Arsenal v Aston Villa Betting Tips [18 January 2025]

Arsenal have a big chance to close in on Liverpool when they host Aston Villa in their next Premier League game. Seventh placed Villa look to leap into the top five while second placed Arsenal seek to tighten their title challenge here. Read on for our prediction of this match. 

Arsenal ended their three-match winless run with a thumping victory at home in the North London derby. Coming from a goal down, they completed a double over Tottenham Hotspur in a 2-1 win. 

Against Villa, they’ll seek to seal another double while eyeing revenge for their 2-0 loss the last time Villa visited The Emirates.

Aston Villa was the last team to beat Arsenal at the Emirates in a league game. That result towards the end of last season cost Arsenal the league title. 

They will want to soil the Gunners’ ambitions again here, though this time it comes way earlier. This match finds Villa in the best possible form, coming from three straight wins. Their latest was away to Everton, Villa winning 1-0 to go undefeated in four matches. 

In three of those four matches, they scored twice. It is their away run that will be the major concern, having lost three of the last five.

Arsenal may have lost twice in the last three meetings with Aston Villa but they come here on a very strong footing. They will be clear favorites, looking at their home form, having gone unbeaten in 13 league matches there.

The Gunners will seek to reap from Villa’s own away form in this game. Aston Villa have suffered five defeats in their last six away league games and will need a lot to bag three points here. Our prediction for Arsenal v Aston Villa is for Arsenal to emerge winners.