At 1:30 on December 10, Beijing time, a key match in the 16th round of the 2023-24 Premier League will be played between the leader "Gunners" Arsenal and the "big dark horse" Aston Villa. The biggest attraction of this game is: Aston Villa, which has won 14 consecutive games at home in the Premier League, and Arsenal, which has won five consecutive games on the Champions League and the Premier League, which team can continue the winning streak?
The latest Premier League standings
**After the game, the "Gunners" Arsenal won 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, ranking first with 34 points.
Aston Villa have 10 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats, and are third with 32 points.
Therefore, this game is a veritable "strong conversation".
Aston Villa have been reborn
In the Premier League, Aston Villa won 1-0 at home to Manchester City, with Leon Bailey scoring the only goal to help the team win a record 14 consecutive Premier League home games.
The score of the victory over Manchester City was small, but the process was "crushing", Aston Villa had 22 shots on goal in the whole game, and Manchester City only had 2 ......Suffice it to say, Emery has nothing to say about winning Guardiola this time.
Here's a look at Aston Villa's line-up for beating Manchester City:
1 - Martinez, 4 - Consa, 3 - Diego Carlos, 14 - Pau Torres, 12 - Digne (90'15 - Alex Moreno Tielemans (84'41 - Jacob Ramsey Douglas Luiz, 31 - Leon Bailey (84'19 - Moussa Diabi McGinn, 44 - Kamara, 11 - Watkins (90'24 - Duran).This victory also means that Aston Villa ended a 15-game winning streak against Manchester City!
The test for Arsenal is coming
In the Premier League, Arsenal beat Luton Town 4-3 away in a thrilling 4-3 away game, with Declan Rice scoring the game-winning goal almost in the final seconds of the game.
Arsenal's line-up: 22-Raya, 15-Kiwior (64' 35-Zinchenko Gabriel, 2-Saliba, 4-Ben White, 29-Havertz, 41-Rice, 8-Odegaard, 11-Martinelli (64' 19-Trossard Jesus, 7-Saka.No matter how hard the process of the game is, it will be "masked" by the sweetness of victory.
For Arsenal, Aston Villa and Luton Town are obviously two completely different opponents, and in terms of team points, if Arsenal lose to Aston Villa, they will be overtaken by their opponents in the table. Obviously, this is a veritable "battle for the title".
Judging by the head-to-head records of the two teams, Arsenal have beaten Aston Villa four times in a row and have a certain psychological advantage.
However, for Aston Villa, who have won 14 consecutive home wins in the Premier League, what is Arsenal unbeatable if they can beat Manchester City 1-0 by a landslide?
What's more, this game has another meaning - this is Emery leading the team to face the former coach Arsenal, presumably the Spaniards will have mixed feelings, originally Arsenal wanted Emery to lead Arsenal back to the top, but it backfired, Emery retired before he succeeded. After going round and round, Unai Emery regained his glory as the "King of the Europa League" at Aston Villa.
Let's hope Emery can continue with good luck – and enjoy the joy of winning.
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