Arsenal v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[The Left Side]

1-0 them

[HK Villan]

I have a feeling we'll put on an Anfield-esque performance and come away with a 3-1 victory and 3 points.

[Shrek]

2-0 villa win

[SoccerHQ]

2-1 Arsenal.

Our front three will cause them problems without doubt but I fear they'll be too strong in central midfield as they still have excellent players like Wilshere, Arteta and Carzola all in there.

I think Weimann will drop out for this one, Bowery aswell as I think this type of game would be too much for him. Expecting Gabby and maybe Sylla to start. Leave the rest of the team as it is.

[Lobsterboy]

Arsenal will probably get battered by Bayern Munich midweek and with Wenger's job on the line at the weekend they'll respond by tearing us a new one

I'll go 4-0 Arsenal with Lambert picking some bizarre 3-2-4-1 formation just to keep us on our toes!

[manic-road]

2-2 Benteke x2

[TheMalandro]

just need to get our noses in front, we've shown ourselves to be a difficult team to breakdown.

Enough of the bullshit. Arse pass the ball quickly, with precision - so I think we'll get another spanking.

[PaulWinch again]

If we could get a result here it would be a massive boost.

[Ron Manager]

I fancy we might get something out of this. Arsenal will think we are an easy touch and not concentrate properly. They will keep an eye on Benteke but not on N'Zogbia who might keep up his recent encouraging form. Weimann will miss this one with either Agbonlahor or Bent coming in.

Obviously they miss Van Persie (who wouldnt) and without him their attack is blunted. If we can break up their passing game we could take the points.

I will go with  1-2. 

[Irish villain]

If we could get a result here it would be a massive boost.

Agreed.

2-2 Clark and Benteke for us.

[TonyD]

I think we will get a point or even a shock win.

[Simon Ward]

I'll take a draw!

[PaulWinch again]

One problem is that if we lose we will definitely be in the bottom three on Saturday evening, because Wigan are playing Reading. This is a real pivotal match, if we win we'll definitely gain points on at least one of our relegation rivals. If we lose they'll definitely gain points on us.

[eastie]

Villa are not easy to predict , could snatch a 2-1 away win or get beat 6-0 , i think most expect us to lose here so anything more would be a nice bonus, 2-2 draw is my forecast.

[Mark H]

We will look better for parts but they will win in the end 2-1 or 3-1