This should be a very interesting game, Arsenal, fresh from an emphatic Champions legue win away in Roma 1-3, come up against an Aston Villa side which has started to find the net, winning their last game 4-1, and has an excellent defence.

Arseanl are now well and truly over their dodgy spell a month or so and are now back to thier best form. Thierry Henry was magnificient in midweek, scoring a hatrick and Arsenal have won 5 out of their last 6 home games. Confidence in the camp is high, with strikers Henry and Wiltord sharing 15 goals between them in the league already.

They are also boosted by the news that defender Martin Keown is nearly back to fitness after coming through a reserve game midweek. Aston Villa, are also in a good run of form, and they are unbeaten away in their last three games. Their miserly defence has only conceded 7 goals away, which is better than Arsenal or Liverpools away record. They have also started to score goals, with Dion Dublin and Lee Hendrie chipping in with a few goals apiece.

The stat to note, however, is that Villa have only scored 1 goal away all season, and Highbury is not the place where they will be scoring a hatful of goals. I cannot see further than a home win here. the Villa defence is excelent and well organised, led by Olaf Mellberg and it may take some time for Arsenal to score but the way they (Henry especially) are playing you would be foolish to bet against the Gunners. Home win. High Stake