48 L51).
Aston Villa have failed to attain in 5 of their final six Premier League video games in August, together with the final 4 throughout the final two seasons. Including his time at Arsenal, Unai Emery has misplaced 50% of his August video games (8/16), his highest proportion in a single month within the Premier League.
Martin Ødegaard has already matched his Premier League complete for objectives final season (1 in 24 video games) on this season, scoring in opposition to Coventry on MD1. Arsenal’s captain hasn’t scored in consecutive league appearances since May 2023.
Despite solely approaching within the 68th minute, Noni Madueke created extra possibilities than every other participant in Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Coventry (4) – since 2003-04, solely Aaron Ramsey in opposition to Wolves in December 2011 (6 in 19 minutes) has performed fewer minutes in a Premier League recreation for the Gunners whereas creating 4+ possibilities.